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the beds of Sphagnum than in other soils in the garden. 

 Whenever there is any contrast noticeable between the 

 plants so grown under these difi'erent conditions, the 

 characters associated with the Sphagnum-grown plants are 

 as follows : — they have a more vigorous vegetation, larger 

 leaves and longer shoots ; commonly a deeper green in the 

 foliage, many of the plants grown in ordinary soil being 

 yellowish in colour ; at times, too, there is associated with 

 this more vigorous vegetation a scarcer display of flowers, a 

 feature very clearly marked in Senecio speciosus. Not 

 uncommonly, however, in such plants as Urica arborea and 

 Cantua dependens, the time of flowering is much earlier (even 

 as much as from three to five weeks) than when the plants 

 are grown in the ordinary soil of the garden. The growth 

 in Sphagnum may, perhaps, have some effect upon the 

 ripening of the wood, for not only have we these cases of 

 earlier flowering, but there is the curious fact that Strepto- 

 solen Jamesoni grown in Sphagnum was not killed in the 

 recent frost and fall of snow, whilst larger plants of the 

 same species grown in the ordinary beds were killed. These 

 plants, some of which, at least, grow better in the 

 Sphagnum, are as under — Asparagiis plumosus, Begonia 

 (many species), Cantua depende7is, Cineraria omenta (vars.), 

 Cyclamen persicmn, Daphne indica, Daphne hyhrida, Diosma 

 ericoides, Upacris (several species), Urica (several species), ^rtm- 

 this hyemalis, Frecsia refracta (from seed), Grevillea Thclemo- 

 niana, Juncus spiralis, Primula auriciUa, Primula acaulis, 

 Primula cashmeriana, Primula sinensis, Primtda tubijlora, 

 Russelia juncea, Tellima grandiflora, Tradescantia (species). 

 (When larger they do not grow so well for want of room.) 



The following plants were also growing as well in the 

 Sphagnum as in the open ground — Heheclinium {Eupatorium) 

 '(nacrophyllum, Hyacinthus {^'^^.), Pelargonium zonale, Mclicope 

 ternata, Margyricarpus setosus, Saxifraga Cotyledon, Chorizema, 

 Correa (sps.), Fuchsia Riceartoni, Lihonia (sps.), Lotus Jacdbccus. 



Many seedlings of annuals and biennials were readily ger- 

 minating, or had produced plants of some size. Amongst these 

 were — Auhrietia (sps.), Arahis rosea, Alonsoa (sps.), Aquilcgia 

 (sps.), lanthe huzidifolia, Ionop)sidium acaule, Phyllanthtcs 

 Niruri. We might notice also many other species of hard- 

 wooded or bulbous plants — Rhododendron, Ttdipa, Iris — 



