Plate 557. 

 AMARANTHUS SALICIFOLIUS. 



The family to which the plant we now figure belongs has 

 already furnished some excellent decorative plants, among 

 which may be classed as a bedding plant J. melancholus ruber, 

 introduced by Messrs. Veitch and Son of Chelsea, to whom we 

 are also indebted for that which we now figure, it having been 

 introduced by the late lamented Mr. J. G. Veitch from the 

 Phili])pine Islands. 



The habit of the plant is very elegant ; the leaves, which are 

 not above a quarter of an inch in width, although from five to 

 seven inches in length, are beautifully undulated, falling grace- 

 fully all round the plant. Their colour is in the earlier stages 

 of growth green and bronze-green; but as the plant increases in 

 age they become more elongated, and from ten to fifteen 

 inches in length, while they assume a bright orange-red colour, 

 giving the idea of brilliant plumes. The entire height of the 

 plant is from two and a half to three feet. 



• The gracefulness of its habit will make it very valuable for 

 the decoration of the greenhouse or conservatory late in autumn, 

 while, for the same reason and its brilliancy of colour, it will be 

 very useful as a table plant. 



It has been exhibited by the Messrs. Veitch at Hamburg, 

 London, Edinburgh, and Brighton, and has always received 

 first-class certificates ; and we feel confident it will soon find its 

 way into general cultivation. 



