8 Subtropical Gardening. 



storing. So with some Cycads and other plants 

 of distinct habit— the very things best fitted to 

 add to the attractions of the flower-garden. Thus 

 we may, in all but the smallest gardens, enjoy all 

 the benefits of what is called Subtropical Garden- 

 ing, without creating any special arrangements 

 for it. 



But what of those who have no conservatory, no 

 hothouses, no means for preserving large tender 

 plants in winter ? They too may enjoy the beauty 

 which plants of fine form afford. A better effect 

 than any yet seen in an English garden from 

 tender plants may be obtained by planting hardy 

 ones only ! There is the Pampas grass, which 

 when well grown is unsurpassed by anything that 

 requires protection. There are the Yuccas, noble 

 and graceful in outline, and thoroughly hardy, 

 and which, if planted well, are not to be surpassed, 

 if equalled, by anything of like habit we can pre- 

 serve indoors. There are the Arundos, conspicua 

 and Donax, things that well repay for liberal 

 planting ; and there are fine hardy herbaceous 

 plants like Crambe cordifolia, Rheum Emodi, 

 Ferulas, and various graceful umbelliferous plants 

 that will furnish effects equal to any we can 

 produce by using the tenderest exotics. The 



