48 ORNAMENT AL-FOLIAGED AND SUB-TROPICAL PLANTS. 
NAME AND DESCRIPTION. 
Canna, species de Guatemala, lemon coloured flowers 
du Gabon, red and yellow flowers .... 
” spectabilis, clear bright red flowers, light foliage 
5 , straminea, red flowers 
J} superbissima, rich crimson flowers 
„ TEXENSIS 
„ VARIABILIS, brick red flowers . • • • • . * . ‘ 
}f vi o lace a superba, rich brown violet foliage, very distinct . 
” vi llosa, brilliant carmine flowers . • • ■ ' ; 
Warscewiczi ( sanguined ), beautiful dark red foliage, mar bio d with 
brown, and splendid coral red flowers 
rosea, rose flowers, very handsome foliage 
” zebrina, handsome dark violet striped foliage . 
” Warscewiczioides Annei, fine dark red flowers . • • 
} grandiflora, crimson flowers, splendid foliage 
MAJOR, a superb variety . • 
• nobilis, red flowers and magnificent foliage 
nova, fiery crimson flowers 
Zebrina, a beautiful variety, with striped foliage . * 
,, elegantissima, beautiful bronzy foliage, striped with 
dark red . • • 
nana, splendid striped foliage • ; 
3 , superba, line red flowers and striped foliage . 
„ Finest mixed • * . * 
Assortment of 12 choice and distinct varieties . 
of 6 choice and distinct varieties 
So ’’from February till April in light soil, and place in a gentle 
/„ at ; when the young plants have attained their second leaf, pot 
off .small/, and grow on in moderate lieat until established , 
gradually harden, and plant out into rich soil on a warm border. 
During winter the tubers should be kept in a cool dry place nil 
Cbntaurea candidissima (true), the most useful silvery-leaved foliaged 
plant in cultivation . . • • • • • • 
,, Babylonica, a handsome plant, with large whitish foliage, and 
yellow flowers 
„ Fenzli (new), vide pago 6. . 
gymnocarpa, an exceedingly beautiful plant, with finely 
divided white foliage . . . • • • ■ • 
Sow the seed in 'pans and. 'place in a gentle heat. ; when the 
young plants are up, and the seed lobes are, f ully developed, 
pot them, off singly into thumb pots , keep them in a close 
frame for a few days , and then set them on a shelf in a 
greenhouse near the glass ; in about six or seven weeks they 
will require another shift, into GO -sized pots, in which they 
will stand all winter, and malic nice plants tliejollomng 
Cerastium Biebersteini, very protty silvery -leaved plant, most snitablo 
for edgings . • • • ■ , • ■ . 
tomentosum, silvery foliaged plant, also used for edgings 
Chamiepeuce cassabonas, thistle-like, with smooth glossy dark -green 
leaves, and white nerves and spines _ • • 
diacantiia, a beautiful plant, the mid-rib of the leaves and 
spines ivory white, margined with glossy green, and 
covered with white silky down .... 
Cineraria argentea {true), handsome shrubby silvery-leaved plant 
mabitima, a well-known silvery foliaged plant 
papyracea, a beautiful large-leaved species 
Cordyline indivisa . ‘ • • • * * , ' , / v 
Ferdinandia eminens, a sub-tropical plant, with handsome broad foliage 
and majestic habit ; it formed, during the past summer, 
one of the most picturesque groups of plants in the sub- 
tropical department at Battersea Park 
Gunnera scabra, a splendid plant, with immense large leaves . 
Nicotian A grandiflora purpurea, a majestic annual, with largo hand- 
some leaves and purple flowers 
Hardiness 
and 
Duration. 
Height 
in 
Foot. 
h h p 
4 
31 
6 
99 
99 
4 
84 
lihp 
h p 
h h p 
h p 
99 
kb 
h h p 
h p 
99 
gP 
h li a 
h h p 
6 
4 
4 
H 
4 
4 
5 
3* 
4 
31 
61 
4 
61 
64 
4 
24 
H 
4 
Pt-ico 
pel- 
packet. 
s. d. 
0 4 
0 6 
0 3 
0 4 
1 0 
0 6 
0 4 
1 0 
0 3 
0 4 
0 4 
0 4 
0 4 
0 4 
0 4 
0 4 
0 3 
1 0 
1 6 
0 6 
0 6 
5 0 
2 6 
1 6 
1 0 
1 0 
0 6 
0 0 
1 0 
1 0 
1 0 
0 3 
1 0 
1 0 
1 0 
0 6 
0 6 
