50 PRACTICAL FLORICULTURE. 



of the most artistical planting of an English park. One 

 particular spot, which will not soon be forgotten, was a 

 ravine of considerable extent, well shaded by tall trees, 

 where were planted immense plants of tree ferns, the 



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4. Coleus, VerschaffeltlL 



- . 5. Coleus Black. 



3. Coleus, Golden. 6. Coleus, Firebrand. 



Or 3, 4, 5 and 6 can be alternations of crimson and yellow 

 Alternantheras if desired. 



stems covered with Lycopodium, so exactly as to resem- 

 ble what would be their condition in nature. Behind 

 these and against the blue sky stood out strongly some 

 gigantic Palms, so that we had here again a glimpse of 

 what an Australian or Indian forest might be. In 



