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treatment In winter is required, and in summer rich light 

 soil, a warm position, and perfect shelter. S. marginatum, 

 planted in a very dwarf and young state, furnishes a most dis* 

 tinct and charming effect : it should be planted rather thinly, 

 so that the leaves of one plant may not brush against those 

 of another. If some very dwarf plants are used as a 

 groundwork so much the better, but the downy and silvery 

 leaves of this plant are sure to please without this aid. It 

 is very much better when thus grown than when permitted 

 to assume the bush form. All the other kinds named are 

 suitable for association with the larger leaved plants, though 

 they do not attain such height and vigorous development as 

 those of the first rank, like the Eicinus. 



Fig. 74. 



Uhdea bipinnatifida. 



Uhdea bipinnatifida.— This is one of the most useful 

 plants in its class, producing a rich mass of handsome 

 leaves, with somewhat the aspect of those of the great cow- 



