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Anthurium crystallinum is a plant of similar appearance. 
It has large, cordate leaves about a foot and a half long, with a 
glistening surface and white ribs. 
Curmeria Wallisii. ‘This is a very compact and beautiful 
plant, with ovate leathery leaves, finely spotted green and yel- 
low. Requires heat and moisture for its development, hence 
it is best for a terrarium when grown as a house plant. Propa- 
gated by division, and grown 
in rich, fibrous soil. 
Diffenbachia is the name 
of a number of plants with 
yellow-spotted leaves. They 
form a slender stem, and are 
graceful and ornamental. They 
are best suitable for the South, 
but can also be grown in the 
North in double windows or 
in large glass cases. 
Philodendrum verucosum. 
This is a curious little climb- 
ing plant, with: fleshy stems 
and numerous air-roots. The 
leaves are cordate in outline, 
of a velvety lustre, deep olive- 
Picci: green. A neat little subject 
for a terrarium. Will grow 
in peat and moss, and requires constant heat and moisture. 
Phyllotenium Lindenii is the best foliage-plant of this 
class forming masses of fine variegated leaves. The leaf is 
hastate in outline, quite large, white in the middle and along 
the principal veins. 
