Clot 



: II.UVJ RATION HORTICOLE. 



■ ° B ™ Y - " Mr - WiUii 

 t of the society nurseryman of Tooting, died on the 10 of June last, at the 

 r .H. Dombrain J age of 73 year. He was one of the good old school of &* 

 I deners, combining a sound practical knowledge wifl 

 :eived the new I hearty manner, that will be greatly missed by his conte 

 of our friend j poraries. 

 o all those in E. Andee and W. B. Hemslet. 



PL. CCX. 



CROTON (CODLEUM) BELLULUM, linden & andre. 



nat. opjx EUPHOBBIACEAE. 



^■:FMC and SPECIFIC CHARACTERS, see Tll.Hort. 1875, under plate 201 



T : arbuscula erecta, rands graciM** petiolisque roseis; folia lineari-lanceolata inte^rrima 



t, breviter petiolata, supra medium viridia luteo-puuctata , infra utrinque aurea - E fecun- 



nden inter C Wtismannianum et C. cornutum orta, anno 1874 — E A 



• Hook., var. bellulTim, Linden and Andre. 



>n among others is the 

 -ted a few years ago by 



"• ]V " S '"" «>"</" (male) 



iinilci'shrub of liliputian 

 ng its slender branches 

 li<' petioles. Its numerous 

 - ascend, forming a very 

 f are sometimes slightly 

 wmvards and borne on 

 ( ' h Lul»^ is of a rich dark 



green dotted with yellow; and the whole of the lower part, 

 as well as the midrib, is of a golden yellow. 



In this pretty acquisition we have the characteristics of 

 neither of the parents reproduced, as it has neither the 

 terminal erect horn of the leaf of C. cornutum, nor the 

 broad richly coloured foliage of C. Weismannianum. It is 

 the very reverse of C.Andreanum, another gain of Mr. J. 

 Linden's, recently published in this work, which is the 

 strongest grower of hot-house varieties yet known. 



