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plants, when well grown and furnished with leaves to the base, 

 have a noble and graceful appearance, and are high-class 

 exhibition plants. They shoiild be potted in a mixture of 

 rough turfy loam and peat, with leaf-mould and nodules of 

 charcoal. Plenty of water while growing, and a judicious 

 supply of liquid manure, produces the finest leaves, which 

 colour well with exposure to light and air. 



EURYA. 



All the species of this genus are evergreen shrubs, of which 



E. latifoUa variegata, a Japanese plant with particularly 

 beautiful leaves, is the finest foHage subject for exhibition. 

 It is of a compact habit, and can easily be grown and trained 

 into a handsome specimen. It succeeds well in equal parts of 

 good fibry loam and peat, and grows freely in a cool house. 



FICUS. 



Several species of this genus which thrive well in the 

 stove may also be included in greenhouse plants, as they suc- 

 ceed well under the treatment, except that they are all the 

 better of a little extra heat while making their growth. The 

 most ornamental and finest for exhibition of this class are 



F. Cooperii, F. dealbata, and F. elastica variegata. They grow 

 well in rich fibry light loam mixed with peat and sand, and 

 grown in rather small pots. Liquid manure and a free use 

 of the syringe increases the size and beauty of the foliage. 



GEEVILLEA. 



This is a handsome genus of plants, chiefly from New 

 Holland. The best species with ornamental foliage are G. 

 elegans and G. rohusta. They require to be grown in equal 

 parts of turfy loam and peat, with a sprinkling of bone-meal 

 and silver sand. 



HOYA. 



This is a genus of climbing plants with beautiful waxy 

 flowers. The species have all leaves more or less ornamental, 

 but the only plant with rich coloured foliage is H. carnosa 



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