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rush, forming spreading tufts of leaves, which, instead of 

 growing straight, like those of other kinds, are curiously 

 twisted in a regular corkscrew form. From its very un- 

 usual appearance it is well worthy of cultivation, and 

 may be planted with advantage on the margins of pieces 

 of water, near cascades, etc., or in the artificial bog. It 

 is easily multiplied by division of the tufts. 



*Kochia scoparia. An annual plant of the Goose- 

 foot family, forming a neat, compact, pointed bush, from 

 3 to 5 ft. in height. The flowers are green and insig- 

 nificant, but the graceful habit of the plant renders it 

 valuable and effective, placed either singly or in groups, 

 on the slopes of pleasure-grounds, especially from July to 

 September the time of its full development. It should 

 be sown in April and May, in a hotbed, and afterwards 

 planted out in beds or borders. Southern Europe. 



*Koelreuteria paniculata. A small-sized, hardy, 

 deciduous tree, from N. China, from 15 ft. to 19 ft. high, 

 and handsome both in foliage and flower. The leaves 

 are pinnate, and of a dark, glistening-green colour ; the 

 leaflets ovate, and coarsely toothed. Flowers yellow, in 

 terminal, spreading clusters, and succeeded by large, 

 reddish, pendent, bladdery capsules, which render the tree 

 conspicuous till late in the autumn. It does best in rich, 

 moist soil. When planted in a dry and arid position, the 

 leaves are never so large or glistening, and soon turn yellow 

 and fall. It is one of the trees which may, as advised 

 for the Ailantus, be kept in a small state by cutting them 

 down annually, and will, thus treated, furnish a fine effect. 

 Easily multiplied by seed, layers, and cuttings. 



Latania borbonica. A well-known, hardy, and 



