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necessary,  and  the  shoots  should  be  stopped  at  least  once  during  their 
growth  if  specially  good  plants  are  needed.  Phyllotcenium  Lindeni 
requires  a  compost  of  fibrous  peat  and  sphagnum  moss  with  the  pots 
atmosphere  with  shade,  a  well  drained  pot,  and  abundance  of  water. 
When  specimens  are  required  for  rooms  or  dinner  table  they  are  best 
raised  up  on  pots  or  suspended  from  the  roof  with  a  saucer  beneath. 
half  full  of  drainage  ;  particularly  good  plants  may  be  occasionally 
used  in  rooms. 
Pteris  argyroea  is  a  handsome  decorative  Fern,  as  also  is  P.  cretica 
albo-lineata.  Both  of  these  require  a  stove  temperature,  a  moist 
which  holds  the  necessary  moisture.  P.  Viotoriao  (fig.  102),  introduced 
some  years  ago  by  Mr.  Wm.  Bull,  is  a  handsome  plant.  Pandanus 
Veitchi  is  one  of  the  most  valuable  decorative  plants  we  possess;  it 
is  a  paragon  of  beauty  both  in  form  and  variegation.  It  requires  full 
