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plant has hitterto mostly been kept in the stove, but it 

 makes a very fine addition to the sub-tropical garden, and 

 for dinner-table decoration, or, indeed, as a window plant, 

 it is invaluable. Native of the East Indies, China, &o. 



B, terminalis striata. — ^This is a lovely plant, being 

 equally at home in the stove, the conservatory, or the sub- 

 tropical garden. Its leaves are large, and broadly lanceo- 

 late, tapering to a blunt point ; the ground colour is a deep 

 purplish bronze, which is intermixed over fully one half 

 the leaf with a rich bright crimson, this being dashed and 

 blotched with light green. Such a happy combination of 

 colour renders this one of the most handsome kinds in the 

 genus. It is also cultivated under the name of D. ferrea 

 variegata. Native of the East Indies. 



D. umbracidifera. — ^A very ornamental plant, which, 

 from its peculiar habit of growth, is distinct from all other 

 members of this fam.ily. The leaves are from two to three 

 feet long, and about an inch or little more in width, dark 

 shining green in colour, very closely set, and stand in an 

 horizontal manner, with the ends slightly recurved, giving 

 it the appearance of a table top or umbrella, as its name 

 implies ; it is a very desirable plant, useful for decorating 

 in any situation. Native of the Mauritius. 



B. Weismanii. — In this plant we have a very distinct 

 and ornamental variety. It is of an elegant, pendulous, 

 habit, the leaves being rather narrow, in a young state 

 light coppery red, more or less tinged with creamy 

 white, changing with age to a deep bronzy hue, saving 

 at the edges, where they are margined with red. It 

 is admirably adapted for table decoration in addition to 

 its beauty as an ornament in the plant stove. Native of 

 the South Sea Islands. 



B. Youngii. — The leaves of this beautiful variety are 



