The plant which we have now figured (anxious as we are to 
afford our readers an opportunity of seeing the best things 
suitable for each branch of popular gardening) is a variegated 
variety of one* which has long been familiar to travellers 
on the Continent, where it is extensively used, the bright- 
orange-red-coloured berries, and the clean neat-looking fo¬ 
liage, making it very suitable for the purpose: it has been 
introduced to the horticultural world by the enterprising 
firm of Messrs. E. G. Henderson and Co., of St. John’s Wood; 
is of very easy culture, and grows well as a standard, f The 
following plants have been recently recommended in the 
6 Journal of Horticulture ’ as suitable for the purpose :— Bivina 
Icevis , Callicarpa purpurea , Thyrsacanthus rutilans , Cactus trun- 
catus , Bielytra spectabilis. Begonia fuchsioides, Ardisia crenulata , 
Amaranthus melancholicus ruber , Coleus Verschaffeltii , Poinsettia 
pulcherrima , Pandanus Javanicus variegatus , Cyathea clealbata , 
Cyathea Smithii , Pteris arcjyroea , Pteris tricolor , and many other 
of the Ferns; and individual taste will suggest many others. 
The pots in which they may be placed are of a very varied 
character, some being of electro-silver; while we can testify 
that the paper covers of Messrs. Barr and Sugden look very 
well, and are much admired. 
Dorothy Neville, for dinner-table decoration ; it is entitled, ‘ Flower and Fruit 
Decoration,’ published by Harrison, Pall Mall, and is quite exhaustive of the 
subject, and although chiefly occupied with descriptions of the simple and 
elegant glass stands in which his flowers were arranged, and directions for 
furnishing them, it yet bears on everything connected with true and refined 
taste in such matters, and is accompanied by some very beautiful drawings. 
# Solanum ccipsicastrum. 
t They also suggest its use as an edging plant. 
