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and we hailed the introduction, especially of a 

 few of the more noted, with tangible signs 

 of delight. Among the many, comes one to 

 us named after the introducers, C. Veitchii 

 (see fig. 4). It is of excellent habit, being 



breadth, and the young leaves are tra- 

 versed by broad bands of creamy yellow, 

 which change with age into a rose and car- 

 mine purple. The intensity of the colours, 

 too, instead of getting faded, as may be said 



denser than most of the strong growing 

 species, not even excepting C. pictum and 

 C. variegatum, both well-known and highly 

 prized plants. 



As the introducers say, this sort has leaves 

 of from 12 to 14 inches in length by 2}j in 



to be the normal state of leaf-colouring, be- 

 comes intenscr with age. It is one of the 

 sorts that require very little pinching, having 

 a habit of a desirable kind. It is apt to run 

 to seed, and when it does so, the ornamental 

 character of the plant is by no means sus- 



