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in any flower I recollect. If I were confined to two 
stove pans this Dipladenia and Ixora coccinea od 
be the two I should select. Plectocomia Andersoni, 
from Colombia, with hic 
ground colour a green, blotched and veined on 
upper surface with dark green ; the backs of f the pare 
lant, very 
are of a rich dull red colour : а һап dsome plant, 
suita arg 
hings na i gne rosea : pd isa compact habited 
endent, as 
this is a fine addi- 
, 
tion to stove flowering plants. Croton majesticum : this 
is perhaps the best variety in memes of tliis deserv- 
edly popular r, dense in habit, 
vé-greeti “Do wn the centre: 
of the leaf, which is 18 inches in length, covering fully 
one half the surface, runs a deep yellow band whilst 
in a young state, which, when -fully matured, changes 
to deep crimson really a fine plant. Anthurium 
Scherzerianum albu sik a Mite. flowered form of thé 
"well-known А, Scherzerianum, that promises, when 
a ite rr to be a go Sinton to the justly 
esteemed ety. There would appear to be 
Sof is plant, iex дын than pthers 
fm es hich 
I inch in breadth, o. olive-green, 
нев plants ever ченче 
into Euro: Pritchardia grandis, a dwa: - 
g owi m, which, n first j 
one’: ы e hd but gave a imperfect idea dn état 
j when, as now, farther developed ; it retain 
so moderat ow 
imits of a small house. “When sufficiently Bentl 
l be a fine contrasting plant to the elegant Cocos 
Weddelliana, aia we find o 
th 
plan Aree has ever yet u sa 
Cro eile ves each constantly assume two 
totally y distinct forms, Imagine a Aem varie 
gatus, with leaves 2 inches wide by 3 inches in 
lengthy vene which the thread-like midrib extends 
some es longer, from the extremity of which 
gro another rein, narrow, lanceolate leaf, very like 
borne by C. majesticus 
ich leaf of which contains vwd distinct forms i in one. 
Standing near nother n eM t; 
d 
ey assume a most glow 
ài Bis quite one Вее of f the leaf—that portion 
next the stalk-—all yellow, errs extreinities 1 бек Yet 
another most singular in form: this has of its 
leaves narrow and mieg but the miri рано 
~ ere 1 blunt, substan: > 
composed of deep green and white, in equal propor- 
tions. There is also one much stronger ey in 
way finer than the well-known D. Cooperi, to which 
it is similar in habit ; the livel are 2} feet i in bow 
nd 5 inches broad, ES fo us f the 
pine У coloure 
everal етек 
miniat e Dracrenas, that vil form еа. pes 
ad t ile deco the lea 
ay Us y 2À beautifully 
tha Ко by 
de fini the pot to the top. 
similar to the last in size and ge eneral A with sheen 
ve white : these area 
о. 3 is a little 
shorter in the leaf, and a little broader, evenly edg 
these charming small growing 
digas portions of 
e to the palest 
this 
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Maranta, of elegant ку l habit, the ‚ч déépiy 
fa n ted. 
nother house are several plants to s m out in 
айо cod spring Palm from 
Java, which in its pret imperfectly еее state 
xri to be a fine cus granatensis, 
vel and S looking Palm from Ne 
Сай. "There i is also a set of four Eranthemums, 
a oe throu ugh the Ro acl чы rdens, э 
distinct іп аррейгик TT 
tthe an ^ plant, stem 
00; 
ur- 
sa dee ep 
crie ‘acumin nate 
rgined 
with yellow ; E. reticulatum is very pretty, ud пме 
lanceolate acum „йы leaves have a 
n leaves, co w 
eds озоор is i handsome a 
5 -Si m New Granada, Panax obtusum 
is a neat habited stove lank pio ni Iis, and Paullinia 
oceanica a t elegant- leaved plant from the South 
Sea Islan nage which 
In another we were all the kn 
Draczenas, with some hundreds 
of Dipladenia Brear- 
ere already alluded to; a mc plant of Nepenthes 
Dominiana, and the Tu rare Zam a Roezlii. Here also 
were foul ЕР just nin up from seed, 
Aphelandra fascinator, a nd the elegant Geonom 
acilis, . The adjoining pea are filled w ith the best 
varieties of foliage Pics Phyllotzenium Lindeti, the 
beautiful Terminalia elegans, Anthu allinum, 
the best of the fine-leaved Ant $C 
ciliaris, Cocos Weddelliana in considerable numbers 
and different sizes ; the ele 
urculigo vip 
variegata ; Welfia regia, the young lenvea of which ar 
a fine red colour ; ima, a 
leaf, 
upright from the upper sur 
spine about aninchin length. Truly these Crotons are 
e most existence. One 
surface in rie form of a strong 
a inch 
rete ‘half the ee white, in a continuo 
` down the cen 
There is a pires lot of new Dracæn this 
house ; the first I noticed has the whole leaf ‘blackish 
purple, so 
—Aa most elegant a ec 
contrast to another standing near it, which has its leaves 
-blunt and ейде at the point, 18 а by 6, дер 
the midrib red. Here 2 also —Drac 
алей уе 
lol “taken for one of the gems—D. 
which is now beginning to develope its fine | 
proportions an аа 
the best ornamental-foliaged plants : the 
are ovate- 
D. 
a very distinct c d 
ich t the арр surface of the leaves 
are studded, gnag it a singular appearance ; Latania 
aurea, oma See 
most Mat Кк dwarf P. 
arcelii i, the str range- 
looking x ed nr of vai sorts, the roots in 
Here also w 
lanceolate, are now Princes by, T the surface anything 
nown species of 
nsparent, con- 
| cave, imbricating bracts, the pim of which have 
k the ht, green 
Next is the blooming ips 
flower at the time of my visit 
grandiflora, 
m ; 
Where in 
ere RA onites 
йт, 
ven of а еч чек а$ fresh т: i hd d 
hey 
Near of heated pits, in which the 
Palms ^ri “initia: ие, ате os) in quantities from 
seed. Adjoining are А. е Pelargonium - houses, of 
which in ne nds Mr. Bull does a 
m high ая 
n importation of Phormium tenax variegatum, in 
which are sa un to be ета as forms, variegated — 
with distinct colours, but which, from the - cts of 
the journey, do et show their hes chara 
m the cool Orchid. e were quantities of Ota. 
toglossums, Masdevallias, and others that do n 
require much hea 
n an ad 
oining ‘house, Po filled with Pelar- 
конш, were Lilies by the hu M d-weight, of m 
of the leading kinde mongst which were e 
Mos of the double Lilim Tocem her 
first introduced by Mr. the е Califor or- 
nian, L. Pardalinum, and this ye у {ог the "fist time, 
L. Bloomerianum oscellat 
In verde house was a nice s lot of healthy plants of 
the new Boronia megastigma, also the ma, 
Doryanthes Palmeri from the hill regions of Queens. 
, and andfordia not yet Th 
is also a ve 
ue plants, 
any of them can be grown 
the winter m, 
house temperature, even do 
the summer, 
w it fro 
atrue Rhubarb, The individual plants are up 
of a yard high, and for nical towers of the вы: 
delicate gk shinings semi-tra 
pink edges ; glossy, shini 
radical leaves, with red petioles ar * 
broad bas What a noble 
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