260 GBBBNHOUSB PLANTS. 



preceding, with flowers upwards of an inch and a-half long ; 

 tubes bright scarlet, the end and limb pure white. This 

 makes a most telling plant for public exhibition, and should 

 be in every collection. 



E. Mont Blanc. — A compact grower and late flowerer ; 

 its pure white flowers, with yellow throats, are borne on long 

 dense spikes. 



E. multiflora. — Flowers bright red, tipped with white. 



E. nivalis compacta. — A beautiful variety, being a great 

 improvement upon E. nicalu, producing dense spikes of 

 snowy white flowers. 



E. odorata alba. — This variety is of compact habit, and 

 produces dense spikes of pure white flowers, deliciously sweet. 



E. picturata. — The flowers of this variety are large, and of 

 a bright pink colour. 



E. Princess Royal. — A very desirable variety, with the 

 flowers rich rose, tipped with white. 



E. pulchella. — A somewhat straggling-growing species, 

 but worthy of a place in a collection of these plants on 

 account of its distinctness. The leaves are concave, closely 

 set upon the branches ; the flowers form a dense spike, and 

 are small, short, pure white, becoming tinged with pink as 

 they advance in age ; it is a late bloomer. Native of New 

 South Wales. 



E. rosea alba. — Flowers short, stout, white, beautifully 

 tinged with pale rose. 



E. splendens. — Flowers rich salmon pink. 



E. Sunset. — This variety is very effective ; the spikes are 

 long and dense, the flowers are rich red, tipped with rosy 

 pink. 



E. tricolor. — A fine variety, with the flowers of a rich 

 red, shading to rose, the limb pink, produced in long dense 

 spikes. 



