92 OENAMENTAl TOLIAGB PLANTS. 



leaves of which are small, spathulate in shape, and orange 

 red and purple in colour, which is shaded with deep green 

 and bronze. A most elegant spreading little plant, 



A, spafhulata. — This is a freer-growing plant than 

 A. ammna, and forms a compact tuft quicker ; it is also 

 a taller-growing kind. The leaves are spathulate, but 

 more elongated than the others; the principal colours 

 are reddish pink and light brown, these are shaded with 

 bronze and green. 



A. versicolor. — ^In many gardens this is grown under 

 the name of TeliantJiera ficoidea versicolor) we have, 

 however, included it here for convenience sake. It is a 

 taller-growing plant, with medium-sized ovate leaves, 

 branching freely, and making a compact and handsome 

 plant; the colours are bright rosy pink and crimson, 

 shaded with bronzy green. It is a splendid plant for 

 dinner-table decoration, 



Ananassa. 



This genus is familiar to every one by its popular name 

 of " Pine Apple," and is frequently written Ananas. 



The plants described here are variegated forms of that 

 well-known plant. They should be grown in a compost 

 consisting of two parts fibrous loam, one part peat, one 

 part composed of dung and leaf mould, with a small 

 portion of sand added ; after potting, in spring, if it is 

 possible to give them a little bottom heat, they will grow 

 more rapidly, although it is by iao means necessary to 

 the cultivation of fine specimens. These plants have been 

 long justly admired and grown as stove plants, both for 

 home decoration in the plant houses, and for public ex- 

 hibition, but it is not so generally known that A. sativa 

 variegata is one of the most handsome plants for out-door 



