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PLANT CULTURE 



Cyperus alternifolius. The Umbrella Plant 



P. Marliacea sometimes stand the Winter in the open border without 

 losing their foliage. The leaves of all the hardy Ba mboos have tessel- 

 lated venation; those of the tender kinds have striated venation. A. 

 Fortunei variegata should never be placed where it will crowd other 

 plants, as it spreads rapidly and is difficult to eradicate. 



Propagation. Increase is best effected by division. The pieces 

 should be started into growth among sand, in a close cool frame, 

 potting off the rarer kinds when a few new roots have been made. 



CORTADERIA (Gynerium. Pampas Grass). This is, per- 

 haps, the most beautiful of the Grasses, but it is not very hardy and 



