B. S. WILLIAMS & SON’S 
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NEW PLANTS FOR 1893. 
AMARYLLIS “LADY ARDILAUN.” 
bin — one of the pen distinct and beautiful varieties we have yet raise si — ager pigeons are about 8 inches in diameter, are perfect in 
form, an ut scape about 2 feet in height, which has from four to seven flow pon it. The colours of these, which are ee, 
con rie i a distinet white ground, are ¢ predate i becomin ng purple fovards the base, the aie fee stripe of ers singed with green at the base 
the petals are of great breadth and substance, and the edges perfect 
Strong betas, price 63s. each. 
AMARYLLIS “JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN.” 
This extra fine variety has flowers pearly. 8 inches in diameter, of bright crimson-scarlet, with a broad white stripe down the centre of eac 
petal, ‘eentiie into very soft green at the base ; the lower portion of the petals striped with white. The tlower is “of perfect iia and of the greatest 
substance, and will become one of the Sasat fi exhibition. 
Price 63s. each. 
CALANTHE WESTITA OWENIANA. 
One of the most distinct and beautiful winter-flowering Calanthes we have yet raised. In its general character it resembles C V pong one of 
its parents, the other being C. vestita lutea. It produces a rie spike with numerous large flowers. The lip, which is large, is a deep rosy crimson 
with fine white = ; the sepals are nearly white, only neely tinted with rose at the base ; the petals are deep rosy crimson, faintly tinted with 
white at the points. This is one of our finest introduction: 
Bcc upon application. 
CLIVIA (HIMANTOPHYLLUM) “PRINCE OF ORANGE.” 
This superb novelty is one of = finest =. tama = ices — and when exhibited at the Royal Horticultural Society was granted 
an — of weiss 08 "8 distine st finer than any o 
ese Clivias og aenainy ts and house Pini 04 and can be forced into flower at Christmas or retarded till July. This 
splenid p plant ry ns 5 tata fo foliage ‘of tis deepest green, with stout flower stalks, rising 2 = t, with immense trusses of brilliant orange flowers 
fine form and substance. It forms one of the most imposing and beautiful plants we kno 
Price 68s. each. 
Mig eee ee atest 
This 2g gs — hybrid was raised in our Nurseries. is a distinct cross betw C. Spicerianum magnificum Harrisianum 
superbum. Ith greatly admired when exhibited. = habit of tela it is a ares : strong, but appears to be very va i werin 
blooms are carri Poa enka abeat 6 to 7 inches in length dium size petal is a _— green at the base and white in the 
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upper portion, which is slightly recurved ; the sepals are ‘htt, a the pouch an ie of a bronzy 
Price upon application. 
CYPRIPEDIUM “CYTHERA.” 
A diminutive little gem, the result of a cross between C. naga ey um pect Purpuratum, raised i in our Nurseries ; it is certainly one of the 
prettiest as well as one of the smallest in habit in our. pellets The flowe: a, which « re supported on stems about 5 inches in length, — the 
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It is one of the handsomest little plants we have been successful in raising, and has been greatly admired. 
Price upon application. 
DRACANA COULLINGII. 
nd variety was exhibited before the Royal Horticultural Society on Ma: ad hn 1892, and we were unanimously awarded a 
arrower ; 
a deep green, edged and flamed with creamy white. The plant grows with great vigour, and as an oan famintad plant appears in its way to be 
unequalled. 
Price 31s. 6d. each. 
DRACANA “H. E. MILNER.” 
This fine Dracena, which was first recat at one of the International Shows at Earl’s Court last summer, and was unanimously awarded a 
First Class Certificate, is of rather dwarf habit of growth. oe leaves are stout, about 9 inches in length, and arranged closely one above the 
other on the stem. They are of dark olive- — margined with deep crimson, and ornamented with bands of greenish yellow. It promises to be 
an exceptionally fine plant for table decora' 
Price 21s. each. 
POINSETTIA PULCHERRIMA VARIEGATA. 
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tion, and one Tediropediodapagthen omar sprint ulcherrima, the xtraordin: 
ete ing offered for es ecm time, i — _. the beaw uty of P. pete : whose ion of gegen — i a lage, 
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B. S, Wiliams & Son, Vitoria & Paradise Nurseries, Upper Holloway, Londo 
