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they should then be stored on the shelves of a green- 

 house, or in a cellar or other place where they will be 

 sheltered from frost and moisture. By placing the tubers 

 in a hotbed in March, plants may be obtained with well- 

 grown leaves for planting out in the open air about the 

 end of May or the beginning of June. New Zealand. 



Caladium odorum (Colocasia odord). A very strik- 

 ing plant, with stout stems usually from 3 ft. to 8 ft. in 

 height, but growing much taller in a warm stove. The 

 leaves are erect, very broad, and heart-shaped, marked 

 with strong veinings, and frequently measure more than 

 3i ft. in length. The flowers are exceedingly fragrant. 

 It is a fine subject for isolation on grass-plats, its tall 

 arborescent habit distinguishing it from all the other 

 species ; but it is unfortunately too tender to thrive in our 

 climate except in sunny sheltered dells in the southern parts, 

 and should not be planted out until June. E. Indies. 



*Calla sethiopica (Lily of the Nile). This well-known 

 plant may be grown either as an aquatic in pieces of 

 ornamental water, fountain-basins, etc., or in the open 

 ground in cool, moist soil, and equally well in positions 

 exposed to the full sun and in those which are shaded. 

 Being so very distinct in leaf and beautiful in bloom, this 

 old favourite will be seen to as much advantage grouped 

 with the smaller fine-leaved plants in beds as ever it has 

 been in our stoves or windows. S. Africa. 



*THE CANNAS. 



IF there were no plants of handsome habit and graceful 

 leaf available for the improvement of our flower-gardens 



