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NICOTIA'NA continued. 



N. affinis. This, the most common species, has 

 lovely large white flowers which are sweetly 

 scented. The leaves are large, sometimes 2 ft. 

 in length and 1 ft. broad, and very sticky to 

 the touch. It grows about 3 ft. high. There 

 are numerous hybrid forms having colours 

 ranging from white, rose, mauve, to violet. 



N. colos'sea. An immense plant, 5 to 6 ft. high, 

 of branching habit, with huge leaves delicately 

 tinted when young with a reddish colour, the 

 flowers being pink. There is also a variegated 

 variety most striking in appearance. Brazil, 

 1888. 



N. grandiflo^a purpur'ea. A majestic plant, with 

 large foliage and reddish-purple flowers, not 

 so large as those of N. qffinis. 5 ft. high. 



N. macrophyl'la. Another huge kind, 6 ft. high, 

 with enormous foliage and purple flowers. S. 

 America. 



N. Sariderce. This hybrid flower, which made its 

 debut early in the present century, attracted a 

 great deal of attention, its merits as a new 

 acquisition being much discussed and criti- 

 cised, sometimes very adversely. Neverthe- 

 less, it has come to stay, and the colour, which 

 varies from pale pink to carmine, has probably 

 been somewhat improved by selection since it 

 first made its appearance. It cannot lay claim 

 to being quite such a noble-looking plant as 



