ON THE CHOICE OF PLANTS FOR A GREENHOUSE. 273 
spring, and placed in a shady situation in the summer. Great 
care is required that the roots do not get dry, December. • 
Epacris grandiflora, E. impressa, and E. rosea, will flower from 
this time till April: should be treated the same as heaths. The 
leading shoots should be kept well stopped when young, to prevent 
them becoming naked at bottom. It is a good plan, in hot weather, 
to place the pots in others of a larger size, and fill the space be¬ 
tween with moss, which, if wetted when the plants are watered, 
will tend to preserve a regular moisture at the roots, than which 
nothing is more essential to their well being. January. Cine¬ 
rarias, particularly the shrubby kinds, will be coming into flower 
at this time. It is best to get young plants from cuttings in 
June. The herbaceous varieties, such as Hendersonii and cruenta, 
if turned out into the ground in May, will make plenty of offsets 
fit for parting singly in August; soil, two-thirds peat, one ditto 
loam. February .—Pimelia decussata, pink ; soil, sandy peat. 
March .—Acacia armata, Azalea Indica alba, A. Smith’s coccinea, 
A. grandiflora purpurea : these should be shifted into larger pots 
when done flowering, if they require it, and grown in peat. 
Genista Canariensis, Cytisus racemosus, both fragrant. Ajprii .— 
Herbaceous Calceolarias, followed by shrubby ditto, Geraniums, 
and Fuchsias. Any instruction as to the culture of either of these 
would be quite superfluous to the readers of the Florist s Journal. 
There are a great number of other plants which deserve a 
place in the greenhouse, but those I have mentioned I consider 
indispensable where ornament is an object. 
For the general management of all, let the pots be well 
drained, worms carefully excluded, air given every fine day, fires 
made only to expel damp and frost, water given in the morning, 
when necessary, and the plants frequently turned round, that all 
parts may enjoy the light. And, instead of the whole collection 
being turned out on some one particular day, which is frequently 
done, let the time be regulated by a regard to the nature and 
habits of each species ; for until men who have the charge of 
plants, have made the natural locality of each an object of their 
study, not only in reference to latitude, but also altitude, it will 
be in vain to look for well-grown specimens as the result of such 
blind-hazard treatment. This cannot be expected of men who 
fill gardeners’ places, and receive labourers’ wages. 
October 1 6th, 1841. 
VOL. II. NO. XII. 
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