MISCELLANEOUS FOLIAGE-PLANTS 145 
Ruellia Devosiana. A beautiful and compact plant, with 
small lanceolate leaves, velvety green with white pencillings 
above, purple beneath. Flowers unimportant. Will grow well 
in rich vegetable soil, in a moist and warm place such as a 
terrarium. Easy to increase by means of cuttings. 
Sanchesia nobilis, a plant of the Acanthus family, with 
short stems and large oblong- 
acuminate leaves marked with 
yellow bands along the veins. 
Propagated by cuttings which root 
readily in a warm place. Soil rich 
and fibrous, abundant watering in 
summer and a half-shady position. 
Sonerila Margaritacea. A fine 
foliage-plant with ovate lanceolate 
leaves of a dark glossy green, with 
white spots in longitudinal rows on 
the upper surface. Flowers pretty, 
Sanchesta nobilts, 
rose-purple in small corymbs. This 
is a fine plant for the terrarium, where it should be grown in a 
well-drained position in sandy, vegetable soil. 
Stenandrium Lindenii. This is a very effective foliage- 
plant, nearly related to the Eranthemums. ‘The leaves are obo- 
vate in outline, tapering toward the base. The color is ofa 
rich, velvety green with yellow variegations along the veins. 
This is a fine plant for terrariums or for any warm room. It 
requires shade and moisture, and prefers rich vegetable soil 
with plenty of sand. The procumbent branches will root 
easily, and when separated soon form nice plants. 
Strobilanthus is a new kind of bedding-plant, with leaves 
richly suffused with steel-blue and purple. Will probably 
