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fine cordate leaves. Seeds should be sown early in spring. 
Seedlings repricked in a soil composed of equal parts of loam, 
leaf-mould, decayed manure, and sand will grow rapidly. 
They should be grown ina cool, airy place, and must be re- 
potted frequently to produce fine specimens for winter use. 
Saxifraga sarmentosa. Aaron’s Beard. This well-known 
plant is very useful for baskets, vases, and window-boxes. The 
leaves are roundish, dark green above, red below. A variety 
with variegated leaves is very pretty. The plant forms long 
runners on which young plants are produced. Flowers whitish, 
in loose panicles. Rich, sandy, vegetable soil. 
Sparmannia africana. A tall and graceful shrub with 
white flowers and large, palmate leaves. For culture see 
Hibiscus. 
Stevia and Eupatorium are two allied plants of the Com- 
posite family. ‘They produce numerous very small white 
flowers in winter. Propagation and culture same as Chrysan- 
themum. 
Streptocarpus polyanthus is a very pretty plant of the 
Gesnera family, producing large panicles of fine blue flowers on 
erect peduncles. ‘The flowers are produced from the base of 
large, single, stalkless leaves lying flat on the ground. Re- 
quires no rest, can otherwise be grown in the same way as 
other Gesneracez, which see. 
Veronicas of the shrubby kind are very useful for window- 
boxes, and also as common window-plants. Propagation easy 
by means of half-ripe cuttings. Soil and treatment same as for 
Jacobinia, but must be potted more firmly. The flowers of 
these handsome plants are either white or blue, in long axillary 
spikes or racemes. 
Viburnum Tinus is a fine evergreen shrub which flowers 
