ON GREENHOUSE PLANTS. 



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in the warm pit. Grow in loam, 



large, 

 useful 



callus put in bottom-heat 

 leaf-soil, and sand. 



MusA Ensete is a highly ornamental plant, having 

 handsome, broad green leaves. When young it is very 

 for the shelves, but 

 will not long remain 

 in that state, for it is 

 a quick grower and 

 soon makes a large 

 specimen, requiring a 

 tub or to be planted 

 out. Propagate by 

 suckers, removed when 

 large enough, and 

 grow in rich loam, 

 rotten manure, leaf- 

 soil, and sand ; also 

 give liquid manure 

 and water freely 

 whilst growing. 

 After flowering the 

 old stem will die 

 down, but suckers 

 will be thrown up 

 from the base. 



Panicum varip:ga 

 TUM is a very beauti 

 ful and brightly tinted 

 creeping grass, most 

 useful for hanging- 

 baskets or for the 

 edges of shelves ; it 

 must, however, be 

 grown in the warm pit 

 during winter. Pro- 

 pagate by cuttings 

 rooted in sand in 

 bottom-heat in early 

 summer, and grow in 

 loam and leaf-soil with 

 plenty of sand. 



Phormium tenax (Flax Lily) is a handsome, broad, flag-leaved 

 plant. Propagate by division in early summer, and grow in 

 rather stiff loam and sand. Varieties of P. tenax (Fig. 499) : 

 a&opurpureum^ Morlandii, 7iigro-pictuni^ and Veitchii. 



SciRPUS RiPARiUM {Isokpis gracUis) is a pretty little plant, 

 very useful for the edges of shelves or groups in the centre 



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Fig. 498. — Grevillea robusta. 



