.128 THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN’S COMPANION, November 25, 1856. 
j j'olia, Anisomeles furcata, Arctotis decumbens, Antbro- 
podium panicnlatum; Balsams, Baeckia virgata, Bank- 
I sia verticillata, Bauera humilis and rubisefolia, Blaeria 
ericoides, Blandfordia intermedia, Bossiaea linophylla, 
Bouvardia versicolor, Bracbylsena noriifolia, Brongni- 
artia podalyrioides, Browallia elata and speciosa, Brug- 
mansias, Brunsvigia toxicaria; Cacalia articulata and 
Kleinia, Chironia linoides and serpvllifolia, Celosia 
| cristata, Cletbea arborea, Coboea stipularis, scandeus, 
Collania dnlcis, Conostepbium pendulum, Coronilia 
viminalis, Cotyledon clavifolia, cristata, Crassula per- 
foliata, Crinum erassifolium, Cypbia bulbosa; Drakea 
elastica, Drimia altissima, elata; Echeveria pulveru- 
lenta, Echites bispiuosa, Ecbium strigosum, Erica 
Archeriana, calycina, carinata, concinna, declinata, ex- 
surgens, doribunda, globosa, horizontalis, imbricata 
lactiflora, Massoni, obtusa, pellucida, radiata, spicata, 
Smitbiaua, laxifolia, versicolor major, vestita rosea, &c.; 
j Eriostemon myoporoides; Fourcroya gigantea, Freziera 
tbmoides, Fuchsias; Globulea impressa minor; Hseman- 
thus coccineus, Heylockia pusilla, Hebenstreitia fru- 
ticosa, Heliotropium, Hermannia inflata, Heteromorpha 
arborescens, Hibiscus multifidus, Hindsia longiflora, 
Hippeastrums, Huernia humilis, ocellata; Ipomsea cras- 
sipes, Sellowii; Jacquemontia canescens ; Lagerstroemia 
Indica, Lantanas, Ledocarpum peduncularis, Leonotis 
nopetaefolia, Leucadendron arboreum, Leycesteria for- 
mosa, Lightfootia subulata; Mesembryanthemum Cali- 
fornicum, birtellum, caninum, conspicuum, foliosum, 
lucidum, molle, vulpinum, &c.; Mimulus, Monnina cro- 
talarioides, Muraltia filiformis; Nerine flexuosa, Nierem- 
bergias ; Osteospermum corymbosum,Oxalis Cummingii, 
arcuata, fallax, furcata, rigidula, Barrelieri, &c.; Oxy- 
ramphis macrostyla; Passion dowers, Pelargoniums, 
Pentlandia miniata, lacunosa, Petunias, Phylica squar- 
rosa, Physianthus albicans, Piaranthus pullus, Plum¬ 
bago Capensis, Priestleya birsuta, Protea mellifera; 
Rocllia spicata, Roylea elegans; Salvia involucrata, 
splendens, Samolus litoralis, Streptocarpus Rexii, Sa- 
tyrium aureum, candidum, cornifolium, Scsevola suaveo- 
lens, crassifolia, Schotia speciosa, Scutellaria incarnata, 
Selago canescens, Septas canescens, Statice Halfordii; 
Tacsonia mollissima, Teucrium indatum, davum, marum, 
Asiaticum, Thysanotus proliferus, Tritoma pumila; Val- 
lota suavis, furva, Yeltheimia virididora, Verbenas, Ver- 
besina alata, Witsenia corymbosa. 
STOVE PLANTS. 
