. Cassell's popular gardening. Gardening. 128 CASSELL'S POPULAR GARDENING-. to a trumpet vase of medium height. Only recently we used them in this way for a dinner-tahle decora- tion, some of the catkins measuring fully ten inches in length. Of the inmates of our conservatories, green- houses, and stoves, there are a great many plants of shrubhy growth whose flowers are never seen to better advantage than when in company with their own foliage. The Cape Jasmines {Gardenias) may be quoted as a notable case; the bright glossy green of their leaves will make the best background possible, and if a
. Cassell's popular gardening. Gardening. 128 CASSELL'S POPULAR GARDENING-. to a trumpet vase of medium height. Only recently we used them in this way for a dinner-tahle decora- tion, some of the catkins measuring fully ten inches in length. Of the inmates of our conservatories, green- houses, and stoves, there are a great many plants of shrubhy growth whose flowers are never seen to better advantage than when in company with their own foliage. The Cape Jasmines {Gardenias) may be quoted as a notable case; the bright glossy green of their leaves will make the best background possible, and if a few small shoots can be spared, so mach the "With the Epacris, the addition of a few sprays of Ericas that nearest resemble the common Heather will be all that is required, such for instance as E. caffra, E. gracilis, and E. melanthera. Besides the few cases of exterior aid from other than the foliage of each given genus of flowering subjects that we have quoted as samples, there are numerous most useful helps to be found both among our hardy plants and tender exotics also. Of the former, the species of Sedge Grass {Carex) are at all times of service in arrangements of anj^ Liliaceous plants; another near ally is to be found in the. better. It will at times entail a sacriflce of one or more partially-developed flowers if much growth is taken off with the fully-expanded bloom, but smaller pieces of undergTowth can be got to go with the blossoms in such cases. The large and various family of Begonias afford us a class of plants that can be made to do good service in decorations without the aid of other foliage. The handsome leaves of some of the varieties, as B. metaUica, B. incarnata purpiirescens, and other tj-pes, chiefly such as come under the classification of " Ornamental Foliage varieties," are all most valuable when ap- propriately used. The beautiful shades of colour to be found in the Camellia need no other foliage than their own deep green leaves to set
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