Aralia - Shrubs or stout herbaceous plants of the Ivy order, of diverse aspects, few fitted for open air, except A. canescens and A. spinosa, which thrive in our gardens, and which in size and beauty of leaf are far before many "fine-foliaged plants" grown in hothouses. The Aralias described are now placed under Fatsia, but we retain the older name as better known in gardens. A. papyrifera (Chinese Ricepaper Plant), though a native of the hot island of Formosa, is useful for the greenhouse in winter and the flower garden in summer. It is handsome in leaf, but is only suited for southern or very warm gardens.