34 
ORNAMENTAL-FOLIAGED AND SUB-TROPICAL PLANTS. 
NAME AND DESCRIPTION. 
Hardiness 
and 
Duration. 
Height 
in 
feet. 
Price 
per 
packet. 
No. 
1111 Cannabis gigantea (Giant Hemp) 
h b 
9 
s. d. 
0 3 
1112 Centaurea babylonica, a handsome plant, with large whitish foliage 
and yellow flowers 
hp 
6 
1 0 
1113 ,, candidissima (ragusina), true, the most useful silvcry- 
foliaged plant in cultivation 
h li p 
1 
1 0 
,, Clementei, vide page 4. 
1114 ,, Fenzlii, a highly decorative plant, with elegant whitish 
green foliage, and regular branching habit ; the tips of 
each branch terminate in a tuft of singular form, which 
eventually expands into a large and beautiful yellow 
flower .......... 
3 
1 0 
1115 „ GYMNOCARPA, an exceedingly beautiful plant, with finely 
divided white foliage 
11 
1 
1 0 
,, macrocephala, vide page 4. 
1116 Cerastium Biebersteinii, very pretty silvery-leaved plant, with larger 
and more beautiful foliage than C. tomentosum 
hp 
i 
0 6 
1117 ,, tomentosum, silvery-foliaged plant, invaluable for edging 
1118 Chamaspeuce Casa bona'., thistle-like plant, with smooth glossy dark 
green leaves, and white nerves and spines . 
i 
0 6 
hb 
4 
0 6 
1119 „ diaeantha, a beautiful plant, the mid-rib of the leaves 
and the spines ivory, white, margined with glossy green, 
and covered with white silky down .... 
4 
1 0 
1120 Cineraria acanthifolia, silvery-foliaged bedding plant 
h h p 
2 
0 6 
1121 ,, maritima, a well-known silvery-foliaged plant . • 
hp 
li 
0 3 
Coleus, vide page 5. 
Eeheveria g-lauco-metallica, vide page 6. 
1122 Eucalyptus globulus, a valuable ornamental plant, with beautiful 
glaucous foliage 
h li s 
0 6 
1123 Ferdinanda eminens, sub-tropical plant, with handsome broad foliage 
and majestic habit; forming, during the past summer, one of the most 
picturesque groups and plants in the sub-tropical department of 
Battersea Park ; requires the stove treatment in winter . 
1124 Ferula communis (Giant Fennel) 
s s 
8 
1 0 
h p 
8 
0 3 
1125 Grevillea robusta, a most graceful and ornamental plant, with ele- 
gantly divided foliage 
K s 
10 
1 0 
1126 Gunnera scabra, a splendid plant, with immense leaves . 
li li p 
2 
0 6 
1127 Heracleum eminens, a magnificent herbaceous plant, with large 
three-lobed leaves, of great substance, of a light glaucous 
green colour ; a highly decorative plant either planted 
singly or in groups 
h p 
8 
1 0 
1128 ,, giganteum, herbaceous plant, with large and effective foliage 
8 
0 3 
1129 „ Panaces, a rare and beautiful species, with stag-horn 
shaped leaves 
8 
0 6 
1130 Nicotiana grandiflora purpurea, a majestic annual, with large 
handsome leaves and purplish-rose flowers 
h h a 
5 
0 3 
1131 ,, maerophylla g-ig-antea, the most remarkable variety in 
cultivation ; its large leaves, stately height, and large 
bright purplisli-rose flowers, give it a noble appearance, 
either singly or in groups 
h h p 
8 
0 6 
1132 ,, wigandioides, yellow flowers, magnificent foliage 
8 
1 0 
1138 Oxalis tropjeoloides, an excellent edging plant, with deep purplish 
brown foliage 
lib 
i 
0 6 
1134 Perilla nankinensis, a most useful border plant, with deep mulberry 
foliage ............ 
li h a 
li 
0 3 
1135 Pyrethrum Parthenium aureum ( Golden Featlicr ), a beautiful 
dwarf plant for bedding, with elegant feather-like 
golden foliage 
h p 
i 
0 6 
1136 Ricinus africanus, splendid green foliage 
h h a 
6 
0 3 
1137 ,, B£lot D&sfougIsres, stems and foliage a fine glaucous green . 
It 
8 
0 3 
1138 „ borboniensis, large ornamental foliage 
8 
0 3 
1139 ,, brasiliensis, dark green fruit, and ornamental foliage . 
11 
8 
0 3 
„ eleoantissimus, vide page 11. 
1140 ,, insignis (spectabiiis)f dark green fruit ..... 
11 
6 
0 3 
1141 ,, maorocarpus 
6 
0 3 
1142 ,, macrophyllus atropurpureus, large handsome foliage 
8 
0 3 
1143 ,, pulcherrimus 
6 
0 6 
1144 ,, rURPUREUS MAJOR 
6 
0 3 
1145 ,, sanguineus (Obermanni), red stems and veins, immense growth 
11 
10 
0 3 
1146 ,, „ TRICOLOR 
11 
8 
0 3 
