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83. Senecio Petasites. 



84. Solatium crinipes. 



85. macranthum. 



86. macrophyllum. 



87. marginatum. 



88. robustum. 



89. Warscewiczii. 



90. Sonchus laciniatus. 



91. Sparmannia africana, produces its singularly pretty flowers freely in the open air. 



92. Stadmannia Jonghii. 



93. Tradescantia discolor, very useful as a bordering plant to beds of subtropical 



flowers, from the attractive colouring of the backs of its leaves. 



94. Tradescantia zebrina. 



95. Tupidanthus calyptratus, grows a little in the open air, and stands well. 



96. *Uhdea bipinnatifida, a free-growing, large-leaved, and very useful plant for this 



purpose. 



97. Verbesina gigantea. 



98. *verbascifolia. 



99. *Wigandia caracasana, one of the noblest of fine-leaved plants when grown in 



the flower-garden in summer. 



100. Wigandia Vigieri. 



List of the best twenty-four Subtropical Plants. 



1. Acacia lophantha. 



2. Agave americana. 



3. Aralia papyrifera. 



4. Caladium esculentum. 



5. Canna Annei superba. 



6. Chamaerops excelsa. 



7. humilis. 



8. Cordyline indivisa. 



9. Cycas revoluta. 

 10. Dracaena Draco. 

 IT. indivisa. 

 12. Ferdinanda eminens. 



13. Ficus elastica. 



14. Melianthus major. 



15. Musa Ensete. 



1 6. Phormium tenax. 



1 7. Polymnia grandis. 



1 8. Ricinus communis. 



19. Seaforthia elegans. 



20. Solanum marginatum. 



21. Warscewiczii. 



22. Uhdea bipinnatifida. 



23. Verbesina gigantea. 



24. Wigandia caracasana. 



Subtropical Plants that may be raised from Seed. 



Abutilon, in variety. 

 Acacia lophanta. 

 Andropogon bombycinus. 

 u formosus. 



Andropogon Sorghum. 

 Aralia australis. 



elegans. 



papyrifera. 



