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flowering. It grows and blossoms in the gardens of the Taj at 

 Agra, but I am not aware that it is found farther north. At 

 Ferozepore I procured both cuttings and a rooted plant, but the 

 cold there was too severe for them. No plant strikes more 

 readily from cuttings. P. pulcherrima, var. albida. A variety 

 with the bracteal leaves of a greenish- white; of little beauty 

 comparatively. 



Dalechampia. 



D. Roezleana rosea, of late introduction, and D. Madagascaren- 

 sis ; slender, pretty climbing plants. 



Excoecaria. 



E. bicolor. A shrub of moderate size, and in respect of its 

 foliage one of the most beautiful of the garden. Leaves lanceo- 

 late, four or five inches long, of a bright olive-green on their 

 upper surface, and of a rich deep crimson beneath; bears in 

 the Cold weather minute insignificant flowers. A sprig or two 

 produces a fine effect in a bouquet. Propagated readily by 



cuttings. 



Acalypha. 



1. A. densiflora. A shrub about two feet high, of recent intro- 

 duction; has oval pointed leaves, and bears during the year 

 throughout drooping festoons, ten inches or a foot long, of pale, 

 bright-red, minute flowers, altogether similar in form to those 

 of Love-lies-bleeding. Propagated readily by cuttings or by 

 division. In Paxton's Dictionary the species are spoken of 

 generally as worthless ; but A. tricolor ; A. glabrata ; A. marginata; 

 for the beauty of their leaves, have of late been introduced. 



Mr. B. S. Williams speaks of A. tricolor as the only one to be 

 recommended, and as growing from six to ten feet high, 

 with leaves blotched, mottled, and splashed with red and crimson 

 On coppery-green ground. 



Jatropha. 



1. J. multifida PHYSIC NUT COKAL PLANT. A very com- 

 mon large herbaceous shrub, rather ornamental when kept down 

 to a moderate size ; foliage rather pretty, with large, much-slit, 

 vivid bluish-green leaves, above which rise the bunches of small 

 flowers somewhat resembling pieces of red coral. Propagated 

 by the large nuts, which it bears abundantly. 



