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cordate leaves, deeply incised at the margins ; their tall inflo- 

 rescences are also very showy. Acanthus mollis and its more 

 handsome variety latifolius, A. spinosissimus and A. spinosus 

 are all elegant, bold-foliaged plants, and produce showy, erect 



spikes of flowers. The 

 compact-growing Funkias, 

 F. Sieboldiana, with its 

 pretty glaucous foliage, 

 F. ovata, and its hand- 

 some variegated variety 

 marginata, are all desir- 

 able subjects, and their pale 

 lilac-coloured flowers are also 

 very effective. Where space can 

 be afforded the tall r growing 

 Polygonums, P. sachalinen.se 

 (Fig. 596) and P. cuspidatum, 

 are strikingly handsome, but 

 they increase very rapidly j there- 

 fore precaution should be taken 

 in locating them to prevent their 

 overrunning other things. Podo- 

 phyllum Emodi and P. peltatum 

 (Fig. 597) are handsome dwarf- 

 growing plants, with orbicular, 

 peltate, five- to nine-lobed leaves ; 

 a shady situation and peaty soil 

 suit them admirably. Rodgersia 

 podophylla has handsome, large, 

 long-stalked, palmately lobed 

 leaves of a pretty pale bronzy 

 colour ; the panicles of yellowish- 

 white flowers are also very 

 attractive. The graceful-growing 

 Horsetails, Equisetum sylvaticum 

 and E. Telmateia, are British 

 plants with erect-growing stems 

 bearing numerous whorls of long 

 slender branches, the latter being the taller and more vigorous 

 grower; they are very effective for shady situations. The pretty 

 Creeping Jenny, Lysimachia Nummularia, and its golden-leaved 

 variety aurea, are charming little plants for covering the moist 

 banks of the waterside. The Sweet Cyperus, Cyperus longus, 

 is a British plant of very graceful habit, and thrives well planted 

 close to the water's edge. Scirpus Holoschxnus variegatus and 

 S. Taherncemontani zebrrnus are very effective variegated plants of 

 moderate height, having erect, cylindrical stems, transversely 

 banded with green and white, and are excellent subjects for 



Fig. 597.— Podophyllum 

 peltatum. 



