APPENDIX. 



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FLOWERING STOVE PLANTS- 

 Stenogastra (Sinningia) 



concinna, corolla purple and yel., 

 spotted within ; thrives under same 

 treatment as Gloxinias, multiflora, 

 fl. lilac-blue ; a garden variety. 



Tachiadenus 



carinatus, fl. white and violet ; in 

 terminal cymes ; in October. 



Uroskinnera 



spectabilis, fl. rosy-violet, in close 

 spikes ; of easy culture. 



-contd. 

 Utricularia (Bladder wort) 



Endresii, fl. bright yel. and 

 orange, much resembling an Orchid, 

 and for which it is often mistaken ; a 

 capital basket-plant. Humboldtii, 

 fl. large, pale bluish, on long spikes. 

 MONTANA, fl. white and yel. ; suited 

 for a basket near the glass ; very hand- 

 some. 



Xeronema 



Moorei, a Liliaceous plant ; fl. 

 bright cr., tubular. 



Ornamental Foliage (p. 663 to p. 683). 



Aglaonema 



COSTATUM, 1. 4in. long, dark green, 

 white spots and midrib. Curtisii, 1. 

 broad, ground-colour green, white mark- 

 ings, pumilum, 1. broadly-lanceolate, 

 deep green, blotched light silvery- 

 green ; a charming little plant, versi- 

 color, an attractive species with dif- 

 ferent shades of green and milk-white 

 patches. 



Alocasia 



marginata, 1. broadly heart-shaped, 

 l8in. to 24m. long, 1 iin. to 14m. broad, 

 upper surlace dark green, midrib and 

 veins reddish, under surface tinted 

 purple, petiole and sheath marked 

 witti blackish-brown, princeps, 1. 

 sagittate, margins deeply sinuate, 

 upper surface metallic olive-green with 

 darker midrib and veins, under-surface 

 greyish-green, brown margin, petiole 

 greyish-green, marbled brown. San- 

 deriana, leaves somewhat arrow- 

 shaped and lobed on each side, midrib 

 and veins white, ivory-white border on 

 each side, surface glossy green with 

 metallic blue reflections, petiole 

 striated and mottled ; very distinct and 

 handsome. 



Ananassa 



Porteana, 1. armed with spines, 

 deep olive green with a broad pale yel. 

 band running down the centre. 



Anthurium 



Kalbreyeri, 1. rich green, palmate, 

 2jft. across ; very handsome where 

 room can be spared for its full develop- 

 ment ; a climbing species. 



Aphelandra 



MEDIO auratum, 1. ovate-lanceo- 

 late, bright green with a band of yel. 

 picturatum, 1. green, rich yel. and 

 creamy-white variegations. 



Artocarpus 



Incisa (Bread Fruit Tree), an ever- 

 green with dark green 1., deeply lobed 

 and cut. laciniatus metaixicus, 

 upper surface of 1. bronzy-green, 

 reddish-purple beneath. 



Bertolonia 



Adolphe de Rothschild, 1. dark 

 green, veins bright rose. argyro- 

 neura, 1. bright green, silvery spots 

 and veins ; very handsome. Comte 

 DE Kerchove, 1. elliptical, dark green, 

 veined and spotted bright pink. Com- 

 tesse de Kerchovk, 1. dark green, 

 copiously spotted and veined pink. 

 margaritacea superba, 1. brownish- 

 green, silky-white spots. Souvenir 

 de Gand, 1. deep green, rosy-magenta 

 veins. Triomphe de l'Exposition, 

 1. small, red and green, handsomely 

 veined. 



Caladium 



Donna Carmen Macedo, 1. trans- 

 parent, pink and rich red, dark green 

 veins. Duchess of Connaught, 1. 

 light silvery-green, shaded rose, and 

 veined rose-pink. Duchess of Teck, 

 1. greenish-white, translucent, with 

 reddish-brown spot at the apex of the 

 petiole ; a distinct variety of medium 

 habit. Duke of York, footstalks 

 dark cr., blade bright car., with darker 

 mid-rib and veins. Edith Luther, 

 1. broad, bronzy pink and bright car. 



