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plant stands about 8 feet high and makes a most striking ae 
ance with its wavy leaves, some of them 4 feet long. It is the 
largest specimen in this country, and it is me to be larger pe 
the one at Kew Gardens, in England. It may be found on the 
native of Colombia, is represented bys a collection of 22 plants, 
forming an effective group against the wall, just across the walk 
from the Anthurium above referred to. These are finely grown 
and include many forms of this species, the spathes in ees 
a varying from a pure white through pink to a most vivid 
In A. cristallinum we have a representative of another type, 
ae large deep-green leaves, the veins marked by a lighter shade 
of the same color. This is a native of Peru, and is represented 
by asingle plant. While in A. Scherzerianum, an inhabitant of 
oe still another aa is shown, with the leaves long and 
narrow. 
Schismatoglottis ae another of the aroids, came in two 
€ aise and Caladiums, other 
members of the pe a both confined to tropical America, 
are amply represented, the former _ two or three species, the 
latter by a fine assortment of fancy-leaved sorts, including some 
20 plants. 
Among the par gas the pineapple family, there are two 
padaaieneu one of Ananas sativa ain the pineapple, a 
wy plant from t: ee ee the other a fine specimen of 
Vriesin Senestralis, of Brazil. Its numerous ‘fed strongly re- 
curved leaves are marked with small squares by the prominent 
sib and cross vei 
ly family is well represented in several genera and species, 
and pie in point of numbers is Dracaena with four species : 
pair of plants of D. ee “Gon the western part of tropical 
Africa, with the green leaves marked with well-defined blotches 
of white; D. Sanderiana, a native of the Congo, with its beauti- 
fully jaueeaied leaves, a fine plant 5 or 6 feet tall; and D. fra- 
grans, an inhabitant of tropical Africa, in two varieties, Lindent 
and Massan, , well grown plants of each. The closely re- 
lated Cordyline oa takes a place with three plants. Other 
