. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Horticulture. 892 THE BOOK OF GARDENING. cordate leaves, deeply incised at the margins; their tall inflo- rescences are also very showy. Acanthus mollis and its more handsome variety latifolius, A. spinosissimus and A. spinosus are all elegant, bold-foliaged plants, and produce showy, erect spikes of flowers. The compact-growing Funkias, F. Sieboldiana, with its pretty glaucous foliage, F. ovata, and its hand- some variegated variety marginata, are all desir- able subjects, and their pale lilac-coloured flowers are also very effec
. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Horticulture. 892 THE BOOK OF GARDENING. cordate leaves, deeply incised at the margins; their tall inflo- rescences are also very showy. Acanthus mollis and its more handsome variety latifolius, A. spinosissimus and A. spinosus are all elegant, bold-foliaged plants, and produce showy, erect spikes of flowers. The compact-growing Funkias, F. Sieboldiana, with its pretty glaucous foliage, F. ovata, and its hand- some variegated variety marginata, are all desir- able subjects, and their pale lilac-coloured flowers are also very effective. Where space can be afforded the tall r growing Polygonums, P. (Fig. 596) and P. cuspidatum, are strikingly handsome, but they increase very rapidly j there- fore precaution should be taken in locating them to prevent their overrunning other things. Podo- phyllum Emodi and P. peltatum (Fig. 597) are handsome dwarf- growing plants, with orbicular, peltate, five- to nine-lobed leaves; a shady situation and peaty soil suit them admirably. Rodgersia podophylla has handsome, large, long-stalked, palmately lobed leaves of a pretty pale bronzy colour; the panicles of yellowish- white flowers are also very attractive. The graceful-growing Horsetails, Equisetum sylvaticum and E. Telmateia, are British plants with erect-growing stems bearing numerous whorls of long slender branches, the latter being the taller and more vigorous grower; they are very effective for shady situations. The pretty Creeping Jenny, Lysimachia Nummularia, and its golden-leaved variety aurea, are charming little plants for covering the moist banks of the waterside. The Sweet Cyperus, Cyperus longus, is a British plant of very graceful habit, and thrives well planted close to the water's edge. Scirpus Holoschxnus variegatus and S. Taherncemontani zebrrnus are very effective variegated plants of moderate height, having erect, cylindrical stems, transversely banded with green and white, and are exc
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