ADDITIONAL LIST OF PLANTS. 



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with hairy, plaited leaves and brilliant flowers ; 

 colors, dark blue, dazzling crimson, white, purple, 

 lilac and pink. The plant is subject to attacks of 

 the red spider, which should be carefully guarded 

 against, for it is almost impossible to dislodge them 

 from the hairy leaves. 



Cedronella cordata, found from Pennsylvania 

 southward along the Alleghany Mountains. Valu- 

 able for hanging baskets, bearing recemes of delicate 

 flowers of a beautiful purplish blue. As a trailer 

 it has a very pleasing effect, its leaves diminishing 

 in size, and the space between them elongating to- 

 wards the ends or the sprays. 



Clerodendron Balfoitri, a climber of great beauty, 

 or susceptible of being trained as a shrub ; flowers 

 of a bright scarlet, with a calyx of pure white, borne 

 in trusses or panicles six inches across; blooms 

 most profusely in the winter months. 



Cisstis Discolor, a beautiful climber, its leaves 

 shaded with dark green, purple and white, having a 

 rich velvety appearance like that of Begonia Rex. 

 The plant requires a high temperature to develop 

 the coloring of the leaves, but must not have the 

 direct rays of the sun. 



Dentzia, a small shrub, bearing a wonderful pro- 

 fusion of double white flowers, the back of the petals 

 tinged with purple or rose in some of the varieties. 



Gleclwma Jiederacea, Gill-over-the-ground, or 

 Ground Ivy, is a hardy creeping or trailing ever- 

 green, growing about hedges or walls ; suitable for 



