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to be equalled, and a few plants should be in every green- 

 house, while if planted in the open border, after all danger of 

 frost is past, it will yield a quantity of flowers for cutting. 

 The different coloured varieties are 'also largely used for bed- 

 ding purposes. When pot specimens of these plants are re- 

 quired they should be frequently shifted, as they, continue to 

 grow and bloom during the 'whole summer. In winter they 

 should be kept somewhat drier, and in the spring the ball 

 should be reduced, and the shoots slightly pruned. When 

 grown against a wall of the conservatory or greenhouse, the 

 plant is seldom out of flower at any time in the year, and is 

 thus almost invaluable for yielding a supply of flowers for 

 cutting. We have also seen it grown into standards with 

 great advantage, as in this state it forms a fine object in the 

 conservatory. 



Lantana. 



A genus of Verbenaceous plants, producing an abundance 

 of gay flowers, but having strongly-scented foliage, the pecu- 

 liar tone of which is not grateful to most people ; hence they 

 have been much neglected. They are usually considered 

 stove plants, but they succeed very well in the greenhouse, . 

 where they should be kept partially dried during winter. We 

 have seen many of them used for- bedding purposes like 

 Verbenas, and they succeed very well in favourable seasons. 

 Lantanas are rapid growers, and will soon form large speci- 

 mens ; and, wherever space can be given, a few should be 

 grown for the sake of their bright-coloured and abundant 

 summer and autumn flowers. They should be potted in 

 loam, peat, and sand, in equal parts. All the species are 

 natives of the Western "World, but the choicer ornamental 

 kinds are mostly garden seedlings. 



