HOT-HOUSE OK STOVE PLANTS. 



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of two inches wide, in- 

 tense deep green, beauti- 

 fully mottled and netted 

 witn deep yellow and rosy- 

 crimson. 



C. Haxwoodianus — leaves 

 oblong--laneeolate,petioles 

 crimson, blades of leaves 

 a rich mixture of green, 

 yellow, and bronze. 



C. imperator— leaves broadly 

 lanceolate, recurved, of a 

 light green, mottled and 

 blotched with light yel- 

 low, midrib creamy-white, 

 changing to bright crim- 

 son. 



C. Jamesianus — stems 

 slightly glaucous, leaves 

 obloi^ - lanceolate, deep 

 green, mottled with glau- 

 cous-green and light yel- 

 low; very distinct. 



C. Kiogianus— a bold-giow- 

 ing, large-leaved form of 

 great beauty ; leav^ ob- 

 long - ovate, being nearl^ 

 eighteen inches long and 

 six to ei^t inches broad. 



C. Lord Belhaven — large 

 broadly - obovate leaves, 

 rich deep yellow, mar- 

 bled and chequered with 

 bright green, the whole 

 shaded with rosy-carmine. 



C. Iiord Cairns— leaves tri- 

 lobate, the middle lobe 

 being much the longest, 

 lateral lobes irr^nlar, 

 deep green, blotched with 

 light yellow. 



C. MacafeeanuB— rich yel- 

 low stems and petioles, 

 broad deep green leaves, 

 blotched and spotted with 

 golden -yellow. 



C. Maca^thx^^i-^I^eat diver- 

 sity of form in its^ leaves 

 — ^br^ht green, one-half 

 marbled, flaked and spot- 

 ted with rich yellow. 



C. majesticnm— leaves nar- 

 row, about a foot and 

 a half long, deep green, 

 marked with golden-yel- 

 low, changing with age to 

 rich crimson. 



C. Dfrs. Dorman — ^leaves up- 

 wards of a foot long, and 

 half an inch wide, rich 

 deep orange-scarlet, mar- 

 gined with a band of 

 bright green. 



C. Mortii— leaves obovate, 

 nine or ten inches long 

 and four broad, intense 

 deep green, veins broadly 

 banded withgolden-yellow. 



C. mutabUis — variable in 

 form and colour, grecD, 

 spotted and blotched with 

 light yeUow, increasing in 

 beauty with age until the 

 ground-colour becomes of 

 a deep Inronzy-olive, and 

 the y^ow passes into rich 

 brilhant crimson. 



C. pictum — this old plant 

 has been in cultivation 

 upwards of seventy years, 

 and when well grown is 

 still one of the best ; 

 leaves nine inches loDg 

 and about three broad ; 

 a rich mixture of green, 

 olive, and crimson. 



C. Prince of Wales— leaves 

 long, narrow, undulated, 

 and spirally twisted, light 

 yellow, the margins irre- 

 gularly blotched with car- 

 mine and magenta. 



C. Princess of Wales— nar- 

 row pendulous leaves, 

 which reach two feet in 

 length; sometimes spiral, 

 at others plain and waved 

 at the margins. The co- 

 louring is very rich, con- 

 sisting of spots, blotches, 

 and marblings of rich yel- 

 low, creamy-yellow, and 

 green. New Hebrides. 



C. Queen Victoria — ex- 

 tremely rich in colour; 

 leaves twelve inches long 

 and two inches brood, 

 deep golden-yellow, mar- 

 bled with creamy-yellow 

 and green, midrib and 

 primary veins bright ma- 

 genta, when mature pass- 

 ing into rich bright crim- 

 son. 



C. Rex. — ^bright - coloured 

 linear-lanceolate leaves, 

 bronzy-green, veined with 

 creamy-yellow when 

 youug, passing into rich 

 bright crimson when ma- 

 ture. 



C. Kodeckiana — leaves 

 linear, pendulous, about 

 eighteen inches long and 

 an inch broad, sometimes 

 spiral ; the colours are 

 creamy-white and rose, 

 irregularly blotched and 

 mottled throughout. 



C. roseo-pictus— as its name 

 imphes, a choice variety 

 in which rose and light 

 yellow predominate. 



C. rubernmus — leaves nar- 

 row, pendulous ; bright 

 green on the marg^ins, 

 with a centre of creamy- 

 yellow. 



C. rubescena — leaves lanceo- 

 late, deep green, veined, 

 blotched, and spotted 

 with yellow, crimson, 

 rose, and orange-scarlet. 



