4 OEKAJIBNTAi; TOLUGE PLANTS. 



of this class require ordinary stove heat we do not attempt 

 to deny, but rather add, they will not exist without it; 

 but between these is an immense quantity of grand 

 " Foliaged " Plants, which have for a number of years 

 been looked upon as purely stove plants, but which we 

 now find not only thrive well in the greenhouse and 

 conservatory, but actually grow in the open air during 

 the summer months. Nor is this any matter for astonish- 

 ment, when we reflect that even " Palms," which we 

 usually associate in our minds with great heat, are said 

 to exist in abundance in the forest-clad slopes of the 

 Andes, at some 7,000 and 8,000 feet altitude, and the 

 same may be said of many species from the Himalayas. 

 With these are found many plants which would be 

 beautiful ornaments to our cool houses, if their natural 

 positions were only more often borne in mind by the 

 cultivator. It cannot be too strongly impressed upon 

 the attention of collectors, that an account of the posi- 

 tion, the altitude, and natural surroundings of every 

 plant they gather, is of the greatest assistance to the 

 practical man at home, and that through want of such 

 knowledge many valuable and beautiful plants have been 

 lost to cultivation, after having been introduced in a 

 living state to this country. 



Besides the Indian and tropical American plants, we 

 have moreover those of Australia, New Zealand, and the 

 Cape of Good Hope, all of which countries supply us 

 with an immense quantity of Ornamental-leaved Plants, 

 and every year only reveals to us the fact that richer 

 treasures are yet in store for whoever searches for them. 



