194 OKNAMENTAl FOLIAGE PLANTS. 



D. Guilfoylei. — This is a superb plant of recent intro- 

 duction to our gardens, totally distinct from any other 

 species. The leaves are from twelve to eighteen inches 

 in length, and some two inches in width, tapering to 

 a point, ground colour dark green, striped throughout 

 with white, which becomes suffased with rose, especially 

 towards the margins. It is not only a beautiful ornament 

 in the stove, but is a splendid object for the decoration 

 of apartments and the dinner table. Native of the South 

 Sea Islands. 



V. Hibberdii. — A very handsome and graceful species, 

 supposed to be a seedling between D. magnifica and 

 D. excelsa ; leaves eighteen to twenty -four inches long 

 and about three wide ; ground colour reddish green, 

 beautiftdly marked with a deep rose, which, as the plant 

 increases in size, becomes suffused over the entire leaf; 

 this will form a very pretty object for the dinner table 

 as well as for general decorative purposes. This species 

 is named in honour of Shirley Hibberd, Esq. Garden 

 hybrid. 



D. Jiybrida.-^This species is as its name implies a hybrid, 

 the result of a cross between D. magnifica and D. albicans; 

 leaves ten to twelve inches long by two to three inches 

 broad ; ground colour deep green margined with rose, 

 which, as the plants developes itself, disperses over the 

 entire leaf. Garden hybrid. 



D. imperialis. — A bold growing variety, which, on account 

 of its coriaceous texture, is well adapted for general deco- 

 rative purposes ; the leaves are oblong, acuminate in shape, 

 from one to two feet in length and upwards of three inches 

 ^road ; ground colour intense deep green, suffased with 

 irregular variegations of white, rosy pink, and deep rose ; 

 as the foliage becomes older it assumes a pleasing glossy 



