1879. 
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no doubt obtained it from the South Sea 
Islands, whence so many of these handsome 
foliaged plants have been introduced. The 
introducers speak of this variety in the highest 
terms, and consider it to be unrivalled in the 
gorgeous colouring of its foliage. The leaves, 
as already noted, are large—Sin. by 2d in.— 
of an obovate elliptic outline, shortly acuminate, 
and distinctly stalked, the costa and the prin¬ 
cipal veins at first of a bright yellow hue, and 
eventually of the richest crimson, bordered on 
each side by a band of a brighter red colour, 
shading off to a bright orange ; each leaf, 
moreover, is margined with a narrow band of 
the same combination of tints, while the ground 
colour is a deep olive green, sparingly spotted 
Avitli yellow. In the earlier stages of the 
colouring process, the course of the veins is 
distinctly marked out by lines of yellow, the 
crimson and orange-red hues being taken on 
later in the season, by a longer continued ex¬ 
posure to bright light, which is the great agent 
in the colouring of the leaves of these plants. 
Amongst the many varieties of this plant now 
available for cultivation, this must be regarded 
as one of the best of the broad or laurel-leaved 
series.—T. Moore. 
THE AMPELOPSIS AS AN 
ADJUNCT TO AECHITECTUKE. 
S HE great beauty of the Virginia Creeper, 
Ainiielopsis liederacea^ as an adjunct to 
architecture, is, we suppose, generally 
appreciated, whether it be as lending grace to 
architectural lines already worked out with 
faultless taste, or as serving to screen con¬ 
structions in which grace and elegance may be 
sadly wanting. One of the merits of the plant 
is its easy culture. Plant it in earth of any 
reasonably good equality, and where there are 
Croton regin^e. 
