ANNUAL FLOWERING PLANTS 77 
Tue Castor Bean 
The castor-oil plant (Jtic/nus), commonly called the 
castor bean, grows very rapidly to a height of five or six 
feet. It is often used as a screen and often also as the 
Fic. 47. A Screen for a Barnyard Fence 
Castor beans near the fence, with caladium and other low-growing plants 
in the foreground 
principal plant in groups where a rich, luxuriant growth 
is required. The variety of color in the foliage of differ- 
ent sorts of castor beans is valuable in giving con- 
trast. When they are grown in combination with the 
canna, caladium, coleus, salvia, and aster, a pleasing 
effect may be obtained. 
