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or they make pleasing single specimens on the lawn. It is 

 also especially useful among rockwork and on the border of 

 water. It requires the same treatment as the canna, though 

 perhaps more heat in starting them into growth than the 

 latter. 



EGYPTIAN PAPER-REED OR PAPYRUS (Papyrus anti- 

 qitorum), Fig. 144. This beautiful plant is being much 

 less used than it should be. It is one of the most beautiful 

 and easily grown plants, either on the lawn, in ordinary 



FIG. 144. EGYPTIAN PAPYRUS (Papyrus antiquorum). 

 garden soil, or on the borders of ponds or basins of foun- 

 tains. Plants in 6- or 8-inch pots planted in early June 

 will make clumps that would fill a 15-inch pot and be 8 feet 

 high by September. It is best wintered over in a warm 

 greenhouse and should have an abundance of water. 

 Probably it could be carried over in a warm cellar, but I 

 know of no instance of its having been done. 



ABYSSINIAN BANANA (Musa ensefe), Fig. 145. In a 

 warm, sheltered location, where the wind will not whip and 

 lash the leaves, this is one of the grandest of the subtropical 



