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nuely more attractive when thus set in the verdure of wliich nature is so profuse, 
and which is always so abundant where her charms of vegetation are at their 
highest. 
" A scene such as this explains the prevalence of these graceful and noble-leaved 
plants in Paris gardens, and in Parisian flower shops and windows, for you may 
frequently see elegant little Dracccnas ornamenting windows there, and as Ihcy 
Fig. 5.— DietlViibacliia. 
took as well at Christmas as at midsummer, I need hardly suggest how highly 
suited they are for purposes of this kind. 
" The number of Drnccenas cultivated in and around Paris is something enor- 
mous, and among the newer species of these — not alluding to the colored-leaved 
kinds — are some that combine grace with dignity as no other plants do combine 
them. They are useful for the centres of noble groups of plants in their larger 
forins, while the smaller species may be advantageously associated with the 
Maiden Ilair Fern, and the Cineraria.^ of the conser^'tory bench. 
