OF NEW, RARE AND BEAUTIFUL PLANTS. 9 
*IPOMG:A THOMSONIANA. 
A beautiful new species, in habit much resembling the well-known J. Horsfal/e. The flowers, however, which 
are borne in clusters, are pure white and much larger, being about three inches in diameter at the mouth. It 
has thick fleshy leaves, and from its free blooming character cannot fail to become one of the most popular and 
useful of stove-house climbers. Flowers profusely during winter. $1.00. 
*SPIRAA ASTILBOIDES. 
One of the most handsome of hardy herbaceous perennials, which has been certificated both by the Royal 
Horticultural and Royal Botanic Societies on account of its great merit, The stems grow from two to three feet 
high, and are terminated by compound feathery branches of elegant white flowers. It is a charming plant on 
account of its free growth and beautiful flowers, which are produced in the greatest profusion. 75 cents. 
*IBERIS SEMPERVIRENS PLENO. 
There can be nothing prettier than the double white Candytuft for edging, beds, borders, rockworks, &c., and 
it is of particular value to the Florist. The flowers form a close bouquet of the purest white, and cover the dwarf, 
compact and beautifully rounded bush. The plant is well adapted for pot-culture, but its beauty will be more 
perfectly developed if planted out in the garden. The flowers appear in great profusion from April until June. 
30 cents. 
*NEW ANTHURIUMS. 
Each. 
*Anthurium, Arfdreanum, the flower-spathes, 
Each. 
stout and erect, attaining a length of twenty- 
which are borne well above the foliage, are 
heart-shaped and of a most brilliant scarlet 
color, the surface irregularly corrugated and 
traversed by deep sinuous veins, the spadixes 
ivory-white at the base and greenish-yellow at 
the tip. It is an extremely attractive plant, 
and the individual flowers remain in perfec- 
four to thirty inches The spathe, which is 
remarkably showy and attractive, is of cordate 
form five to six inches across, of a bright rosy- 
carmine, without any of the reticulated cor- 
rugations characteristic of A. Andreanum. 
The spadix is about five inches long, ivory- 
white to two-thirds of its length, with the 
tion about three months, thus rendering it Upper third fawn COLL. ...0...2.... feces coecccseeseoeee 2 50 
highly valuable for exhibition................0..0000 *Anthurium, Veitchiirubra, an extremely hand- 
*Carneum, a handsome and attractive new some hybrid, between A. Veitchii and 4. Andre- 
hybrid, between Anthurium Ornatum and A. anum, with leaves resembling those of the first 
Andreanum. Vhe spathe is heart-shaped, from named. The spathes are about five inches 
six to seven inches long and five to six inches long by three and a half inches broad, of an 
broad, and is of a charming rosy-carmine color. intense shining rich crimson. The spadix is 
Of vigorous growth, this splendid variety freely about two-thirds the length of the spathe, the 
produces its grand flowers, each spathe re- basal part white. From the free manner in 
maining in beauty several months, thus ren- which the beautiful spathes are produced and 
dering it of the greatest value for decorative the long time which they last in perfection, 
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*Ferrierense, asplendid hybrid obtained from the foliage, this handsome hybrid is a most 
A, Ornatum and A. Andreanum. The scape is desirable acquisition................0. rosnboceto 6 acannon : 
*NEW YUCCAS. 
*Yucca, Filamentosa Aureo-Variegata, this is valuable addition to the list of foliage plants 
one of the most ornamental of Yuccas with for the decoration of the conservatory and 
colored foliage yet introduced. It is distin- greenhousse........ ee eeaclepeeees eo OM bone 50 
*Yucca, Pendula Variegata, a very hand- 
some variegated Yucca of free growth, quite 
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guished from the normal form by the middle 
portion of the leaves being marked with bright 
yellow longitudinal bands. It will prove a 
*MEDINILLA CURTISII. 
A beautiful Stove plant of bushy habit. The flowers are produced in great numbers in terminal and lateral 
panicled cymes on flower-stalks of a beautiful coral-red. Each flower is about half an inch in diameter, and has 
an ivory-white calyx and a creamy-white corolla, which show to great advantage the central tuft of purple 
stamens. 
The neat and compact habit of the plant, the profusion with which its chaste flowers are produced, and 
which continue in perfection for many weeks in the autumn, render this one of the most valuable plants of 
recent introduction. 75 cents. 
AGLAONEMA PICTUM. 
This is a brilliant Aroid, with a fine rounded stem. The leaves vary in form, sometimes elliptical, vublong- 
lanceolate, are rounded at the base and almost suddenly acuminate at the top, from 4 to 7 inches long, and 2 to 
334 in width; they are of a lovely deep velvety-green, beautifully mottled with large spots and irregular mark- 
ings of a whitish-blue. The mid-rib is prominent and slightly channelled on the upper face. When it is in 
flower it is still more attractive. The spathe is remarkable for its curious pocket-like form. 5 cents, 
CURCULIGO RECURVATA VARIEGATA. 
A yariegated variety of this exceedingly beautiful and graceful plant. 50 cents to $1.00 each. 
*SCHISMATOGLOTTIS LAVALLEEI. 
“Tn announcing this lovely plant we are convinced that it will become popular among lovers of fine-foliaced 
plants. It may be distinguished at a glance from all other species in cultivation. The texture of the leaf 1s 
flexible, the mid-rib is slightly prominent on the upper surface. and of a beautiful bright green, on which are 
scattered numerous silvery white spots, producing a most pleasing effect.” $1.00. : 
