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ORNAJVIENTAL-FOLIAGED ARD SUB-TROPIOAL PLANTS. ' 
NAME AND DESCRirTION. 
Canna Rbndatlbri, beautiful metallic foliage, very free flowering, bright 
orange salmon, largo flowers ...... 
,, Bon BUI 
,, ROTUKDiroLiA METAij.icA, largo round metallic violet foliage, 
very beautiful novelty 
„ j) RUBka, bright red flowers and sombre purple foliage 
,, ,, VIRIDIS 
,, RUBRA suPERBissiMA, dark red flowers, rich pur2>le foliage 
,, RUBRICAUUS, bright red flowers, rich marbled Ibliage . . 
„ SANGUINEA CllATEi, blood rod flowers, splendid dark foliage . 
,, SATURATA RUBRA, carmiuo flowers ...... 
,, ScHUBERTi, crimson flowers ....... 
„ Sellowi, bright rod and yellow flowers 
,, SBMPERFLORENS 
,, SPECIES, fine red ......... 
,, ,, BE Batavia, magnificent red and yellow flowers 
„ ,, BE Guatemala, lemon coloured flowers 
,, ,, BU Gabon, red and yellow flowers .... 
,, spectabilis, clear bright red flowers, light foliage . 
„ STRAMINUA, red flowers 
,, SUPERBISSIMA, rich crimson flowers ...... 
,, TEXENSIS 
,, VARiABiLis, brick red flowers ....... 
,, vioLACEA SUPBRBA, rich brown violet foliage, very distinct 
,, V1LI.0SA, brilliant carmine flowers ...... 
„ Warscewiczi (sangninea), beautiful dark rod foliage, marbled witl 
brown, and splendid coral red floivers . 
,, ), ROSEA, rose flowers, very handsome foliage 
,, ,, ZEBRINA, handsome dark violet strijied foliage . 
„ AYarscewiczioib.es Annei, fine dark red flowers 
j, „ guanbiplora, crimson flowers, splendid foliage 
,, „ major, a superb variety .... 
>, >, nobilis, red flowers and magnificent foliage 
,, 5 , NOVA, flery crimson flowers 
,, Zebrina, a beautiful variety, with striped foliage . 
,, j> ELEGANTissiMA, beautiful bronzy foliage, striped with 
dark red ........ 
,, j, NANA, splendid striped foliage ..... 
,, )) SUPERBA, fine red flowers and striped foliage . 
,, Finest mixed 
Sow from February till April in light soil, and place in a gentle 
heat ; when the young plants have attained their second loaf, 
pot oil’ singly, and grow on in moderate heat until established, 
gradually harden, and jilant out into rich soil on a warm 
border. During winter the tubers should be kept in a cool 
dry place till spring. 
Centaurba ahgentea, true, the most useful silvery-leaved foliaged 
plant in cultivation 
„ Babyi,onica, a handsome plant, with large whitish foliage, and 
yellow flowers 
„ QYMNOCAiiPA, an exceedingly beautiful plant, with finely 
divided white foliage ........ 
Sow the seed in pans and jilaco in a gentle heat ; when the 
young plants are np, and the seed lobes are fully de- 
veloped, 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 j in about six or 
seven weeks they will require another shift into GO-sized 
pots, in which they will stand all winter, and make nice 
plants the following spring. 
Ceeastium Biebersteini, very pretty silvery-leaved plant, most suitable 
for edgings .......... 
,, T05IENT0SUM, silvery foliaged plant, also used for edgings 
CiiAMAiPEUCE CASSAB0NA5, thistlo-like, with smooth glossy dark gi'een 
leaves, and white nerves and spines 
,, BIACANTHA, a beautiful plant, the mid-rib of the leaves and 
spines ivory white, margined with glossy green, and 
covered with white silliy down 
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