1?0 OENAMBNTAL FOLIAGE PLANTS. 



penduloas, and twisted in a spiral manner. When the 

 plant is well grown, it presents one of the most gorgeous 

 sights possible to behold, and which can be compared to 

 nothing but a fountain of gold. For the dinner-table small 

 well-grown plants of this kiud are real gems, especially 

 when used with some of the dark-leaved Draccenas. It is a 

 native of the East Indies. 



0. cornutum. — ^An elegant and compact-growing variety, 

 with narrow oblong-obtuse leaves, having a curious horn- 

 like process developed near the apex ; the ground colour 

 is dark green, upon which are scattered a profusion of 

 spots and blotches of rich yellow. It is very distinct and 

 highly ornamental. Native of the South Sea Islands. 



G, elegantissim/wm, — This is a neat and compact-growing 

 variety, producing an abundance of rich deep green foliage, 

 which is brightly and richly ornamented with golden 

 yellow ; the great distinguishing character of this variety 

 is the fact that this beautiful colour is produced upon quite 

 young plants. 



G. HilKarmm. — This fine plant has oblong, sub-spathu- 

 late, acuminate leaves, about seven inches long by some 

 two or three in breadth ; the upper surface is of a rich 

 shining purplish green, the mid-rib and primary veins 

 bright crimson, and the under side a uniform dull purple. 

 It is a compact-growing shrub, and from this, and its 

 beautiful and distract variegation, it will become a general 

 favourite wherever ornamental foliage plants are esteemed. 

 Native of the South Sea Islands. 



G. interrwptum. — This plant belongs to the narrow-leaved 

 /Series, and its leaves are like G, angustifoKum, pendulous, 

 but many of them are of most fantastic forms ; in some 

 instances they assume a spiral form, in others nothing but 

 the mid-rib exists for two or three inches. The upper 



