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THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN’S COMPANION.—Jcr.v 15 ,1850. 
CLIMBERS FOR GREENHOUSE. | 
These are to be grown in large pots, and required to 
give a slight shade. The following will answer this ! 
purpose, though by no means the best climbers in ; 
the estimation of many, as most of these would grow 
so slowly, and, at length, reach such a short height, as 
to be of little use for shading :— 
Passiflora caerulea racemosa, purplish. 
„ Colvillii, blue. 
Mandevilla suaveolens, white, 
i Bignonia chirere, orange red. 
„ jasminoides, purple and white. 
Tacsonia pinnastipula, light rose. 
The Passion-Flowers, Tacsonia, and Mandevilla may , 
be pruned hard back in winter, after the plants have 
! filled their allotted space, so as to give no shade at that ' 
season. The Bignonias may be treated in the same ■ 
way, or merely a few long shoots left, as, if those are well- 
ripened and hardened, they will produce short-flowering j 
shoots from each bud. In fact, the plants may be treated 
just as you would a Vine, which, if the wood is well- 
ripened, will produce flowers from buds on short spurs, , 
or on buds on long rods. If the house is of a moderate 
width, the pots required for these plants will need to be 
from fifteen to eighteen inches in size. The soil should 
be equal portions of heath-soil and fibry loam, 
and well drained. The plants should be kept rather 
dry in winter; but as soon as fresh growth commences 
in spring, and the days lengthen, plenty of water will 
| be required, and manure-waterings should be frequently 
given, or top-dressings of old cow-dung. A pinch of 
; super-phosphate of lime strewed over the surface fre¬ 
quently will be eagerly relished. The Bignonias are \ 
often described as stove plants; but I have had the Jas- t 
minoides do well for many years in a cool greenhouse, 
and there is a fine plant of Cldrere over the roof of a 
cool house at Trentham. 
HARDY EVERGREENS FOR SOUTH AND WEST ! 
WALL. 
I The following will be found good and quick growing, 
with the exception of the first:— 
Magnolia grandiflora, Exonieusis. 
Crataegus pyracantha. 
Eseallonia rubra. 
Jasminum nudiflorum. 
Ceanotlnis azureus. 
Cotoneaster microphylla, and, if desired, Cheimanthus 
instead of the Magnolia. The Magnolia will require a 
barrow-load of heath soil, part placed round the ball 
carefully, and the rest mixed with brown, fibry loam, ! 
and kept well-watered in summer. The Crataegus will ' 
grow in any soil, but likes a light loamy soil best, 
mixed with lime-rubbish and pieces of brickbats. Few j 
; things surpass it in winter, with its masses of red fruit. 
The Cotoneaster is equally hardy, and will thank you 
; for a portion of heath-mould in the soil, though it will 
i grow pretty freely without it. A good-sized plant should , 
j be got in the first case. In winter and spriug it shows to 
; most advantage with its red fruit. The Jasminum, 
■ instead of green, may be said to bo yellow in winter, 
: as the yellow flowers almost totally conceal the wood. 
The shoots and twigs formed this summer will be loaded 
i with bloom all winter. In very severe weather it would j 
be worth while to throw a cloth over it, otherwise the 
flowers will be blotched and disfigured The Eseallonia 
likes a little heath-soil mixed with loam to start it 
freely. In extra severe weather it would be none the 
worse if an evergreen branch were fastened against it. 
The Ceanothus can hardly be called quite evergreen, but 
it is nearly so, and its extreme beauty warrants its having 
a good place. It should have heath-mould and fibry 
i loam immediately near its roots when planted, and 
good loam beyond. When it has grown sufficiently to 
bloom freely its culture is easily managed. All that is 
necessary is to cut the young shoots of last season’s 
growth back to one bud or two, and the young shoots 
formed will be terminated with the azure blue bunches 
of flowers. The Cheimonanthus is properly deciduous; 
but then the leaves have not long fallen, when the 
sweet little flowers make their appearance. There are 
other Ceanotlmses fit for such a purpose, such as rigidus, 
dentatus, intermedins, papillosus, &c.; and several of 
the Berberis would also answer, as dealbata, aristata, 
Fortuni, Wallichiana, &c.; also, Jasminum, revohttim, 
and the common Jasminum officinale. 
WATER PLANTS FOR FOUNTAINS. 
I presume you mean the Nuphar lutea and the 
Nymphcea alba, both very beautiful. Treated as you 
propose, removing the baskets or boxes under shelter in 
winter, and keeping them in heat in spring, I have seen 
the Calla Ethiopica bloom beautifully in such a place 
in summer; also, Aponogeton distachyon, Pontederia 
erassipes, and Nymphaa emrulea and rubra. I have 
seen the two latter bloom in a pond, even in Scotland, 
after the beginning of July; but they would not stand 
the winter. The Aponogeton and the Calla will do so 
if planted deep. 
BULBS TO ADORN A GREENHOUSE IN SPRING. 
The names of these would be endless; for it would 
be easy to fill several columns with very fine Hyacinths 
alone, that, if potted before November, would require no 
more than greenhouse temperature to get them in bloom 
in spriug. Then the same might be said of Narcissus, 
from the beautiful small-leaved Bulbocodium on to 
Gloria Mundis, Grand Due, Grand Monarque, Soleil 
d'Or, States General, single and double Whites, double 
Roman, &c. Jonquills, treated in the same way, would 
yield a rich harvest of odours. The Crocus tribe would 
yield great attractions in their almost numberless fine 
varieties, and would be then in their glory, as they 
dislike anything like forcing. All the early Tulips, as 
the Van Thols, with their varieties of gold, rose, scarlet, 
white, and yellow. The Florentine, Rosa Mundi, and 
Parrot Tulips, and double Tulips, including such kinds 
as Due Van Thol, Manage de ma Fille, Tournesol, Rex 
Rubrum, &c., will then be in their beauty, sufficient of 
themselves to make a house gay. Then there are the 
little Squills for a front shelf, such as Scilla brevifolia and 
Mauritaniea, that always require protection ; and such 
pretty hardy bulbs as Amcena bifolia, with its varieties 
of blue, white, and red; Campanulata, and its varieties, 
pracox, Italica, verna, &c., that will bloom very early if 
protected by a greenhouse. The pretty Oxalis group has 
frequently been alluded to for this purpose. For spriug 
blooming the following would be suitable:— Canescens, 
cernua, flava, multiflora, versicolor, &c. These should be 
watered as long as the leaves keep green, but when the 
leaves begin to change be allowed to get dry, and be re¬ 
potted before the bulbs begin to push again. The Spa- 
raxis genus are also very interesting, producing their 
flowers when about one foot in height: bicolor, grandiflora, 
lineata, and tricolor would come in best at that time. 
They require much the same treatment as Ixia, an allied 
family, namely, to be grown in sandy peat, with a little 
fibry loam and sand, to be kept well watered when 
growing and flowering, and to have plenty of air, so that 
frost is excluded; when done flowering, and the leaves 
are getting a tinge of yellow, to be allowed to dry gra¬ 
dually; and then the roots to be kept in a dry state, 
either in the pots or out of them, repotting again in 
autumn as soon as the bulbs give signs of moving. 
Almost every one of the twenty or thirty species or 
varieties will bloom on the shelf of a greenhouse from 
March to the end of May, and without anything like 
forcing being required. I might also instance Tri- 
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