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a good growth under the influence of our weak northern 

 sun. Never assuming the imposing proportions of other 

 plants mentioned here, it is best adapted for select mixed 

 groups, and in small gardens as isolated specimens amongst 

 low bedding plants. It requires stove treatment, and is 

 propagated from cuttings. In all cases it is better to use 

 plants with single stems. It is especially valuable in con- 

 sequence of doing perfectly well in the dry air of inhabited 

 rooms, and this will enable many to enjoy a fine-leaved 

 plant in the flower garden who have not a glass house of 

 any kind on their premises. 



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Monstera deliciosa. 



Monstera deliciosa. — This veryremarkable-looking plant 

 has been found to bear being placed in the open air with 

 impunity in shady and sheltered spots. Its great perfo- 

 rated leaves look so singular that everybody should grow it 

 who has a stove in which to do so, and it is so readily 

 grown and propagated that a plant may soon be spared for 

 placing in the open air during the warmer months. 



Musa Ensete. — The noblest of all the plants yet used 



