200 GREENHOUSE PLANTS. 



white, a great improvement on Boule de Neige. .Vefy 

 profuse. 



A. Purple Emperor. — Flowers large, of good substance, 

 rosy purple ; distinct and pretty. 



A. Queen of the Yellows. — This variety has very large 

 flowers, of fine form and substance ; lemon yellow. Very 

 distinct. 



A. rosaflorum. — One of the best and most distinct of the 

 rose-coloured varieties, of dwarf compact habit, very profuse ; 

 bright rose. Very useful for cutting purposes. 



A. striatum. — One of the oldest, but most distinct varieties, 

 having large balloon-shaped flowers, bright orange, mottled 

 and flaked with crimson ; habit of growth medium, well clothed 

 with light green foliage, and a most abundant bloomer. 



A. vexillarium.—A very attractive free-flowering plant, 

 with slender branches, clothed with dark green cordate- 

 lanceolate leaves, about three inches long. The flowers are 

 numerous, produced singly from the axils of the leaves, two 

 inches long, pendulous, calyx bright red, corolla light yellow ; 

 it flowers from the end of March to July, and will form 

 a valuable exhibition plant. 



A, vearillarium marmoratum. — This is a very handsome 

 form of the preceding species, having beautifully mottled 

 foliage ; the leaves are similar in size and shape to the above, 

 but they are curiously marbled with various shades of green 

 and rich yellow. 



A. Violet Queen. — This attractive novelty has flowers of 

 fine form and substance, and of a bright violet hue. Very 

 distinct and free-flowering. 



Acacia. 



The Australian species of this genus are both numerous 

 and handsome, producmg their flowers of various shades of 



