50 THE GARDENER. [Jan. 187 i. 



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Adam Davidsox. — The following are excellent fine-foliaged plants for the 

 ordinary system of bedding : — 



Centaurea Rigusina, silvery, will stand 10° frost, 1 to 1| foot, 



,, gymnocarpa, silvery, ,, 1 to 2 feet, according to age. 



Cinerarea maritima, silvery, ,, 1 to 2 feet. 



,, acanthafolia, silvery, ,, ,, 



Achyrocline Saundersoni, silvery, ,, ,, 



Santolina chamsecyparissus, silvery, hardy, ,, 



,, incana, silvery, hardy, 6 to 9 inches. 



Dactylis glomerata variegata, variegated, hardy, 1 foot. 



Chrysanthemum Sensation, variegated, har.ly, 2 feet. 



Polemonium cffiruleum variegatufn, variegated, hardy, 9 inches to 1 foot, 



Pyrethrum Golden Feather, gohien, hardy, 6 to 8 inches, 



Stachys lanata, silvery, hardy foliage, 4 inches, 



Euonymus radicans variegatus, varit-gated, hardy, height according to age. 



Cerastium tomentosum, silvery, hardy, 3 to 4 inches. 



Arabis alpina variegata, vat legated, hardy, 3 to 4 inches. 

 ,, lucida variegata, golden variet^ated, 3 inches. 



Artemisia argentea, silvery, hardy, 6 to 8 inches. 



Ajuga reptaus rubra, dark purple, hardy, very dwarf. 



Oxaiis corniculata rubra, dark chocolate, hardy, 4 inches. 



Alternathera, various, very dwarf, but tender. 



Amaranthus melancholicus ruber, dark red, 1 to 2 feet, tender. 



Coleus VerschafiFeltii, dark crimson, 2 to 3 feet, tender. 



,, various sorts, which thrive outdoors for two or three of the warmest 

 months. 



Dell's Beet, dark crimson, 9 inches to 1 foot, very effective and hardy. 



These are the cream of the more dwarf-foliaged plants for bedding. Of subtropi- 

 cal plants likely to suit your locality, the following are good : — 



Aralia papyriCera, height 

 according to age. 



Cannas in variety. 

 *Nicotiana Wigandioides. 

 *Polymijia grandis. 

 *S lauum robustum. 

 *\ViDrandia Caracasana. 



Dracaena Draco. 

 Ficus elastica. 

 Ferdinandia eminens. 

 Phormium tenax. 

 *^Ricinus in variety. 

 Seaforthia elegans. 

 Corypha Australis. 



Caladium esculentum. 



Acacia lophantha. 



Ai^ave Americana. 



Chamserops Fortunii. 



Cordyline indivisa. 



Cycas revoluta. 



Dracicna Australis. 



These are all hardy enough to be outdoors for four or five months in summer, 

 and can be wintered iu a greenhouse. Their height is according to age. Those 

 marked * can be easily raised from seed, and the Cannas can be lifted and kept 

 under the greenhouse stage. 



D. M'C. — Your suggestion has, as you will see on second page of Cover, been 

 acted upon. 



Statice Rattrayana is synonymous with S. profusa : it was raised at Salton 

 Hall, near Haddington, and is the finest and most useful of all the greenhouse or 

 stove Statices. It is a hybrid between S. Holfordii and S. puberiola. 

 Sandt. — Your Vine-stems should be at least 6 inches from the pipes. 

 L. (A Subt^criber). — Your young Vines appear to have made good progress in 

 the time you name, and if you have no special reasons for cropping them, we 

 would advise you to cut them down within 2 feet of the front lights, and take 

 only a bunch or two from each at the most. This will be the most satisfactory 

 course iu the end. Many young Vines are crushed in their youth by cropping 

 them too greedily. We should prefer inarctiing the Madresfield Court on the 

 Lady Downes rather than on Black Alicant. Your estimate of Madrcsfield Court 

 is no doubt correct. White Lady Downes has all the good'qualities of Black Lady 

 Downes, as a robust free cropper and good keeper, and colours like a well- 

 ripened Muscat. 



