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superla, 5 ; C. Bilwrelli, 4 ; C. CJ/atei sanguinea, 6 ; C. expansa, 4 ; 

 C. Lemonei, 6 ; C. nigricans, 6 ; C. Premices du Nice, 7 ; Cannabis 

 gigantea, 6 ; Cliamwpuce cassabonoc, 1 ; C. diacantlia, 1 ; Dahlia 

 Imperialis, 8 ; Datura fastuosa Huberiana, fl. pi. 4 ; Eucalyptus 

 globulus, 6 ; Ferdinandia eminens, 8 ; Melianthus major, 3 ; Nicotiana- 

 macrophylla gigantea, 6 ; N. Wigandioides, 6 ; Ricinus bourbonensis^ 

 7 ; R. compactus, 6 ; i?. Obermanni, 8 ; R. sanguineus tricolor, 7 ; 

 Solanum acantliocarpum, 5 ; S. marginatum, 5 ; iS. robustum, 4 ; 

 8. Warscewiczi, 3 ; TF^cwicfo'oi caracasana, 4< ; W 7 ". urens, 3 ; and Ze«. 

 japonica variegata, 5. 



Special reference must be made to the very distinct and beau- 

 tiful Cyperus papyrus, which is so admirably adapted for the embel- 



CYPEEUS PAPYRUS. 



lishment of water scenes, as shown in the accompanying illustration. 

 They require a very moist position, and do much the best when planted 

 close upon the edge of the water. It is very easily raised from 

 seed, but the seed cannot be obtained, so far as I am aware, except 

 at Messrs. Hooper and Co., Central Avenue, Covent Garden. It is, 

 however, by no means dear. I think it was a shilling 1 paid Messrs. 

 H ooper for a packet of seed, and we have now a nice stock. To 

 raise a stock for next year, the seed should be sown at once, and 

 the plants grown on in a warm corner of the greenhouse during the 

 summer. The pots should be stood in pans containing two ox three 

 inches of water. The above-mentioned firm also offer seed of Cyperus 

 vegetatus, which bears a strong resemblance to the preceding, but 

 does not exceed eighteen inches in height, and is, therefore, very 



