HORTUS VEITCHII 



DEAC^JNA EOSEO-PICTA, Hort. 



PI. and Pom. 1878, p. 29, fig. ; Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1877, p. 23, fig. p. 12. 



A sub-erect leaved variety of robust habit and bold aspect, raised at 

 Cbelsea. The leaves, from 18 to 20 in. in length, are beautifully coloured 

 with a delicate rose tint, deepening with age to a bright carmine. 



DEAC^NA SPECIOSA, Hort. 



Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1877, p. 23, fig. p. 13. 



The foliage of this tricoloured variety is broadly striped or margined 

 with yellowish-white, stained edged with light rosy pink ; the ground 

 colour is eau-de-nile. 



DEAC^ENA x TAYLOEI, Hort. 



Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1876. 



Eaised at Chelsea in early days from the two varieties Dracaena 

 magnifica and D. Mooreana, a handsome hybrid, with deeply coloured 

 foliage, and a very decided metallic lustre tinged with crimson. 



The petioles of the leaves are of a light crimson hue. 



DEYANDEA CALOPHYLLA, Br. 

 Bot. Mag. t. 7642. 



A shrubby plant from the Antipodes, of the Order Proteacese, first 

 flowered in this country in the Eoyal Gardens, Kew, in 1898, but raised 

 by us from seed received in 1891. 



ECHEVEEIA x GLAU CO-METALLIC A. 



Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1870, p. 22, fig. p. 14. 



A hybrid raised by Seden at Chelsea from Echeveria metallica and 

 E. secunda glauca. It was in its early days much used for summer- 

 bedding on account of a dwarf character and large leaves, approaching 

 in size those of E. metallica ; of a bronzy glaucous blue-green hue. 



EPISCIA EEYTHEOPUS, Hook. f. 



Bot. Mag. t. 6219. 



Introduced from New Grenada, and flowered for the first time in 

 March 1874, this stove herbaceous plant has handsome oblanceolate 

 leaves, bright green above, pale and suffused with red beneath. The 

 flowers, white with a yellow throat, are clustered at the base and more or 

 less hidden. 



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