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CHAPTER XXII.

SELECTIONS OF GREENHOUSE PLANTS.

In the several chapters on plants and their cultivation, typical species and good varieties have been named, but the lists that follow will probably prove useful, as they comprise the most distinct and beautiful plants in the several classes, and are for the most part limited to such as the amateur should obtain in the first instance.


Azaleas.—A. Borsig, Admiration, Andersoni, Antoinette Thelemann, Beauty of Reigate, Bouquet de Roses, Charmer, Comte de Hainault, Coquette de Gand, Distinction, Dominique Vervaene, Duc de Nassau, Duchesse Adelaide de Nassau, Etoile de Gaud, Fascination, Flag of Truce, Flower of the Day, Forget-me-not, Francois Devos, Grande Duchesse de Bade, Guillaume III., Her Majesty, Imperialis, Juliana, La Victoire, Leopold I., Le Superbe, Lizzie, Madame Alex. Hardy, Madame Alex. van Langenhove, Madame Camille van Langenhove, Madame de Cannaert d'Hamale, Madame Dominique Vervaene, Madame Iris Lefebvre, Madame Leon Maenhaut, Madame Louis van Houtte, Madame van der Cruyssen, Madlle. Leonie van Houtte, Madlle. Marie van Houtte, President A. Verschaffelt, President Humann, Prince Albert, Prince of Orange, Queen of Roses, Reine Blanche, Rubens, Souvenir de Prince Albert, Stanleyana, Stella, Vivid.


Basket Plants.—Cereus flagelliformis, Convolvulus mauratinicus and any of the annual species; Cobea scandens variegata, Disandra prostrata, Dolichos lignosus, Fagelia bituminosa, Ficus repens. Fuchsias, Gompholobium polymorphum splendens, Hardenbergia monophylla, Hibbertia dentata, Ipomeas, Lobelia erinus in variety, Lophospermum Hendersoni, L. scandens, L. spectabilis punctata; Maurandy Barclayana in variety, Mikauia scandens, Mutisia decurrens, Pelargo-