74 Le Jar din Fleuriste de la Ville de Paris. 



a good specimen of Musa superba ; they cultivate sixteen or seven- 

 teen species of this genus. In fact, the place offers more facilities 

 for ascertaining the most valuable members of some important 

 genera than any in existence. The boilers of some of the 

 smaller propagating and other houses are heated by gas, and in this 

 way a very equable temperature is preserved. It may give some 

 approximate idea of the collection, vs^hen it is stated that there are 

 in cultivation here between thirty and forty kinds of Aralia, thirteen 

 of Oreopanax, thirty-six of Anthurium, fifteen of Pothos, thirty of 

 Philodendron, nearly one hundred and twenty of Canna, eighteen 

 of Zamia, and more than one hundred and ten of Ficus ! And 

 probably since that time the stock has much increased, for, as before 

 remarked, the establishment is in a state of rapid growth. 



