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not be put out into the open ground, however, until about 

 June ist. As a single specimen in the centre of a large bed 

 or as the background for other small foliage-plants they are 

 very effective. 



Caladium (Caladium esculentum Ilort). — The leaves of 

 this plant are broad and heart-shaped, often 2 feet across, 

 and hanging obliquely on the leaf-stalk make verv beauti- 

 ful borders for beds of cannas or castor bean plants, or 



Fig. 169. — Egyptian Papyrus {Papyrus antiquorum). 



they make pleasing single specimens on the lawn. It is 

 also especially useful among rockwork and on the border 

 of water. It required the same treatment as the canna, 

 though perhaps more heat in starting it into growth than the 

 latter. 



Egyptian Paper-reed or Papyrus {Papyrus antiquorum), 

 Fig. 169. — This beautiful plant is being much less used 

 than it should be. It is one of the most beautiful and easily 

 grown plants, either on the lawn, in ordinary garden soil, 

 or on the borders of ponds or basins of fountains. Plants 



