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GREENHOUSE PLANTS
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GREENHOUSE PLANTS.—These are plants requiring the shelter of a glass house, provided with a moderate degree of heat, of which 45° Fahr. may be taken as the minimum in winter. The house should be opened for ventilation in all mild weather in winter, and daily throughout the rest of the year. The following is a select list of genera of miscellaneous decorative plants (orchids, palms and ferns excluded; climbers are denoted by *; bulbous and tuberous plants by t) : Abutilon Aspidistra Brugmansia Acacia Asystasia (Mackaya) Calceolaria Agapanthus Azalea Camellia Agathaea Bauera Campanula Agave Begoniat Canna Alonsoa Blandfordia Celosia Aloysia Bomarea* Cestrum* Amaryllist Boronia Chorizema* Ardisia Bougainvillea* Chrysanthemum Asparagus Bouvardia CinerariaClianthus Ficus Nerinet Clivia Fuchsia Nerium Cobaea* Grevillea Pelargonium Coleus Haemanthust Petunia Coprosma Heliotropium Pimelia Cordyline Hibiscus Plumbago* Correa Hoya* Polianthest Cuphea Hydrangea Primula Cyclament Impatiens Rhododendron Cyperus Jasminum* Richardia (Calla)t Cytisus . Justicia Salvia Darwinia (Genetyllis) Kalosanthes Sarracenia Diosma Lachenaliat Solanum Dracaena Lantana Sparmannia Eccremocarpus* Lapageria* Statice Epacris Liliumt Strelitzia Epiphyllum Lophospermum* Streptocarpus Erica Mandevillea* Swainsonia Eriostemon Manettia* Tacsonia* Erythrina Mutisia* Tecoma Eucalyptus Myrsiphyllum* Tradescantia Eupatorium Maurandya* Vallotat Eurya