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14. ]\[eliantlius major, 



15. Musa Ensete. 



16. Pliormium tenax. 



17. Polymnia grandis. 



18. Eicinus communis. 



19. Seaforthia elegans. 



20. Solanum margina- 



tum. 



21. Warscewiczii. 



22. Ulidea bipinnatifida. 



23. Verbesina gigantea. 



24. Wigandia macro- 



plijUa. 



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 plants 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^ Dracsenas, &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 

 ofiered in recent seed catalogues : — 



Abutilon, in variety. 

 Acacia lophantba. 

 Andropogon bombyci- 

 nus. 



„ formosus. 



Sorghum. 

 Aralia australis. 

 „ elegans. 

 J) papyrifera. 

 „ Sieboldi. 

 „ trifoliata. 

 Areca sapida. 

 Artemesia argentea. 

 Bambusa Mmalaica. 

 Bocconia cordata. 

 „ formosa. 

 „ frutescens. 

 „ japonica. 

 „ macrophylla. 

 Brugmansia, in variety. 

 Canna, in profuse variety. 

 Cassia corymbosa. 



„ floribunda. 

 CliamsepeuceCassabonse. 



diacantba. 

 Chameerops bumilis. 



„ „ giauca. 



macrocarpa. 

 Cineraria platanifolia. 



Cordyline indivisa vera, 

 nutans „ 

 superbicus. 

 „ Veitcbii. 

 Corypba australis. 

 Cyperus vegetus. 

 Dahlia imperialis. 

 Erianthus Ravennse. 



,, violaceus. 

 Erythrina caffra. 



crista-galli. 

 Hendersoni, 

 laurifolia. 

 Eucalyptus globulus. 

 Ferdinanda 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. 

 Eicinus, 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 verbascifoHa. 

 Wigandia macrophylla. 

 urens. 

 Vigieri. 

 Zea japonica variegata, 

 and others. 



