| Abies pygmæa |
| Araucaria imbricata |
| Arthrotaxus cupressoides (selaginoides) |
| “laxifolia |
| Biotia cupressiformis |
| “nana |
| “orientalis elegantissima |
| “orientalis variegata aurea |
| Cephalotaxus drupacea |
| Chamæcyparis sphæroidea variegata |
| “sphæroidea viridis |
| Cryptomeria elegans |
| Cupressus Lawsoniana |
| ““nana |
| ““variegata |
| ““erecta viridis |
| Cupressus nutkaensis |
| Dacrydium glaucum |
| Juniperus chinensis |
| ““variegata |
| “excelsa stricta |
| “fragrans |
| “hibernica |
| “tamariscifolia |
| ““variegata |
| “virginiana viridis pendula |
| Retinospora ericoides |
| “leptoclada |
| “lycopodiodes |
| “obtusa |
| ““aurea |
| ““compacta |
| “pisifera |
| ““alba variegata |
| ““aurea{237} |
| Taxus baccata elegantissima |
| ““variegata |
| Thuja aurea |
| Thuja gigantea |
| “nana |
| Thujopsis dolabrata |
| “lætevirens |
Conifers most suited for the surroundings of the flower-garden and pleasure-ground—kinds which, though noble and graceful as can be in many instances, are yet too large for anything but the framing of the picture, so to speak.
| Abies Douglasii |
| “Engelmanni |
| “Menziesii inverta |
| “Hookeriana |
| “orientalis |
| Cephalotaxus Fortunei |
| Juniperus virginiana glauca |
| ““thurifera |
| Libocedrus tetragona |
| Picea amabilis (magnifica) |
| “nobilis |
| “Nordmanniana |
| Picea Parsonsi |
| “Pinsapo |
| Pinus Cembra |
| “monticola |
| “insignis (where it thrives) |
| Sciadopitys verticillata |
| Thuja gigantea (true) |
| “plicata |
| “pyramidalis |
| Thujopsis Standishii |
| Sequoia gigantea |
| “sempervirens |
A Selection of Gourds.
Amongst the most beautiful are the Turk’s Cap varieties, such as Grand Mogul, Pasha of Egypt, Viceroy, Empress, Bishop’s Hat, etc; the Serpent Gourd, Gooseberry Gourd, Hercules’ Club, Gorilla, St. Aignan, Mons. Fould, Siphon, Half-moon, Giant’s Punchbowl, and the Mammoth, weighing from 170lb. to upwards of 200lb.; while amongst the miniature varieties the Fig, Cricket-ball, Thumb, Cherry, Striped Custard, Hen’s-egg, Pear, Bottle, Orange, Plover’s-egg, etc., are very pretty examples, and very serviceable for filling vases, etc. All these are well adapted to the climate of England, and there are many others equally suitable—a fact sufficiently indicated in one collection shown by Mr. W. Young, which consisted of 500 varieties, all English grown, the greater number of which were sown where grown, and came to maturity without the assistance of glass or any other protection. The ground being manured and dug one spit deep, the seed was sown the second week in May, and from first to last many of the plants had no water supplied to them through the season. Others, by way of experiment, had it in various quantities—the more water was given, the larger, the freer, and the better the produce. Sowing in a frame at the end of April, and exposing them to the free air during the day so as to prevent them being drawn, and then removing the frame altogether to harden them off before planting out, would be the best way to secure an early growth of gourds. Sowing in the open ground under hand-lights would also do, but not so well.
Ornamental Grasses.
| Agrostis nebulosa |
| Arundo conspicua |
| “Donax |
| ““versicolor |
| “festucoides |
| “Phragmites |
| Bambusa, in var. |
| Elymus arenarius |
| “ condensatus |
| Erianthus Ravennæ |
| Gynerium argenteum, and its vars. |
| Calamagrostis argentea |
| Poa aquatica |
| “fertilis |
| Saccharum ægyptiacum |
| “cylindricum |
| “Maddenii |
| Stipa pennata |
| Zea Mays |
| Andropogon argenteus |
| “bombycinus |
| “formosus |
| “Sorghum |
| “strictus |
| “squarrosus |
| Chloropsis Blanchardiana |
| Gymnothrix latifolia |
| Holcus saccharatus |
| Erianthus strictus |
| “violascens |
| Chloris myriostachys |
| Panicum bulbosum |
| “altissimum |
| “capillare |
| “miliaceum |
| “virgatum |
| “maximum |
| “palmifolium |
| “gongyloides |
| Panicum violaceum |
| Penicillaria spicata |
| Sorghum cernuum |
| “halepense |
| “melanocarpum |
| “nankinense |
| “tataricum |
| Tripsacum monostachyum |
| “dactyloides |
| Milium nigricans |
| “multiflorum |
| “effusum |
| Bromus brizopyroides |
| Briza gracilis |
| “geniculata |
| “maxima |
| “rufiberbis |
| Hordeum jubatum |
| Pennisetum longistylum |
| Piptatherum multiflorum |
| Agrostis spica-venti |
| Setaria germanica |
| Stipa capillata |
| Chascolytrum erectum |
| Leptochloa gracilis |
| Agrostis Steveni |
| Echinochloa Zenkowski |
| Paspalum elegans |
List of Ferns that may be grown with advantage away from the fernery proper.