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34. Melianthus major. 

 H5. MusaEnsete. 

 H6. Phormium tenax. 



17. Polymnia grandis. 



18. Ricinus communis. 



19. Seaforthia elegans. 



20. Solanum margina- 



tum. 



21. „ Warscewiczii. 



22. Uhdea bipinnatifida. 



23. Verbesina gigantea. 



24. Wigandia macro- 



phylla. 



Subtropical plants that may be raised from seed. 



The best and readiest -way to get up a stock of these 

 plants is by raising them from seeds. Annuals, like the 

 Castor-oil plant, must of course be raised from seeds in any 

 case ; but a number of the very finest perennial kinds may 

 also be raised thus with great facility and pleasure to the 

 raiser, in time quick enough to satisfy ordinary patience. 

 And of those which cannot soon be grown to a presentable 

 size from seeds like Palms, Dracaenas, &c, it is yet very 

 desirable to raise a batch, inasmuch as permanent dignified 

 subjects like these are always of a greater value in any 

 stage of their existence than the perishable rapid-growing 

 subjects so usual with us. All the following have been 

 offered in recent seed catalogues : — 



Abutilon, in variety. 

 Acacia lophantba. 

 Andropogon bombyci- 

 nus. 



„ formosus. 



„ Sorghum. 



Aralia australis. 

 „ elegana. 

 „ papyrifera. 

 „ Sieboldi. 

 „ trifoliata. 

 Areca sapida. 

 Artemesia argentea. 

 Bambusa himalaica. 

 Bocconia cordata. 

 „ formosa. 

 „ frutescena. 

 „ japonica. 

 „ macropbylla. 

 Brugmansia, in variety. 

 Canna,in profuse variety. 

 Cassia corymbosa. 

 „ floribunda. 

 ChameepeuceCassabonae. 

 „ diacantha. 



Chamfflrops humilis. 



„ >, glauca. 



,, macrocarpa. 

 Cineraria platanifolia. 



Cordyline indivisa vera. 



„ nutans „ 



,, superbicus. 



„ Veitcbii. 

 Corypha australis. 

 Cyperus vegetus. 

 Dahlia imperialis. 

 Erianthus Ravenna?. 



„ violaceus. 

 Erythrina caffra. 



„ crista-galli. 



„ Hendersoni. 



„ laurifolia. 

 Eucalyptus globulus. 

 Eerdinanda eminens. 

 Grevillea robusta. 

 Hedychium Gardneria- 



num. 

 Humea elegans. 

 Latania borbonica. 

 Melianthus major. 

 „ minor. 



Musa Ensete. 

 Nicotiana grandiflora, a 

 variety of N. tabacum. 



„ wigandioides. 

 Owenia cerasifera. 

 Paratropia tomentosa. 



Paratropia venulosa. 

 Phormium tenax. 

 Phytolacca dioica. 

 Polymnia grandis. 

 Ricinus, in variety. 

 Seaforthia elegans. 

 Solanum acantho- 

 carpum. 



„ auriculatum. 



„ giganteum. 



„ glaucophyllum. 



„ glutinosum. 



„ lanceolatum. 



„ macrocarpum. 



„ macrophyllum. 



„ marginatum. 



„ pyracanthum. 



„ robustum. 



„ verbascifolium. 

 Sonchus pinnatus. 

 Sparmannia africana. 

 Uhdea bipinnatifida. 

 Verbesina verbascifolia. 

 Wigandia macropbylla.. 

 „ urens. 

 „ Vigieri. 

 Zea japonica variegata, 

 and others. 