C. Sinitzinianus — narrow 

 leaves ; sometimes spiral, 

 or undulated, ground- 

 colour intense deep green, 

 mottied with pale yellow. 



C. spiralis — leaves almost 

 as regularly twisted as a 

 corkscrew ; the ground- 

 colour when young is a 

 deep bottle-green, deep 

 golden midrib, changing 

 with age as usual. 



C. Stewartii — compact in 

 habit, the ground-colour 

 boitle-green, flaked with 

 deep orange and carmine. 



C. superbiens— very varia- 

 ble. When young green, 

 veined with yellow, dark- 

 ening with age, passing 

 into rich deep yellow. 



C. tricolor — leaves linear- 

 lanceolate, petioles crim- 

 son, midrib when young 

 yellow, changing with a^e 

 to crimson ; leaf irregu- 

 larly blotched with green, 

 rosy-crimson, and yellow. 



C. undulatum— leaves lan- 



ceolate- acuminate, with 

 waved edges, deep green, 

 mottled with creamy-yel- 

 low, which with age passes 

 into brilliant crimson. 



C. variegatnm — introduced 

 about eighty years ago. 

 Leaves oblong-lanceolate, 

 nine to twelve inches long, 

 three inches broad, bright 

 green ; midrib, primary 

 veins, and edges broadly 

 margined with heavy gold- 

 colour. 



C, Teitchii — strong grower, 

 large oblong - lanceolate 

 acuminate leaves.np wards 

 of a foot long and two or 

 tliree inches broad, ground 

 colour bright green, mid- 

 rib and primary veins 

 broadly bordered with 

 creamy • yellow, passing 



' when mature into pink 

 and purple. 



C. volutns — a distinct and 

 curious form. Leaves 

 strap-shaped, rolled in- 

 wards, ground-colour dark 

 green, midrib and primary 

 veins golden-yellow, suf- 

 fused with rosy-pink. 



C. Warrenii — pendulom 

 form, giving on© the im- 

 pression of a flowing foun- 

 tain of purple and gold ; 

 leaves upwards of two feet 

 long, an inch broad, linear 

 and spirally twisted. 



C. Wiesmannii— one of the 

 earliest and best. Leaves 

 about twelve inches long, 

 and an inch wide, ground- 

 colour a rich green, the 

 midrib and veins striped, 

 a part of the leaf flEUced 

 with bright yeHow, 



C. Williamaii — a superb 

 form; leaves lai^e and 

 obovate, from twelve to 

 eighteen inches long, and 

 waved at the edges ; pro- 

 fusely mottled witii ma- 

 genta ; but with age the 

 colours pass into a rich 

 bronzy - green and deep 

 crimson. 



C. Wilsonii — slender, pendu- 

 lous, upwards of a foot 

 and a half long, an inch 

 broad, ground-colour bril- 

 liant green, irregularly 

 flaked and mottled with 

 deep yellow. 



Curculigo. — A genus belonging to the order 

 Amaryllidea:. Most of the species have much the 

 appearance of young pinnate-leaved Palms in the 

 young state. They should he grown in peat and 

 sand, and as they enjoy an abundance of heat and 

 moisture, the drainage should he ample. 



C. recurvata striata. — Leaves elliptical and spread- 

 ing, longitudinally plaited, and like the species (C. 

 recurvata) deep green, hut differing in having a hroad 

 central hand of white, nmning from hase to apex. 

 East Indies. 



C. recurvata variegata. — The leaves of this variety 

 are broader than the preceding kind. They are much 

 plaited, and profusely banded with broad, pure white 

 East Indies. 



Curmeria. — A small genus of dwarf Arads (now 

 included under Somalometia), well deserving general 

 cultivation for the extreme beauty of their leaves. 

 The soil should be peat and loam, in about equal 

 parts. They enjoy a strong moist heat. 



C. picturata. — A dwarf-growing species ; leavea 

 elliptic, spreading horizontally, from nine to twelve 

 inches in length, six inches across in the widest part ; 

 rich deep green, midrib bordered with silvery-white, 

 on each side of which is a flaked band of greenish- 

 white. Columbia. 



C. Wailisii. — Leaves oblong-ovate, deep velvety 

 olive-green, irregularly blotched with emerald-green, 

 changing with age to grey. Columbia. 



Cyanopliylliiin. — A genus of Melastomads, 

 bearing, as a rule, small and inconspicuous flowers, 