iEchmea fulgens, iEgiphila obovata, Agave vivipara, 
Allamanda Schottii, neriifolia, Amasonia erecta, Authu- 
rium rubescens, Aphelandra cristata, fulgens; Barlina 
purpurea, Basella tuberosa, Begonia albo-coccinea, hera- 
cleifolia, hirtella, manicata, odorata, nitida, parvifolia; 
Beloperone oblougata, Besleria pulchella, Billbergia 
fasciata, Bromelia bracteata; Calathea flavescens, Calo- 
tropis gigantea, Centroclinium redexum, Clerodendum 
paniculatum, &c., Coleus Blumei, &c., Combretum pani- 
culatum, Conradia doribunda, Convolvulus pentanthus, 
Crinum Caffre, elegans, strictum, Cymbidiumtenuifolium; 
Daubentonia Tripetiana, Diastoma ochroleuca, Dichori- 
sandra picta, discolor, Dischidia Bengalensis, Dipla- 
denia crassiuoda, Dumerilia paniculata, Duranta Plu- 
mieri; Ecbites hirsuta, Erisma doribunda, Eupatorium 
odoratum, Euphorbia lieptagona rubra, Evolvulus emar- 
ginatus; Fimbriaria elegans, Fugosia heterophylla; 
Geissomeria aurantiaca, fulgida, Gesnera discolor, ze¬ 
brina; Gloxinia, very many; Gossypium Barbadensis, 
Griffinia parviflora, Guatteria virgata; Heterotrichum 
macrodon, Heynea trijuga; Ipomsea grandiflora; Jus- 
ticia speciosa; Leianthus nigricaus, Lemonia spectabilis, 
Lubegia speciosa; Melastoma Banksii. sanguinea, Mi- 
cropera parvidora; Nepenthes Rafflesiana, Niphsea albo- 
lineata, Nymphaea of sorts; Oldenlandias, Oxalis mono- 
phylla; Passiflora alata, quadrangularis, princeps, &c., 
Pharbitis varia, cathartica, Lcarii, Phaseolus lobatus, 
Pleroma Bentbamiana, Poivrea cocciuea; Rhyttdopliyl- 
lum auriculatum, Richardsonia scabra, Ruellia formosa, 
Ryanaea speciosa; Sanseviera Guineensis, Scutellaria 
cordifolia, Siphocampylos microstemma; Thunbergia of 
sorts, Torenia Asiatica; Volkameria aculeata; Vriesia 
glaucophylla; Zygopetalum stenochilum. 
The above will suit those who wish to have as much 
variety as possible in their houses in the autumn months. 
Limited as the list is, I do not suppose it could be 
obtained in any single establishment in the country, 
| and a great many of them will seldom be offered or 
grown for sale so long as the fashion continues to cul- 
tivate only a few of free-blooming, easy-grown plants. 
For amateurs, with small space at their disposal, such 
lists as the above will only be a useless temptation, as 
generally their houses are overcrowded already. I feel 
it to be merely tantalizing beginners when, in accordance 
with their requests,! give a long list (as long as possible 
they say) to suit their house of some twenty or thirty 
feet by twelve or fourteen. I would much rather impress 
on them the importance of growing comparatively few 
plants well, and when they are tired of them to begin 
another group. Thus, for such a greenhouse as I have 
supposed, what could look better in September than 
blue and purple Passion-dowers suspended from the 
roof—the white Mandevilla suaveolens running along a 
rod—a few wreaths of the rose-coloured Tacsonia mol¬ 
lissima dangling from the highest part of the roof, and 
masses of blue Plumbago Capensis around one or two of 
the pillars? The shelves or stage might be supplied 
with bushy Fuchsias from last year’s plants, cut down 
in March, and grown to a single stem, or from cuttings 
struck the previous September, or in March, in a hotbed: 
those in September would be in full health and in full 
bloom. Add to these a small group of white and orange 
Begonias, or various coloured Achimenes, and scarlet 
Clerodendrums , and Oesnera zebrina, from the stove; or, 
failing these, a group of yellow and crimson Cockscombs, 
from seed sown in a hotbed in March, and a batch of 
dne double compact Balsams from seed sown in April. 
A few scarlet variegated Geraniums, such as Mountain 
of Light, Alma, Flower of the Day, and Golden Chain, 
well-grown, would lend the charm of variety to the scene; 
and just to enliven the whole affair with a dash of 
yellow or orange, have a few plants of Cassia corymbosa 
or Lantana crocea, preferring the former; while Musk 
and Mignonette would give perfume, and a few of the 
hardier Ferns and Mosses might fill the shady spots, and 
lend the graces of their foliage. 
Then suppose we take a small stove of the above 
dimensions, we may have Stephanotis floribunda, Passi¬ 
flora Buonapartea and princeps on the roof, giving us 
the colours of white, blue, purple, and pink scarlet; and 
if there is an Allamanda cathartica, that will give 
yellow. Then the stage would be supplied with bloom 
from Gesnera zebrina, &c., from Begonias of many kinds, 
from Achimenes, from Gloxinias, kept cool and dry 
until March or April, or from cuttings, not leaves, taken 
off in the end of February or the beginning of March. 
Fine foliage would be got from the large-leaved Maranta, 
the Crotons, the Dracaenas, the Caladiums, and such 
quick-growing plants as Cissus discolor and Coleus Blumei. 
As a delightful change again to this variegated and 
spotted foliage, how interesting would a small group of 
Ferns be, even though confined to the species of Adiantums 
(Maiden-hair) and Gymnogramma alone ! Where there 
is room, plants of Allamanda may be grown round a 
barrel-trellis, and so may Dipladenia and other twiners— 
Stanhopeas, AEschynanthus; and even the creeping Mosses, 
as Lycopodium violaceum, may be suspended in baskets, 
and Mosses and other little Ferns be clustered about the 
edges of the beds dr stages. Such plants, with room 
given to them to show themselvos, would be more in- 
