ORNAMENTAL-FOLIAGED AND SUB-TROPICAL PLANTS. 
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Ornamental-foliaged and Sub-tropical 
Plants. 
Tho great success which has attended the introduction of ornamental-foliaged plants 
into our large gardens and public parks, necessarily increases the demand for them 
to meet which Mr. W. B. offers a choice and extensive collection, including many new 
Continental varieties. Amongst those most easily and readily grown from seeds may 
ho mentioned Amaranthus melancliolicus ruber, with its rich blood red leaves • Perilla 
nanldnensis, with its rich, dark, and effective foliage ; Centaurea candidissima, the 
most popular of all silver-leaved plants, and its pretty and graceful compeer, Centaurea 
gymnocarpa, admirably adapted for centres of beds and riband borders ; the neat and 
pretty Cerastium tomentosum and Biebersteuii, than which there are none more useful 
for edgings ; also Cineraria maritima, now so well known and extensively used ; all 
most effective in themselves, and still more striking when arranged and contrasted 
with taste. Cannas (of which Mr. W. B. holds a most extensivo collection), in their 
now almost endless variety of both size and colour, foliage and flowers ; Ricinus with 
their gigantic and beautifully divided leaves ; Bocconias, handsome in foliage, and 
elegant in flower ; Wigandias, Ferdinandias, and Nicotianas, with their noble and 
massive foliage, now so well known and generally appreciated ; Solanums, pretty and 
curious, both in foliage, flower, and fruit ; and the striped-leaved Japanese Maize 
which for effect cannot be excelled. Taken collectively, they are all alike noble 
grand, and imposing, in their gigantic size and picturesque appearance. 
NAME AND DESCRIPTION. 
Amarantiius bicolor, scarlet and green foliage ..... 
„ meiancholicus RUBER, rich blood red foliage .' .' ’ 
,, speciosissimus, carmine . . . . 
„ TRICOLOR, scarlet, yellow, and green foliage 
Exceedingly attractive and beautiful plants, well adapted 
for centres of beds and as a background in borders. 
Argvrantubmum frutescens, a vory elegant greenhouse shrub, with 
laciniated loaves, and largo umbels of odoriferous orange coloured 
flowers . . . . 
Artemisia annua, a beautiful foliagod plant, with sweot-scented yellow 
flowers ....... 
,, aroentea, silvery foliage, flowers yellow 
,, Now varieties, vide pago 4. 
Atriplex hortensis rubra, ornamental hardy plant, with crimson foliage 
Bocconia cordata rotundifolia, a line plant, with glaucous foliage and 
panicles of rosy white flowers 
,, ,, Yeddcensis {mm), a new variety, with remarkably 
fine foliage ..... 
„ frutescens, a highly ornamental-foliaged plant, producing 
frond-like leaves, oblong, deeply lobed, and very glaucous . 
„ japonica, a magnificent plant, recently introduced from 
Japan ; its largo oak-like dark green loaves, quite white 
underneath, and beautiful pyramidal flower spikes, produce 
a striking effect, either planted singly or in groups . 
Canna Achiras, red and yellow flowers 
,, Amalia 
Hardiness 
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