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at Messrs. Veitclr's establishment, and the greatest hybridist 

 of modern times. The leaves are dark olive green, with a pale 

 coppery tinge down the centre, the main ribs marked out by 

 fine pallid lines, and connected by means of light reticulations. 



A. El Dorado. Useless and unattractive, except in the 

 hands of the most expert cultivators. It is deciduous, the 

 leaves dark green, with light tracery. 



A. intermedia grows three inches high ; one of the most 

 beautiful and easily grown, it does not need a bell-glass. 

 Colour, dark olive striped with gold. Deliciously silky and 

 the habit very fine. 



A. Jav aniens grows four inches high ; leaves olive green, 

 blotched with light green ; suitable only for large collections. 



A. Lobbii grows three inches high ; leaves large, dark olive, 

 with elegant light markings ; a fine species. 



A. Loivii. The largest of the genus and one of the 

 grandest, grows seven or eight inches high, with oval 

 acuminated leaves four or five inches long and three broad, 

 the ground colour a solemn purplish bronze with longitudinal 

 veins of bright gold, connected together by transverse reticula- 

 tions. The most easy to cultivate of any. It is probably the 

 loveliest of all known plants on the face of the earth. 



A. maculatus grows five inches high ; leaves marked with 

 frosted silver in the centre, and with margin of rich dark 

 green. A fine species, and easy to grow. 



A. Neville anus grows three inches ; leaves dark olive, 

 blotched with orange ; difficult to grow. 



A. jjeiola grows four inches ; leaves light and velvety, 

 with bands of deep gold. A very fine species, and easy to 

 grow. 



A. querceticolus grows four inches; colour light green, 

 with white blotches. Grows freely, but not desirable in small 

 collections. 



A. Roxburghii grows three inches high ; leaves dark, 

 velvety, superbly veined with lustrous silver. There are 

 several' kinds in cultivation with this name. The true Rox- 

 burghii is superb, and rather difficult to keep in good con- 

 dition. 



A. Ruckerii grows four inches high ; leaves broadly ovate, 

 ground bronzy green, with six rows of spots extending the 

 entire length of the leaf. Very distinct and fine; rather 

 difficult to manage. 



A. rubro-venia. Sometimes classed with Goody era, but not 

 justifiably so. Grows four inches high, has beautiful ovate 

 leaves of a blackish green colour, marked with sharp longi- 

 tudinal lines of reddish crimson extending their whole length. 



A. setaceus. A very fine species. Grows four inches high ; 



