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As the seeds in this department are mostly delicate, it is best to make several sowings at 
different times. Most of the varieties known as greenhouse plants will, of course, succeed as 
well in the dwelling house as the greenhouse, if we 
can only secure the conditions necessary to their health, 
and which the conservatory or greenhouse furnishes. 
These are light, warmth, moisture, air, and occasion¬ 
ally a little sunshine. Some may think that they sup¬ 
ply all these conditions, and yet the plants do not 
flourish. The difficulty generally is that we keep our 
living rooms too warm for plants, and too warm also 
for our own good. The atmosphere of the living room, 
also, is too dry. The florist syringes his plants; and 
calceolaria. throws water on the paths, and all about his houses, 
so as to obtain a moist atmosphere by its evaporation. In our living rooms 
we provide no water for evaporation, and the consequence 
is a dry and unhealthy atmosphere, generally filled with 
fine dust from the carpets. Keep the plants clean and 
comfortable, with thermometer not over seventy or seventy- 
five in the day, and not more than fifty or sixty in the 
in the night. Smooth leaves, like those of the Camellia 
and Oleander, should be washed with a sponge, but some 
rough or woolly leaved plants, like the Begonia, dislike 
wetting of the foliage. This is particularly the case with 
the Chinese Primroses. Plants are best kept in a recess, 
or bay window, and if screened from the living room by heliotrope. 
glass doors, all the better ; or, in a room adjoining the living room, where the heat is not exces¬ 
sive, and somewhat uniform. 
CINERARIA 
Abutilon, finest varieties mixed, . 25 
Boston Smilax, Myrsiphyllum asparagoides,) 
the most popular plant now known for decora¬ 
tive purposes ; fine climber, furnishing yards of 
glossy green trimming, •. . 25 
Calceolaria hybrida tigrina, spotted; seeds 
saved from the best collection in Europe, ... 50 
hybrida tigrina nana, six or eight inches in 
height, and of very compact habit, . 50 
hybrida grandiflora, very large, superb flowers, 50 
James’ International Prize, saved from the 
choicest varieties only, . 50 
Campanula Vidalis, white ; very showy, .... 25 
Carnation, jRemontant, or Tree Carnation, 
choicest Italian seed, . 50 
Centaurea gymnocarpa, desirable for its deli¬ 
cately cut and graceful white foliage . 25 
candidissima, an effective white-leaved bedding 
plant, . 25 
Chrysanthemum Indicum, finest double, ... 25 
Pompon, or Dwarf, splendid; seeds from 
choicest named flowers, . 25 
Cineraria hybrida, of first quality ; most perfect, 25 
hybrida, New Dwarf, of compact growth, . . 25 
maritima, white foliaged plant, similar to the 
Centau reas, . 10 
Clianthus Dampieri, magnificent green-house 
shrubby climber, fine foliage and clusters of bril¬ 
liant scarlet flowers. Finely adapted for out¬ 
door culture in the Southern States, as it delights 
in great heat and a light, sandy soil . 20 
Convolvulus Mauritanicus, desirable for hang¬ 
ing baskets, bearing many lavender blue flowers, 10 
Cuphea platycentra, Cigar, or Fire Cracker plant, 25 
Cyclamen Persicum,. 25 
Fuchsia, choice mixed,. 50 
Geranium, common mixed,. 25 
Choicest fancy varieties, mixed sorts, packet of 5 
seeds,.' . 50 
Apple-scented,. 25 
Gloxinia hybrida, best quality, choice flowers, 
from Benary's choice collection, . 50 
hybrida erecta, fine variety; upright flowers, . 50 
Heliotrope, best mixed . 15 
Hibiscus immutabilis, rosy flowers; 3 feet, . . 10 
coccinea, scarlet ; 3 feet, .• 15 
Humea elegans, a beautiful ornamental biennial, 
4 feet high, with graceful dark flowers, .... to 
Lantana, finest mixed, .... 15 
Nerium Oleander, common Oleander, . 10 
Passion Flower, several choice varieties, desir¬ 
able for green-house culture,. 25 
Passifiora coerulea, the most hardy of the Passion 
Flowers, . 15 
Primula Sinensis (Chinese Primrose,) fim- 
briata rubra, red ; extra, . 50 
fimbriata alba, white ; extra,. 50 
fimbriata striata, new; white, fringed, striped 
with red, . 50- 
fimbriata erecta superba, new; fine variety, 50 
Above varieties mixed, . 50 
Fern-leaved, very pretty fern-like foliage, ... 50 
flore-pleno, a large per centage of the flowers per- 
fectly double, and good colors, ... » ; . . 1.50 
Solanum ciliatum, very fine; red-fruited, fruit 
hanging on the plant a long time, . 10 
pseudo-capsicum nanum,. 10 
Tropseolum pentaphyllum,. 25. 
