The Garden Under Glass

WORTHY PLANTS FOR GREENHOUSE 133 dressing. Propagate by division and grow mostly in a cold house. Datura Suaveolens.—Does well in a cold greenhouse if fed liberally, and will produce an abundance of beautiful fragrant flowers which I have heard described as gramo-phone horns. The plant is grown pretty easily from cuttings. Diosma Ericoides.—A pretty and fragrant plant resembling a boronia, but it can be rooted much more easily from cuttings. Useful for dotting along the edging of a cold house. Dieffenbachia.—A warm-house plant grown from cuttings for the beauty of its foliage. Cutting up the stem in the same manner as for dracænas will produce young plants in a warm propagator. Dipladenia—A stove climber with beautiful flowers ; suitable for growing up the roof of the house. Cuttings of young growth root very early. Plants should be potted or boxed with soil containing peat, charcoal and strong turfy loam. Diplacus Glutinosus.—Also useful for growing up the roof or the pillars of a cold house. Strike cuttings in the usual way, and if planted out give good lasting soil. Ericas.—Would become great favourites if they were better known and more easily grown. They require a peaty soil and great care in watering on account of their fine roots. Propagated from cuttings and grown in a cold house. Eucharis.-—Splendid subjects if they can be kept free from the dreaded eucharis mite. They relish a warm, moist atmosphere with plenty of shade, a strong soil and, when freely growing, plenty of liquid manure. They are also frequently troubled with mealy bug and scale.