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in habit and having softish or flaccid leaves, frequently 

 falling forward; it also flowers later; and T. U. Lindley- 

 ana, which has erect, very rigid leaves, and more deeply- 

 coloured flowers than the type. 



Tupidanthus calyptratus. — A noble subtropical 

 plant from Bengal, standing in the open air from the 

 beginning of June till October without the slightest injury. 

 The leaves are large, deeply-divided, and of a dark shining 

 green colour. It requires stove treatment in winter and 

 spring, and is suitable for beds or planting singly. 



*Typha latifolia (Reed-Mace). — A native aquatic 

 plant, growing in tufts of 2 -rowed flat leaves from \\ ft. 

 to 2 ft. long, and 1 in. or 1* in. wide. From the centre 

 of each tuft springs a stem 6 ft. or 7 ft. high, which in 

 the flowering season is terminated by a close cylindrical 

 spike 9 ins. long, and of a dark-olive colour, changing to 

 a brownish-black as it ripens. This is one of the most 

 striking and ornamental of our British water-plants, and 

 may be used with excellent effect grouped with such 

 subjects as the Great Water-Dock. 



*Typha angustifolia resembles the preceding species 

 in all respects except in the size of its leaves and spike. 

 The leaves are about \ in. wide and the spike about % in. 

 in diameter, and something shorter than that of T. lati- 

 folia. Of the two it is perhaps the more graceful in aspect. 



Uhdea bipinnatifida. — This ' is one of the most 

 useful plants in its class, producing a rich mass of hand- 

 some leaves, with somewhat the aspect of those of the 

 great cow-parsnips, but of a more refined type. The 

 foliage has a slightly silvery tone, and the plant con- 

 tinues to grow fresh and vigorously till late in autumn. 



