1879.] 



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. K J "1 Q^f^^JiCTORiA."-This is said, well matured are from nine to twelve inches 

 to be the first hybrid Croton that has been raised long, and about two inches broad, oblon^^ lance- 

 m England. It ,s the result of a cross between C. olate ; the ground color of the leaf is rich golden 

 ^ cismannii and C. interruptum. It far exceeds in yellow, beautifully mottled with .^reen ; the mid- 



CROTON, "queen VICTORIA." 



beauty any of the imported species offered up to | rib and the primary veins are of a rich magenta 

 the present time. It is of medium growth and free color, changing with age to a vivid crimson"; the 

 branching habit, a>ost desirable featui-e in the margin of the leaf is unevenly banded with car- 

 formation of good specimens; the leaves when I mine, often extending as far as the mid-rib, and 



