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is said that the artist Hans Makart had once decorated his salon with 
Palm leaves, Pampas, and Grasses in a very effective manner, when it 
was visited by the Emperor of Austria, and the style so much admired 
and praised that it at once became fashionable. Unquestionably some 
charming combinations have been produced, and one very graceful 
example of the Makart style is shown in fig. 11, kindly lent bv Messrs. 
peacock feathers, besides everlasting flowers, especially Rhodanthes, 
Cape Silver Leaves (Leucadendron) Immortelles, and many others. 
RHODODENDRON CULTURE. 
It is not surprising that a plant possessing so many good qualities as 
the Rhododendron 'should become a general favourite. Almost ex- 
F:g. 11.—A MAKART REGAL BOUQUET. 
Hooper & Co. as a typical illustration. It gives a good idea of what can 
"be accomplished by artistic taste. Similar designs are employed for 
hanging baskets, as “ wall bouquets,” corner stands, wall pockets, fire- 
stove screens, mantel shelves, and side boards, all alike being distin¬ 
guished by their lightness and variety. Several different species of 
Phoenix, Latania, Areca, Geonoma, and Cycas are employed with Bul¬ 
rushes, Pampas plumes, a great variety of Grasses, Eulalias, and a few 
ceeding many of our native plants in hardiness, all that can desired 
in habit, and affording as great a diversity of colour as any flower, 
it deserves more attention than it usually receives, and certainly more 
than many plants that are eagerly sought after. Perhaps one reason of 
its being less extensively cultivated than it ought to be, is the idea 
that only a certain description of soil suits it. This popular idea is 
certainly carried farther than is proper, and I will endeavour to show 
that the plant, or at least the common varieties of it, can be grown in 
more kinds of soil than usually supposed, so that there are probably many 
