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SUPPLEMENTAEY NOTE ON FINE FOLIAGE PLANTS. 



Mauantas. — In the paper on ornamental-leaved plants, the 

 mention of this beautiful genus was accidentally omitted, and I now 

 propose to supply the deficiency. Marantas can be grown to any 

 desired size without difficulty, but the specimens grown in five or 

 six inch pots will be the most useful. They are all very readily 

 propagated by division just as they are beginning to make new 

 growth. To do this without materially injuring the plants, turn 

 them out of the pots carefully, loosen and separate the roots with 

 the hand, and then divide the crowns with a sharp knife. Trim the 

 roots a little if they require trimming, and put each portion into o 

 five or six inch pot, and if convenient, partly plunge the pots in a 



MAKANTA ZEBRINA. 



genial bottom-heat, and where the plants will enjoy the assistance 

 of a moderately moist atmosphere. A light open compost, consisting 

 of equal parts turfy loam, fibry peat, and leaf-mould, and a sixth 

 part of silver-sand, will grow them to perfection. They should 

 also be grown in a shady part of the stove, as the foliage when 

 exposed to the sun during the summer loses that fresh velvety 

 appearance for which it is remarkable. M. zebrina and M. 

 Warseewicr.i are the two most useful for the table, because of their 

 graceful habit of growth, which is so well shown in the accom- 

 panying illustration. If. rosea-picta, M. Veitchi, M. fasciata, M. 

 imperialism and several others, may be employed for the same pur- 

 pose, but the two first-named are the best, and they are moreover 

 cheap, and within the reach of all who have a stove in which to 

 cultivate them. s- g - -- ; 'Ph L) 



