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plants should be grown in a sunny window, and must be liber- 
ally watered. Frequent spraying of the foliage and washing 
to keep the leaves healthy and free from dust, will help to bring 
out the full beauty of these plants. 
The finest varieties are: C. Andreanum, leaves large, broadly 
lanceolate with yellow veins; C. Disraeli, leaves hastate with 
red and golden veins; J. R. Rothschield, very broad, ovate, 
lanceolate leaves, bright green with crimson and yellow veins ; 
C. undulatum, lanceolate leaves with wavy edges, bronze with 
red and crimson; C. pictum, somewhat similar to the last, with 
smooth edges; C. variegatum, heavily blotched leaves, green 
and yellow, with pale rose-colored leaf-stalks ; C. elegans punc- 
tatum, leaves small, almost linear, green, spotted with bright 
yellow. ‘The varieties are very numerous, but the above are 
among the finest and most easily obtained kinds. 
Coleus are common, soft-wooded bedding-plants with richly 
colored foliage, varying from pale yellow to deep purple and 
carmine, either one- or many-colored. They are easy of cult- 
ure and may be propagated by cuttings at any time of the 
year, and should be grown in rich fibrous soil. Useful as speci- 
men plants for the house or for planting in window-boxes and 
vases. 
Coprosma Baueriana is the name of a handsome evergreen 
shrub with small ovate leaves, which are finely variegated with 
pure white. It is almost hardy, and may be kept in a cool 
room during winter. Propagated by soft-wooded cuttings in 
sand. Pot, when rooted, in rich loamy soil, and pinch the 
young shoots slightly to form bushy specimens as the plants 
grow on. 
Eranthemum. Plants with yellow, variegated, blackish- 
purple or in various ways colored foliage, with succulent stems, 
