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THE FOLLOWING MAGNIFICENT NOVELTIES. 
ARTOCARPUSi CANNONI. 
ARTOCARPUS CANNONI 
This remarkably ornamental plant, which i ice a жеч of the porn Sar me was first made The form of the leaves varies greatly ; some are simple and cordate at the base, parallel 
known to me by Mr, Walter Hill, of Brisbane, afterwards s a living state by sided, with the apex irregularly lobate ; some have the apex regularly t three-lobed, ма 
Mr. Henderson, of Sydney. It is, without again, one of ‘the f ари pony leaved plants entire lobes ; some are фар three-lobed, being divided nearly to the base, the segments chess 
which it has ever been my good fortune to offer. imei eet g habit, with a woody — of which the centre one is largest, being вао sinuate-lobed, and occasi t 
stem, which is hirsute in the eem state. The leaves are very variable in form, alternate ind lobes are уой ves а нау toothed. This variety of form ‚апа the rich — 
petiolate, the petiole and - = red р Ne The €— which measure oft the po ished surface, render this one of thé most effective coloured-lea ved m^ og 
at least a foot ong and 7 inches vids; ous texture, with a glossy upper surface, and troduction; and aun is not - acp tendency in the colouring to vary or si 
of a rich, semen өтү топту crimson hue, beantifully nd. with purple. The colouring is remarkably effect produ uced is rmanent о enc; 
; that of the under surface being of a brig te vinous red. eed тоз. ma Pack; a pego: quid y^" of extra sizes, can be offered at x and 2 guineas 
CROTON TRIL ғ 
ad. this we have the type of an m i new race of Crotons, jaring lobate leaves, and there- poche pir ee upwards. The more perfectly formed leaves have, in -— 
quite distinct from those already familiar in gardens The present is the first of this type nd of berd-shaped outline, but with an elongated base. The costa and POT Eg 
_has been offered i imi “Teis a very handsome ; femeikable ecl incom. elite owe saarked out by lines of golden yellow, and the leaves are A reticu be, 
a family which alre cady presents i character. The leaves are from 9 to spotted with the same on a green ground ; the veins themselves eventually take on a crimson М, 
inches long ; the lower of their length, which i is broadest, vues from 234 to 3 inches wide, and the same is extended to the spots, while more or less of the orange tint, caused | of 2 
narrowing downwards towards oon reg which is an inch or so in length ; r ion blending of the ow and red, жинел suffused over the surface, and the underside aches 
forms in some cases a rounded er, in others a short lobe, usually on «Ж mana erge ngpi enne ШД uniform wine-red in the mature stage n some cases the lateral lobes are 1 to а sistinct 
sometimes leaves occur in "which the lobe is developed on one e shoulder long, and they are usually opposite "and equal though not always so. _Itisa thoroug 
cy on ops other ; the her: the middle eain e а, of the leaf is narrowed, the sides iem eem parallel and remarkably handsome addition d plants 
towards the base, but to shortly acuminate apex again ‘bulging out slightly, so that this - ae rice 2 guineas each. b 
CROTON : | 
'This is a remarkably fine form of C d toch ition. The c of the midrib, which tal crim marked by a broader 
habit and thickset leaves, and remarkable Jes for the > unequal lengine ofa rm leaves, and for the [sms and the зи n > aes with crimsorat the seen ce > and rithis that bya Foken 
twisting of the blades, which causes them to face in a variety of e leaves are from 4 to line of yellow. DT f the leaves i is also mottled -— yellow and red. The blunt- 
6 inches long, very stout in texture, very pne in dang; bluntly pod rg the cones: ы and with golden horn, the porto prede of th he peculiar twis wisting of the will be 
the midrib excurrent in the form of an awl-shaped horn about an inch below the apex. Most of em Bade. quite different from that of “ spiralis,” are the 1 а for which this CrotoR 
the leaves are twisted, the twisting occurring in various degrees, gre it is üsually as if the upper prized ; the colouring being also very effe effective. 
half of the leaf had been turned half round while the other portion had been fixed in the normal Price 1% guinea each, 
ALIA „шейге m c 
Mr. WiLLIAM BULL has recently imported, direct from the South wae remet MN Ше. р с ke special offer of i for propagating from. 
applic A 7 ok 
For descriptions and Prices of the following NEW PLANTS vide de William ка ение А К ргісе 18. 
ACALYPHA Pies id COLOCASIA ARGYRONEURA HEMUM MOORE YROCAULIS 
ALOCASIA ROEZLII COVELLIA RHIZOCARPA RETI LATUM | DAS US 
CROTON СНЕҮБОРИ ЫЧ RSICOLOR {LUM MARTINEZIA MA copii 
CURMERIA ROEZ GONIOPHIEBIA Bo L- I els 
‘EU ; CYCAS NORMANBYA ANA BISCUS. (ROSA SINENSIS) VIVI- PAN AX OBTUSUM 
BRE o0 Е 4 . D/EMONOROPS ORNATUS TRANS PAULLINIA OCEANICA 
JAPONICA LUTEO-PICTA | DALECHAMPIA ROEZLIANA ALBA LAPORTEA SCHOMBURGKII VERSI- RHEUM OFFICINALE HUTICUM 
LA SUPERBISSIMA TUS GRANATENSIS i 4 COLOR PALMATUM TANG 
GIA CHLOROSTICTA GEMMA MARANTA BELLA SABAL QRULESCENS 
AMIA HOPEI i ee RUS ELLA » LEOPARDINA ee IMPERIALIS 
MEUM SERICEUM ERANTHEMUM ATROPURPUREUM INNATO-PICTA DEA INTERMEDIA 
NEW DOUBLE-FLOWERED IVY. -LEAVED PELARGONIUM, MULEROONIGM LATERIPES KONIG ALBERT. 
ESTABLISHMENT for NEW an and RARE PLANTS, KING’S ROAD, CHELSEA, LONDON, SW. 
