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Madonna Grandiflora. Large double pure white. 
Strong grower and quite fragrant. This is the 
best white for general planting. 
Mme. Peyre. Rather tall growing type with large 
double peach colored flowers. 
Mme. Sahut. Semi-double, pale rose with white 
stripes. Very strong foliage. 
Mrs. F. Roeding. The finest of the salmon or peach 
colored sorts. Clusters of bloom are large, and 
the individual flowers are very double, fragrant 
and of a brilliant salmon pink color. Rather 
dwarf growing with more willowy stems than 
most sorts. 
Nankeen. Single light yellow with reddish throat. 
A fairly bushy grower and very hardy. 
Savort. Small double pale pink flower, very free 
blooming. Very hardy. 
Single Pink. This is the well known shell pink single 
flowered type that seems to stand almost any 
sort of treatment and yet gives a wealth of bloom 
at intervals throughout the year. 
Single White. A hardy and very profuse bloomer. 
Splendens. The fine old double pink that is so much 
grown because of its hardiness, and heavy trusses 
of large double rose pink, fragrant flowers. Very 
strong grower. 
Splendens variegata. A form of the above that has 
very striking yellow and white variegation in the 
foliage, but is not so free flowering as the other 
form. 
PACHYSTACHYS [56] coccinea. (Jacobinia cocci- 
nea.) Tropical. Tropical America and Trinidad. 
A splendid subject for the shaded pool or natur¬ 
alistic planting in moist places and under trees. 
The leaves are very large, dark green and trop¬ 
ical in appearance, and the spikes of crimson 
tubular flowers are borne almost continuously. 
It is not suited to a sunny situation as the foli¬ 
age will yellow very badly and become quite 
small. In the right situation, however, it will 
form a splendid background planting for other 
smaller shade loving subjects. 
PANAX [57] (Polyscias). Tropical Old World 
Tropics and Pacific Islands. This interesting 
group of araliads is very useful as greenhouse 
plants in the north or out of doors in the extreme 
southern part of the state. They are very tender 
and will not stand any cold, but are especially 
suited to the patio and protected shaded spots 
where something just a little different from the 
ordinary run of shrubbery is desired. The flower 
hands are very small and inconspicuous but the 
foliage of the types listed below is very unusual 
and of decorative value. 
P. aureum. Tropical. A rather upright growing type 
with large compound leaves, irregularly toothed 
on the edge, variegated cream, yellow, light and 
dark green. 
P. caryotaefolia. Rather dwarf in habit, this has 
very dark green curiously divided leaves some¬ 
what resembling the Caryota. 
P. excelsum. Rather compact grower with finely 
divided foliage of a decidedly olive green color. 
P. fruticosum (P. plumatum). Very rapid growing 
type with delicately cut fem-like foliage some¬ 
what grey-green with a suggestion of white. 
P. Victoriaea. One of the most decorative sorts this 
has finely cut foliage, grey-green, beautifully 
variegated with white. Very plumy and distinc¬ 
tive but extremely tender and impatient of too 
much moisture in the soil. 
PENTAS [58] lanceolata. Tropical. Africa. A group 
of rather dwarf shrubs that are becoming quite 
popular in Florida for bedding out in partially 
shaded situations. Rather compact growers that 
are almost continually in bloom. They also make 
fine pot plants for the house or conservatory; but 
must have well drained soil for best results. 
P. lanceolata, var. alba. Probably the best of the 
group, this is dwarf and spreading in habit with 
dense heads of delicate cream white tubular 
flowers. Splendid as a pot or conservatory plant. 
P. lanceolata, var. coccinea. Rather more tall grow¬ 
ing than most, this has strong lanceolate, deeply 
veined foliage and tubular deep crimson flowers 
in corymbs. Very showy. 
P. lanceolata. Similar to the above but more dwarf 
growing and with heads of tubular lavender 
flowers. 
PHYLLANTHUS [59] nivosus albus. (Breynia ni- 
vosa.) Tropical. This is a white leave form of the 
P. roseo-pictus and resembles it in every way 
except that the leaves are white and green only 
with no pink coloration. The new growth is some¬ 
times pure white. A very charming subject that 
thrives well in partial shade. 
P. nivosus atropurpureus. Tropical. A form with 
rich warm, purplish brown or bronze foliage— 
the tips and new growth are sometimes reddish 
purple. This is not used as often as the other 
types of the group, but is a very strong growing 
subject and one that is particularly good to give 
a darker tone to a mass planting. 
Foundation planting of tropical shrubs 
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