OF NEW, RARE AND BEAUTIFUL PLANTS. 
NEW TRITOMAS (KNIPHOFIA).—Flame or Torch Flower. 
Each. 
*Tritoma, Caulescens, this is a very distinct 
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Tritoma, McOwnii, a very beautiful species with 
plant, rising on a stem with a Yucca-like head Orange-scarlet flOWETS.........csececcescesceeseccee cones 50 
of channelled, arching leaves; the flower stem Saundersii, a vigorous plant; the flower stem 
_is from two to three feet high, surmounted is not quite so tall, and the head is conical 
with an enormous head of brilliant blossoms.. 1 00 instead of cylindrical; the flowers are red 
*Corallina, a beautiful new plant, flowers very throughout; a fine addition to the group to 
brilliant weoralireds..ccAss chee lak 10 which it belongs, and should be included in 
Hohn Benary, New iceccis. cesssetsetieesss Seong aks the most select collections..........cecesseeses see eeeeee 50 
*Leichtlini, flowers rich orange vermilion, a Quartiniana, this also rises on a short stein ; 
very handsome and distinct Tritoma............... 10 the leaves are channelled, arching, rigid, their 
Nobilis, truly called “ noble”; a plant of very points touching the ground, and of a glaucous 
vigorous growth, throwing up a flower stem six blue color; the flower stem is stout, sur- 
feet high, surmounted by a foot-long cylindrical mounted by a large head of yellow flowers...... 1 00 
flowerhead of bright scarlet and golden yellow, 
TOXICOPHLAZAS. 
*Toxicophlea, Spectabilis, a beautiful plant Itis very useful for bouquets, being delightfully 
with white flowers. It is extremely florifer- fragrant as well as beautifully chaste in color, 1 00 
ous, even in the youngest plants; the flowers *Toxicophlzea, Thunbergii, another beautiful 
are produced in very largecorymbs, each flower species with large corymbs of pure white 
being of a tubular form with expanded limbs. flowers, exceedingly fragrant.........ccccsccscsceres 1 00 
BIGNONIA MAGNIFICA. 
A free growing and extremely floriferous stove plant, of scandent habit. The flowers, which are produced in 
large branching panicles, are of great size (about 314 inches across) and of exceedingly attractive color, ranging 
from delicate mauve to rich deep purplish-crimson, relieved by a conspicuous throat of light primrose color. 50 
cents. 
PHILODENDRON CARDERI. 
The leaves are cordate, broadish, of a dark shaded bottle-green, with a satiny lustre, the principal ribs being 
marked out by bright green lines of glaucous or metallic hue; at the back the leaves are of a shaded wine purple, 
the course of the veins being marked by broad green lines. The glossy shaded satiny surface of the leaves im- 
parts to them a wondrous degree of beauty. 40 cents. 
ASPARAGUS.—New Species. 
Florists will find in these new Asparagus, with their delicately beautiful feathery growths, 
plants admirably adapted for floral work. 
*Asparagus, Plumosus, an elegant evergreen 
climber with slender stems, smooth and num- 
erous spreading branches; the white flowers 
are produced from the tips of the branchlets. 
Asparagus, Plumosus Nanus................cessseeee 
Tenuissima, another very graceful and beauti- 
ful species, of free growth, with filmy foliage; 
the stems of all these asparagus stand without 
It is an exceedingly handsome ornamental withering after being cut for a long time........ 25 
plant for the greenhouse or conservatory, and *Virgatus, of shrubby habit, elegant and feath- 
iis pretty feathery growths are extremely use- ery. Root-stock omitting several stems, the 
ful for cutting for decoration. This is the upper part of which branch in a corymbose 
finest species for florists—much more valuable manner; branches sub-erect, again twice 
than the dwarf variety............0. conorcocnnteacost38 branched; a feathery, graceful plant....... 25to 50 
ALPINIA ALBO-LINEATA. 
A very striking and beautifully variegated plant, 3 to 4 feet high when fully developed. The leaves are 9 to 
12 inches long, elliptic-lanceolate, pale green, marked divergently with broad bands of white and pale green. 
This is a grand addition to our ornamental plants, and makes a fine contrast intermixed with other foliage 
plants. 40 cents. 
ARTOCARPUS CANONNI. 
A tropical plant of exceedingly ornamental foliage of a rich bronzy-crimson tinted with purple above, beneath 
of a vinous red, about 1 foot long and 7 inches broad; very variable. 50 cents. 
NEW PANAX. 
Panax, Laciniatum, an elegant and very dis- 
tinct plant. The leaves are tinted and indis- 
tinctly marked with pale olive-brown, and 
form a rather complicated mass of narrow 
segments; they are bipinnate, nearly as broad 
as long, and have a drooping contour............. “ 
Panax, Victoriz, a distinct and very graceful 
stove plant, thickly furnished with leaves of a 
remarkably elegant character, forming a grace- 
fully recurving mass of pleasing variegated 
foliage, and is one of the most lovely and ele- 
gant variegated plants.................. foacnawapoacesse 
CLIDAMIA VITTATA. 
A splendid foliage plant, having large green leaves with a light band down centre of the leaf, of easy culture 
and rapid growth. 40 cents, 
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