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ORNAMBNTAL-FOLIAGBD AND SUB-TROPICAL PLANTS. 
name AjND description. 
No. 
“ 883 Canna rubricaulis, bright red flowers, rieli marbled foliage 
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886 
887 
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889 
890 
892 
893 
894 
Hardiness 
and 
Duration. 
SATURATA RUBRA, Carmine flowers 
Warscewiezioides grrandiflora, crimson flowers, splendid 
foliage 
,, nobilis, red flowers, and magnificent foliage 
zebrina, a beautiful variety, with striped foliage 
„ elegantissima, beautifully striped bronzy foliage 
,, superba, fine red flowers and striped foliage 
finest mixed 
In raising Cannas it is recommended that the seeds, before 
being sown, should he slightly filed on one side, so that the embryo 
may easily burst through the hard shell, as Canna seeds possess a 
very hard tegument. 
891 Centaurea babylonica, a handsome plant, with large whitish foliage 
and yellow flowers • 
candidissima (ragxmna), true, the most useful silveiy- 
foliaged plant in cultivation 
Clementei, vide page 8. 
Fenzlii, a highly decorative plant, with elegant whitish 
green foliage, and regular bi-anchiim habit . . 
OYMNOCARPA, an exceedingly beautiful plant, with finely 
divided white foliage 
895 Cerastium Biebersteinii, very pretty silvery-leaved plant, with larger 
and more beautiful foliage than 0. tomcTUosum 
896 ,, tomentosum, silvery-foliaged plant, invaluable for edging 
897 CilAMiEPEUCE Casabonjb, thistle-like plant, with smooth glossy dark 
green leaves, and white nerves and spines . 
898 ,, diaoantha, a beautiful plant, the mid-rib of the leaves 
and the spines ivory white, margined with glossy given, 
and covered with white silky down .... 
899 Cineraria acanthifolia, silvery-foliaged bedding plant 
900 ,, maritima, a well-known silvery-foliaged plant . . . 
901 Eucalyptus ci.or.ri.us, a valuable ornamental plant, with beautiful 
glaucous foliage ; ' 
902 Ferdinanda eminens, sub-tropical plant, with handsome broad foliage 
and majestic habit 
903 Ferula COMMUNIS JcmielJ 
904 Grevillea robusta, a most graceful and ornamental plant, with ele- 
gantly divided foliage 
■ ^05 Gunnera scabra, a splendid plant, with immense leaves . . 
906 Nicotiana grandifloba purpurea, a majestic annual, with large 
handsome leaves and purplish-rose flowers 
macropbylla grigrantea, the most remarkable variety in 
cultivation ; its large leaves, stately height, and large 
bright purplish-rose flowers, give it a noble appearance, 
either singly or in groups .... 
908 ,, wioandioidbs, yellow flowere, maOTificent foliage- 
909 OxALis tropa;oloidbs, an excellent edging plant, with deep purplisl 
brown foliage . 
910 Ferilla nankinensls, a most useful border plant, with deep mulbei-r 
foliage 
911 Pyretbrum Parthenium aureum ( Golden Feather) 
912 Eicinus apricanus, splendid gieen foliage. .... 
913 ,, BElot, DEsfougEres, stems and foliage a fine glaucous green 
914 ,, borboniensis, large omamcntal foliage .... 
915 brasilibnsis, dark green fruit, and ornamental foliage . 
916 ,, insignis ('spcctoMlw,), dark green fruit .... 
917 ,, MACBOC.YBPUS 
918 „ MACROPHYLLUS ATROPURPUREUs, large haiidsome foliage 
919 ,, PULCHBRRIMUS 
920 ,, PURPUREUS MAJOR 
921 „ SANGUINEUS (05cj'?na«m), red stems and veins, immense gi owth 
922 ,, ,, TRICOLOR 
923 Solanum. atropurpureum, beautiful foliage and dark purple flowers 
92-1 „ auriculatum, ear-shaped, white foliage, and -violet flowers 
925 ,, betaceum, a very elegant variety, with green stems, heaut 
fully spotted with gicy, the leaves large and bright green; 
flowers white and succeeded by red berries 
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