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14. Melianthus major. 



15. Musa Ensete. 



16. Phormium tenax. 



17. Polymnia grandis. 



18. Eicinus communis. 



19. Seaforthia elegans. 



20. Solan urn margina- 



tum. 



21. „ Warscewiczii. 



22. TJhdea bipinnatifida. 



23. Verbesina gigantea. 



24. Wigandia macro- 



phylla. 



Subtropical plants that may be raised from seed. 



Tlie best and readiest way to get up a stock of these 

 plants is by raising tliem from seeds. Annuals^ like tbe 

 Castor-oil plants must of course be raised from seeds in any 

 case j but a number of tlie 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, kc, it is yet very 

 desirable to raise a batchy 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 ns. All the following have been 

 ofiered in recent seed catalogues : — 



Abutilon, in variety. 

 Acacia lophantha. 

 Andropogon bombyci- 

 nus. 



„ formosus. 

 ,, Sorgbum. 

 Aralia australis. 

 „ elegans. 

 J) papyrifera. 

 „ Sieboldi. 

 „ trifoliata. 

 Areca sapida. 

 Artemesia argentea. 

 Bambusa bimalaica. 

 Bocconia cordata. 

 „ formosa. 



frutescens. 

 „ japonica. 

 „ macropbylla. 

 Brugmansia, in variety. 

 Canna, in profuse variety. 

 Cassia corymbosa. 



„ floribunda. 

 CbamffipeuceCassabonse. 



diacantba. 

 Cbamaerops bumilis. 



„ „ glauca. 



„ macrocarpa. 

 Cineraria platanifolia. 



Cordyline indivisa vera, 

 nutans „ 



„ superbicus. 



,, Veitcbii. 

 Corypba australis. 

 Cyperus vegetus. 

 Dahlia imperialis. 

 Eriantbus Ravennse. 



„ violaceus. 

 Erytbrina caffra. 



„ crista-galli. 



„ Hendersoni. 



„ laurifoKa. 

 Eucalyptus globulus. 

 Eerdinanda eminens. 

 Grevillea robusta. 

 Hedycbium Gardneria- 



num. 

 Humea elegans. 

 Latania borbonica. 

 Meliantbus major. 



,, minor. 

 Musa Ensete. 

 Nicotiana grandiflora, a 

 variety of N. tabacum. 

 wigandioides. 

 Owenia cerasifera. 

 Paratropia tomentosa. 



Paratropia venulosa. 

 Pbormium tenas. 

 Phytolacca dioica. 

 Polymnia grandis. 

 Ricinus, in variety. 

 Seafortbia elegans. 

 Solanum acantbo- 

 carpum. 



„ auriculatum. 



,, giganteum. 



„ glaucopbyllum. 



„ glutinosum. 



„ lanceolatum. 



„ macrocarpum. 



„ macropbyllum. 



„ marginatum. 



„ pyracantbum. 



„ robustum. 



„ verbascifolium. 

 Soncbus pinnatus. 

 Sparmannia africana. 

 Ubdea bipinnatifida. 

 Verbesina verbascifolia. 

 Wigandia macropbylla. 



,, urens. 



,, Vigieri. 

 Zea japonica variegata, 

 and others. 



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