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RICINUS. (Castor Oil Bean.) 
Plants with very ornamental foliage and showy fruit, of stately growth and 
quite a tropical appearance. With other ornamental-leaved plants, they make 
a most attractive bed on the lawn, and are also desirable when grown as sin¬ 
gle specimens. Plant the seed in the open ground, in a dry situation, and as 
early as safe in the spring. The same soil and treatment that will give good 
early corn is just suitable for the Ricinus. In the latter part of the summer 
the splendid spikes, composed of the seed-vessels, will be gorgeous. Some 
of the varieties have spikes of a beautiful metallic green, others of a fine, al¬ 
most transparent pink and scarlet, which seem to illuminate the grounds. 
RICINUS Giganteus. Leaves of an immense size13 s ft....... 10 
“ Albidus. WhiteUiruited; 8 ft. 10 
“ Barbonensis Abboreus. Beautiful large foliage ; 15 ft...... 10 
“ Sanguineus. Scarlet fruited; 10 ft. . 10 
“ Mixed Varieties... 10 
RHODANTHE. 
A charming everlasting of great beauty, equally valuable for the decoration 
of the conservatory and flower garden; its neat compact growth makes it a 
suitable plant for bedding or ribboning, while its bright colored flowers ele¬ 
gant style of growth, and profuse blooming, render it an object of universal 
admiration; the flowers, if gathered when young, make valuable winter bo- 
quets. Succeed best in a light, rich soil, and a warm, sheltered situation. 
Halt-hardy annuals. 
RHODANTHE MANGLES!!, a beautiful, small, erect branching plant, with 
numerous starry semi-double daisy-like blossoms of rich rose 
color, suffused with white , retaining their transparency and 
beauty for a considerable period ; 1 ft..... 
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MAC PLATA, a very beautiful new variety, which differs 
from the foregoing m being taller and more robust; from one 
to two feetm height; the blossoms, also, are much larger, 
being on an average one and a half inch in diameter, fully exl 
panded, of a bright rose or violet purple, with a bright yellow 
formq ® u fi rrcmnded . a conspicuous dark crimson ring. It 
border ^ plant f ° r POt cultlire ’ or for S rou P s in the open 
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