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{September, 



Other huge flowers, placed quite on the tops of 

 bonnets, with encircling leaves, completely hide 

 the squarish crowns ; those generally used for 

 the purpose are the magnolia, rhododendron, 

 chrysanthemum and garden poppy. To these, 

 I far prefer the pretty floral head gears, provided 

 the blossoms are very small. Real baskets of 

 flowers are these bonnets of lilac, hawthorn, 



NEW OR RARE PLANTS. 



Panax laciniatus.— This beautiful foliage 

 plant is now in some choice collections, but not 

 as common as its merits deserve it should be. 

 Plants that are easily grown and adapted to 

 decoration are much sought for, and for this the 

 one here illustrated is particularly well adapted. 



PANAX LACINIATUS. 



may, etc., rivalled only by the chapeaux, re- It was introduced to culture a few years ago by 



sembling a daisy-spangled grass plot or a mossy the enterprising firm of B. S. Williams & Sou, 



bed dotted with florettes. I would not recom- of Upper Holloway, London, who thus speak 



mend, however, the bonnets wreathed with of it: 



grapes and vine leaves, or intertwined with "This very elegant plant will be a valuable 



boughs of the cherry, apple or pear tree, with addition to a class much in request for table 



bloom, fruit and foliage." ■ decoration; it is of medium growth, and when 



