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ORNAMENTAL-POLIAGED AND SUB-TROPICAL PLANTS. 
NAME AND DESCRIPTION. 
No. 
8.54 Canna nuiilucAULls, bright red ilowers, rich marbled foliage 
856 
856 
857 
858 
859 
860 
Warscewiczioides grandiflora, 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 ilowers and striped foliage 
finest mixed 
862 
863 
867 
863 
869 
870 
In raising Gannas 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. 
861 Centaurea babylonica, a handsome plant, with large whitish foliage 
and yellow flowers 
,, candidissima (ragusina), true, the most useful silvery- 
foliagcd plant in cultivation 
,, Clementei, vide page 9. 
,, GYMNOCARPA, an exceedingly beautiful plant, with finely 
divided wlute foliage 
864 Oerastium Biebersteinii, very pretty silvery-leaved plant, with larger 
and more beautiful foliage than C. tomcntosum 
865 ,, tomentosum, silvery-foliaged plant, invaluable for edging 
866 CuAMiEPEUCE Cassabonas, tlustle-like plant, with smooth glossy dark 
green leaves, and white nerves and spines . 
,, diaoantha, a beautiful plant, the mid-rib of the leaves 
and the spines ivory white, margined with glossy green, 
and covered with white silky down .... 
Cineraria aoauthifolia, silvery-foiiagcd bedding plant 
,, mauitima, a well-known silvery-foliaged plant . 
Eucalyptus globulus, a valuable ornamental plant, with beautiful 
glaucous foliage 
871 Ferdinanda eminens, sub-tropical plant, ivith handsome broa,d foliage 
and majestic habit 
872 Ferula communis (OiaiU Fennel) 
873 Grevillea robusta, a most graceful and ornamental plant, with 
elegantly divided foliage 
874 Qunnera scabra, a splendid plant, with immense leaves 
875 Niootiana grandiflora purpurea, a majestic annual, with large 
handsome leaves and purplish rose flowers 
876 ,, macropbylla gigantea, the most remarkable variety in 
cultivation ; its large leaves, stately height, and large 
bright purplish rose Ilowers, give it a noble appearance, 
either singly or in groups 
877 ,, wiGANDioiDEs, yellow flowers, magnificent foliage 
878 OxALis TROPA)OLOiDES, an excellent edging plant, with deep pui’idish 
brorvn foliage 
879 Perilla naukiuensis, a most useful border plant, with deep mulbeiTy 
foliage 
880 Pyrethrum Parthenium aureum ( Oolden Featlier ) . . . 
881 Ricinus africanus, splendid gi-een foliage. 
882 ,, BElot DfeFOUGkRES, stems and foliage a fine glaucous green . 
883 ,, BOURBONiENSis, large ornamental foliage 
884 ,, BRA.SILIENSIS, dark green fruit and ornamental foliage 
885 ,, iNsiGNis dark green fruit . . . . . 
886 ,, MACROCARPUS 
887 ,, MACROPnYLLus ATROPURPURBUS, large handsome foliage 
888 ,, PULCHERRI.MUS 
889 ,, PURPUREUS MAJOR 
890 ,, SANGUINEUS (Oisrniajwir), red stems and veins, immense growth 
891 ,, ,, TRICOLOR 
892 Solanum atropurpureum, beautiful foliage and dark purple flowers 
893 ,, auriculatum, ear-shaped, white foliage, and violet Ilowers . 
8H4 ,, BETACEUM, a Very elegant variety, with green stems, beauti- 
fully spotted with gi-ey, the leaves large and bright gi'cen, 
flowers white and succeeded by red berries 
, gigranteum, large oval leaves, downy white underneath, 
violet flowers, succeeded by scarlet berries .... 
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