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pinched so as to make a close mass of creamy yegetation, or may be 

 allowed to grow to full height. 



Alternanthera parois'tchioides is the best of the new series 

 of amaranths lately introduced from Brazil. It is of rather diminu- 

 tive growth as compared with Coleus and Amaranthus melancholicus, 

 and quite distinct in character. The prevailing colours are olive, 

 crimson, and orange red. It requires the same treatment as Coleus, 

 and must be planted four inches apart every way for a rich efiect. 



Iresixe Uerbstii has been much abused, but we have so fre- 

 quently seen it in beautiful condition, and making a fine effect with 

 its heavy mixture of bronze, purple, and crimson, that we do not 

 hesitate to recommend it. It is very bold and distinct, very hardy, 

 and lasts far into the autumn, when other foliage bedders are 

 fading away. It needs to be contrasted with brighter objects to 

 have the richness proper to it, and it makes a fine dividing line 

 between silvery or golden leaves. 



Antennaeia tomentosa is the most perfect silvery-leaved 

 edging-plant ever seen. It grows as close as moss, and is as bril- 

 liant as the whitest of the Centaureas. Every amateur who prac- 

 tises bedding should obtain this plant, and practise patience in 

 getting up a stock of it for margins of beds. Messrs. E. Gr. Hen- 

 derson possess it, but whether it is generally distributed we do 

 not know. 



Golden Balm. — This was first made known in the Floral 

 World, and has become deservedly popular. But many amateurs 

 forget what was said about it in the first instance, that it should be 

 planted where it is to remain, and should not be disturbed for 

 several years. Then the older it is the richer are its colours, and it 

 really rivals Golden Chain geranium in its splendid appearance. 



Dactylis glomerata roLiTs YARiEGATis. — The varicgatcd 

 Dactylis is invaluable for edgings, forming neat tufts of grassy 

 foliage, very brilliantly variegated. In all good gardens it has 

 become a leading member of the group of plants used for edging. 

 To increase the stock, it is only necessary to tear up the plants in 

 August, and plant at once where they are to remain. It is quite hardy. 



PoA TEiviALis, in a variegated form, has been introduced to public 

 notice by Messrs. E. G. Henderson and !Son. It is remarkable for grace- 

 fulness of form and exquisite purity of creamy variegation, verging 

 towards pure white. It is a grass of tender leafage, growing natu- 

 rally in a thick lawn-like mass, and adapted either for edging beds 

 or actually to make close plots of silvery herbage. Possibly this 

 very plant may lead to quite new modes of displaying bedding 

 plants, for if we lay down a white instead of a green ground for a 

 pai'terre, the colouring of the beds will have to be altered very much 

 from the styles that prevail. As an edging plant it is invaluable, 

 and for growing in pots and in tufts on the rockery, worth a place 

 in every garden. 



Sa:n'tolina ixcan-a. — A thoroughly hardy plant, growing four 

 inches high, the branches closely set with minute silvery grey leaves, 

 making a neat edging when regularly pinched back. 



Yariegated Iyies. — We have yet to see justice done to these 



