The Garden Under Glass

144 THE GARDEN UNDER GLASS exercise of ingenuity it will be possible to hang them by strong sash cord running over a pulley so that they may be let down to a convenient height for watering and secured there until watering is done, when they may be again pulled up. The Greenhouse in Winter In the duil days when the outside garden is cheerless we want the greenhouse to look gay. At such a time bright, warm colours have a decided charm. We find these well illustrated in the deservedly populär begonia, Gloire de Lorraine, in Poinsettia pulcherrima and its modest relative, Euphorbia jacquimæflora, in the grace of that most useful orchid, Galanthe Veitchii, and in the dignified clivia, as we must now call our old friend the imantophyllum. The colours lending warmth and brightness are also found in cyclamen, primulas (stellata and obconica), in the zonal pelargonium, the winter-flowering Stocks, and in forced batches of hyacinths and tulips. Chrysanthemums will brighten the house till well-nigh the end of January, when their place will be taken by forced plants, and this brings us to the Greenhouse in Spring Azaleas, lilacs, spiræas, deutzias, dielytras and the many varieties of hyacinths, tulips, narcissi and jonquils. Lilies of the valley may now be had at any time of the year from retarded crowns, but by forcing natural crowns under cooler conditions we get better results at this time. To these we may add arums, Coleus thyrsoideus, schizan-thuses, eupatoriums, cinerarias, Clarkias, cytisus, stocks, spiræas, deutzias and lachenalias.