392 GARDEN PLANTS. PART II. 



URTICACE.E. 

 Urtica. 



1. U. pulchella. A small herbaceous shrub of beautiful 

 foliage ; leaves borne in a whorl on the summit of the stems, 

 lanceolate, three or four inches long ; of a pure deep green on 

 the upper surface, and prettily netted over by the strong markings 

 of the veins. The under-surface of a pure silvery-white hue. 



2. U. salicifolia. A low shrub; ornamental for the contrast 

 of the dark-green of the upper surface of the willow-like leaves 

 with the pure dead white of the lower. 



MOBACE.E. 

 Ficus. 



1. F. repens. Native of Assam; a lovely creeping plant with 

 small verdant heart-shaped leaves, that covers a low wall in the 

 shade or the trunk of a tree with a dense mantle of most 

 refreshing green, attaching itself by means of its numerous 

 rootlets in the manner of Ivy. Described as bearing fruit of 

 about the size and form of an ordinary little Fig. 



2 P eburnea : lately introduced. 



EUPHOEBIACE^]. 



Pedilanthus. 



P. tithymaloides ADJUTANT'S HEDGE. A roadside weed, with 

 cylindrical succulent stems, and dark-green thick fleshy leaves ; 

 bears small, crimson, misshapen, unattractive flowers. Some- 

 times used for the skirting of borders ; should be kept closely 

 clipt in. 



Euphorbia. 



1. Eu. Bojeri. A small succulent, thorny-stemmed, cactus- 

 like plant, always in blossom, but particularly in the Hot season, 

 with flat quadrangular, very symmetrical trusses of most bril- 

 liant vermilion flowers; requires a situation fully exposed to 

 the sun ; will grow nearly anywhere, but most thrivingly in a 

 mixture of brick-rubbish, leaf-mould, and charcoal. Propagated 

 by cuttings. 



