The employment of such hot-country species as Dracaenas, Bananas, and similar plants, for the summer decoration of gardens, and which attracted such marked attention on the Centennial grounds at Philadelphia, has not been continued to any marked degree, probably because it takes less trouble to get up the carpet or mosaic beds. But the effect is so charming that those who can afford, should have more of it. In Europe enormous quantities of Dracaena indivisa are used, and even for the centre of mosaic beds a plant of this is usually employed.