stones for bottom or for more permanent heat, as was practised just at the time when the 

 hot-w.ater system was introduced." 



Of new plants found at Henderson's, he says : " Jasminuni diantliifolium, with a slender 

 hahit and sweet, starry, white flowers, was (juito now to me as a stove plant, which every- 

 body buys for its manageable size and most deliciously sweet blossoms. Dipladeuia uro- 

 phylla and AUamanda Aubletii are spoken of as very superior ; Ardisia hynieuandra and 

 ^seliynanthus splendens, the same ; Ixora floribunda, a close grower, with rosy flowers, 

 ditto ; Rogeria thyrsiflora, much after Ixora, the same ; Tecoma spectabilis, Meyenia erecta, 

 and the magnitii' Mediuilla, with Maranta Warsce\viczii,tho llexacentris, (iesnera Doncklarii, 

 Dipladenia acuminata. Nepenthes i)liyIlaniphora, the two Souerila margaritacea, and Impa- 

 tiens Jerdoniie, are all of the first water." 



Another authority has the following interesting list : — 



"Plants for rockwork, all with variegated leaves: Ajuga reptans, Aira cserulea (Molinia 

 cjerulea), Carex, Dactylis glomerata, Festuca glauca, Galeobdolon luteum, Glechoma hede- 

 racea, Linaria Cymbalaria, Saxifraga umbrosa, Tussilago Farfara, Vinca major elegantissima, 

 V. major reticulata, V. minor aurea, V. minor argentea. 



Plants for pot culture : iEgopodium Podagraria, with variegated leaves, free growing, and 

 handsome ; variegated Ageratum ccelestinum, Arabis lucida, with very fine bright golden 



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HAxr.i.vi; Vase. 



variegation ; Arundo Donax versicolor, one of the very best variegated plants ; Artemisia 

 vulgaris, handsome in a pot ; Arum maculatum, with veined leaves ; Aspidistra lurida 

 variegata, generally shown as a stove plant, but quite hardy and very fine for specimen 

 plants ; Centaurea candidissima, with ornamental silvery leaves, makes a first-rate speci- 

 men plant ; Cineraria maritima : this, like the preceding, is covered with down, which looks 

 like frosted silver, an elegant plant for rooms at night ; Convallaria majalis : this is even 

 finer as a pot plant than in the border; Dactylis glomerata fol. var., a handsome Grass ; 



