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fill with moss or soil, and keep moist until thoroughly rooted, 
when the tops may be removed and potted without danger. 
The leaves should be frequently washed, and occasional spray- 
| ings are to be recommended. Lib- 
eral top-dressings with safe arti- 
ficial manures should be given te 
older plants. 
Fittonias are fine trailing plants 
with large elliptical leaves. F. 
argyroneura has deep-green leaves 
with numerous pure white veins. 
F. Pearsii and F. gigantea have 
fine red-veined leaves. Cuttings 
root with the greatest of ease. 
Same soil and treatment as recom- 
mended for Bertolonia, and useful 
for the same purpose. 
Grevillea robusta. Silk Oak. 
Leaves large, bipinnate, finely cut. 
Rubber-tree. Fzcus elastica. 
Stem slender, erect. This is a 
very fine foliage-plant for the parlor, and when small one of 
the best plants for table decoration. Propagated by seed and 
cultivated like Aralia. 
Iresine. A plant of the Amaranth family, with variegated or 
red foliage, mostly used for window-boxes and vases. The 
variety I. aureo-reticulata has green leaves with red veins and 
leaf-stalks, reticulated with yellow. I. Lindenii has red leaves 
and is a very common plant, grown along with Coleus under 
precisely the same treatment. 
Isolepis is a small grass-like plant, of a tufty habit, with 
thread-like pendulous leaves. It is very useful in small pots 
