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■sitting rooms, for window ornamentation, and to lend an 

 additional charm to the suh-tropical garden. They should 

 be potted ia good rich loam, with the addition of a very 

 flmall portion of peat and some river sand. To increase 

 them, divide the plants in spring, and keep a little close 

 until fresh roots appear. 



P. Colensoi variegata. — This very elegant species pro- 

 duces long narrow lanceolate coriaceous dark green leaves, 

 which are margined with a beautifiil white border. It is 

 very graceful in habit, and is worthy a place in every col- 

 lection of greenhouse plants. Native of New Zealand. 



P. tenax. — Leaves from four to upwards of six feet in 

 length, rigid, erect, and dark green, with a narrow reddish 

 brown margin. It is a noble-growing species, well adapted 

 for the decoration of the greenhouse and the sub-tropical 

 garden. Native of New Zealand. 



P. tenax atropwrpureum. — ^A beautifttl form of this now 

 familiar plant, it differs ia no respect from the normal state 

 of the plant saving in the colour of its leaves, which are 

 wholly of a beautiful purple, sufiflised with a reddish tinge. 

 Native of New Zealand. 



P. tenotx variegatum. — This plant forms one of the most 

 attractive objects in a conservatory or greenhouse. It is 

 equally as robust as the preceding. Leaves dark green, 

 broadly striped with rich yellow and white. Native of 

 New Zealand. 



Phyllogathis. 



A genus of MelastomaecB, which, as far as we are aware, 

 has but one species to represent it in cultivation; and that 

 being a native of Sumatra, and probably several other 

 islands of the Malayan Archipelago, requires a very moist 

 and warm atmosphere. It requires to be potted in rough 



