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SOLANUM WARSCEWICZIOIDES. 



are apt to beat it about and tear it. Mma ensete is the 

 st iff est-gro wing of its race, but the support of the cannas 

 is nevertheless valu- 

 able. These banana 

 plants can be win- 

 tered like the cannas 

 in a warm cellar or 

 cool greenhouse, and 

 then potted for May 

 planting. 



Other great mas- 

 sive plants suited for 

 the tree effect in 

 bedding are the sola- 

 nums. The leaves 

 are large, thick, and deeply and picturesquely cut, and 

 hang in drooping masses. It is altogether a massive-look- 

 ing plant. 



The castor-oil plant is another ex- 

 cellent instance of the tree type for 

 bedding. It is the tallest, perhaps, 

 of all the plants used in bedding, 

 and specially picturesque in growth 

 and tinting. Its place, however, is 

 among other plants, such as sola- 

 nums, where its somewhat naked 

 stem will be properly clothed and 

 supported. The well-known ele- 

 phant ear, Caladium esculentum may be also used effectively 

 in similar associations. 



ELEPHANT EAR. 



< CALADIUM ESCULENTUM 



