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It. Taylori. — Heads of bloom very large ; flowers 

 tubular, tube white, the spreading- limb brilliant 

 pink; hybrid. 



R. Veitchianum. — Flowers large, with crisp mar- 

 gin, pm"e white, 

 with pale yellow 

 markings at the 

 base. Mountains 

 of Moulmoin. 



R. Veitchianum 

 Icevigatum. — The 

 counterpart of the 

 preceding, but in- 

 stead of the beau- 

 tiful crisp edges, 

 they are plain in 

 this plant. Moun- 

 tains of Moulmein. 



Richardia. — 



These plants are 

 very showy ; better 

 known perhaps by 

 the old name of 

 Calla. Amongst 

 amateurs they will 

 be more familiar 

 as the Arum Lilij, 

 Nile Lily, Trumpet 

 Lily, &c., the last 

 name being very 

 characteristic, al- 

 though they do 

 not belong to the 

 Lily famil}'. 



The genus bears 

 the name of a 

 celebrated French 

 botanist, and be- 

 longs to the order 

 Aracece. They soon 

 make large mas- 

 sive specimens if 

 all the giowths 

 are left on them; 

 but when confined 

 to single stems, 

 they produce the 



finest spathes, and in this condition are best adapted 

 for window plants, or indeed any kind of in-door 

 decoration. After flowering, Richardias lose their 

 leaves, and lie dormant for some time. In the 

 autumn they commence' to show signs of returning 

 life, when they should be re-potted in good rich loam 

 and well- decayed manure, and be Hberally supplied 

 with water. Treated in this manner, they will grow 



Rhododendron jasminiflorum. 



vigorously, and produce their large trumpet- shaped 

 spathes in the spring and early summer months. 



R. (Bthiopica. — A bold-growing herbaceous plant, 

 producing from its fleshy corm, large sagittate 



cordate leaves, 

 which, together 

 with the long 

 clasping petioles 

 on which they are 

 borne, are of a 

 uniform bright 

 green. The plant 

 is indebted for its 

 beauty to the large 

 fleshy, pure white, 

 trumpet - shaped 

 spathe which siir- 

 rounds the flowers, 

 and not, as is the 

 usual case, to the 

 flower itself. It is 

 a native of swampy 

 places from Egypt 

 to the Cape of 

 Good Hope. 



R. albo-maculata. 

 — Leaves sagittate, 

 bright green, pro- 

 fusely spotted with 

 ivory - white ; the 

 spathe pure white. 

 It flowers during 

 the spring and 

 early summer 

 months. Cape of 

 Good Hope. 



Solanum. — A 



numerous genus, 

 which gives its 

 name to the order ; 

 it contains plants 

 very diversified in 

 form and char- 

 acter, which are 

 widely distributed 

 over both hemi- 

 spheres. In some 

 instances they attain the dimensions of small trees, 

 others are dense shrubs ; some are herbaceous, and 

 others simply annual plants. Their properties are 

 also very variable : some are very poisonous, and 

 others, such as " the Potato " {S. tuberosum), are 

 highly nutritious. 



Some of the annual species of Solanum have bold 

 leaves variously ornamented with large spines on the 



