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THE BOOK OF GARDENING. 



ORNAMENTAL FOLIAGE STOVE PLANTS— ro«A/. 



Madame Langenhool, 1. dark brown, 

 grey spots. 



Terminalia 



elegans (Polyscias paniculata), 

 1. pinnate, bright green, handsomely 

 netted reddish-brown ; a fine handsome 

 shrub, best known in gardens under 

 the first name, wdiich is not, however, 

 correct ; of a very attractive character 

 when well grown. 



Theophrasta 



IMPERIALIS (ChRYSOPHVLLUM IM- 



periale), 1. 3ft. long and 8in. wide, 

 sharp spines at the margins ; a hand- 

 some shrub. Juss^f, 1. spreading, 

 linear-oblong, armed on the edges 

 with rigid spines. macrophvlla 

 (Clavija Reideliana), 1. deep 

 green, rigid, 2ft. long; a handsome 

 shrub. 



Climbers (p. 683 to p. 696). 



Abrus 



precatoril'S, 1. pinnate ; fl. pale 

 purple ; seeds bright shming sc., with a 

 shining black spot ; these are used for 

 making necklaces and rosaries in 

 tropical countries ; deciduous. 



Camoensia 



maxima, fl. white, drooping, the 

 margins of the petals tinged with yel. ; 

 very handsome. 



Cissus (Piper) 



porphyrophyllus, 1. heart-shaped, 

 4m. to 6in. long, and 3in. to 4in. 

 broad, rich bronzy-green, with nume- 

 rous pink spots and freckles, under- 

 surface purple. 



Dioscorea 



DISCOLOR, 1. heart-shaped, prettily 

 mottled with different shades of green, 

 under-surface rich cr.-purple. retusa, 

 1. digitate ; leaflets oval, veined ; fl. 

 creamy-white, in slender pendulous 

 axillary racemes ; fragrant ; suitable for 

 growing on an umbrella trellis or as a 

 roof-rambler in an intermediate tem- 

 perature. 



Echites 



RUBRo-venosa, 1. emerald-green, 

 with bright red and golden venation ; 

 of neat habit. 



Hexacentris (Thunbergia) 



:mvsorexsis, fl. purple and yel. ; 

 free-growing. M. li'TEA, a variety of 

 the former ; fl. rich yel. 



Mimosa 



ARGENTEA, 1. silvery-grey ; of neat 

 habit. 



Pergularia 



ODORATissiMA, fl. greenish-\-el. ; 

 very fragrant. 



Philodendron 



AxDREAXUM, 1. large, green and 

 bronzy, 2ft. to 3ft. long and lOin. 

 broad; a striking and effective Aroid ; 

 very useful for decorative purposes. 

 LiXDEXi (VERRUCOSUM), 1. heart- 

 shaped of a satiny-green, with metallic 

 blen dings, under surface pale green, 

 with bands of maroon. 



Smilax 



ORXATA (S. MACROPHY'LLA MACU- 



LATA), 1. somewhat heart-shaped, 

 deep green, with silver}--grey markings 

 between the veins, branches armed 

 with prickles. There is O. marmorea, 

 1. prettily marbled. 



Stig-maphyllon 



CILIATUM ( GoLDEX Vixe), 1. cordate, 

 glaucous, ciliated on the edges, fl. 

 rich orange-yel. ; in large umbels. 



