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Ornamental foliage for bedding Ribands, &c., <fec., Frosted 

 foliage, Cineraria, Maritima, Centaurea, Ragusina, Centaurea 

 Gymnocarpa, Salvia, Argentea, all raised from seed. Stachy's 

 Lanata Gazarania Splendens, from division of the roots. Golden 

 foliage, Golden Feather, Pyrethrum from seed and division of 

 the roots, if from seed, sow it in the dry, cold and hot weather, 

 as the seedlings are impatient of damp. As seedlings, they 

 must be kept much in the shade, and no manure mixed in the 

 soil which should be very sandy. 



Crimson foliage, Amaranthus Elegantissimns, from seed. Dells 

 Deep Crimson Beet, Iresine Herbstii and Lindeni, Coleus, Alter- 

 nanthera sessilis. 



Bronze, pink and copper colouredfoliage,Coleus, Alternanthera, 

 Amcena, Telianthera, Dells Black Beet, Gold Feather and Dells 

 Beet, are excellent contrasts. 



Variegated foliage, Vinca Elegantissima, Aureoreticulata Pe- 

 rennial, propagated by layers, Iresine Aureoreticulata by cuttings, 

 Coleus, Assistatia, beautiful white and green foliage plant from 

 the Neilgherries, by layers, variegated grass, two kinds. 



Orobus Leguminosce, Orobus Fischeri, "Bitter Vetch. Readily 

 cultivated from seed in any good soil, colours various. 



Oxalis, Oxalidacece. Wood Sorrel. 



Oxalis Eosea. Tuberous rooted plants from the Cape of Good 

 Hope, and are easily cultivated at the commencement of the rains ; 

 the small tubers should be allowed to remain in the pots in which 

 they have grown, and be carefully removed into fresh earth after 

 the rains have set in, and if well attended to, will readily spring 

 up and produce abundance of rose coloured flowers. 



Oxylobium Leguminosce, Oxylobium Cordifolium. These are 

 ornamental plants, easy of culture in any common soil, the 

 colours are yellow, orange and scarlet. 



Oxyuru, Polygonaccce. Mountain Sorrel. 



Oxyuru Chrysanthemoides. Native of Britain and North Ame- 

 rica, cultivated in any garden soil. 



