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THE GARDENER'S MONTHLY 



[February, 



are hundreds of species known to botanists, but It has been introduced from the South Sea Islands, 

 somehow not a large number of them under cul- j The leaves are shortly stalked, lanceolate in out- 

 iure. One of the best that we know of is a com- j line, and sinuately lobed, the lobes again sinuate 



paratively recent introduction, and known as | so as to produce a prettily-cut margin, the curi- 



Ficus exculpta. A handsome plant, furnished 

 with evergreen leaves of a peculiarly elegant form. 



ous crenations giving the leaf the appearance of 

 having been stamped or punched out. In the 



