STOVE AND GREENHOUSE PLANTS 



Caledonia, in vast quantities, the highly coloured foliage a striking 

 feature. It was used as a parent in the production of the numerous 

 hybrids now in cultivation, and proved most unusually prolific. 



COLEUS VEITCHII, Hort. Vcitcli. 

 Fl. Mag. 1867, t. 345 ; Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1867, with fig. 



Introduced from New Caledonia through the late John Gould Veitch. 



The leaves, of heart-shaped outline, are of a deep chocolate colour with 

 a lively green edge. This species, with Coleus Gibsonii, was much used 

 by the hybridist, and some very beautiful-leaved varieties resulted, more 

 especially those which originated in the Gardens of the Koyal Horticultural 

 Society at Chiswick. 



COLOCASIA AEFINIS, Schott. 



Syns. Alocasia Jennmgsii, T. Moore. 



1'Illus. Horfc. 1869, t. 585 ; Fl. des Serres, t. 1818 ; Fl. and Pom. 1868, p. 276, with 

 fig. ; Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1868, p. 4, with fig. 



Introduced from India. A fine foliaged stove plant with glaucous green 

 leaves blotched with deep blackish-green, and a prominent venation very 

 effective when well grown. 



The plant was honoured with a Silver Medal when shown before the 

 Koyal Horticultural Society in May 1867. 



COLUMNEA KALBREYERI, Hook. f. 



Bot. Mag. t. 6633 ; Masters in Gard. Chron. 1882, vol. xvii. pp. 44, 216, with fig. ; Fl. 



and Pom. 1882, p. 26. 



A superb discovery by Kalbreyer, whose name it bears, when 

 travelling in the province of Antioquia, growing on trees in the forests 

 of Cinegetas. The striking contrast afforded by the pale-green, 

 yellow-mottled upper surface, and the blood-red under surface of the 

 leaves, with the golden yellow of the flowers, forms one of the most 

 distinct of the many colour contrasts to be found in the vegetable 

 kingdom. 



CORDIA DECANDRA, Hook. & Arn. 



Gard. Chron. 1849, p. 564 ; Eot. Mag. t. 6279. 



A beautiful greenhouse shrub with large white flowers, sent from Chile 

 in 1849 through William Lobb. 



The excessively hard wood is much used for charcoal, and it is from this 

 the local name " Carbon " is derived. It is also used for smelting 

 copper. 



The specimen figured in the Botanical Magazine first flowered at 

 Chelsea in May 1875. 



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