OF NEW, RARE AND BEAUTIFUL PLANTS. 



*ANTHURIUM ANDREANUM. 



The flower-spathes, -which are home 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 spadix is ivory-white at the 

 base, and greenish-yellow at the tip. It is an extremely attractive plant, and the individual flowers remain in 

 perfection about three months, thus rendering it highly valuable for exhibition. $2.50. 



*NEW DOUBLE BOUVARDIAS. 



Each. 

 Bouvardia, Sang Lorraine, a free-flowering 

 variety, producing fine corymbs of large 

 double flowers of a brilliant vermilion color... 1 00 

 Triomphe De Nancy, a vigorous and florifer- 

 ous variety, w.th large compact corymbs of 

 well-formed double flowers of a beautiful 

 orange-salmon color 1 00 



Each. 

 Bouvardia, V. Lemoine, the fine imbricated 

 double flowers of this variety are of a fiery 

 scarlet color, produced in large corymbs in 

 the freest manner, the plant being extremely 

 floriferous 1 00 



*NEW TUBEROUS ROOTED GRAPE VINE. 



A recent introduction, consequently not fruited or tested ; as it comes from a warm climate — Cochin China- 

 we may infer it will require heat to succeed. Two varieties— round and oblong. 50 cents each. 



NEW DIEFFENBACHIAS. 



*Dieffenbachia, Jenmanii, the ground color of 

 the leaves, a rich bright glossy green, is re- 

 lieved by a milk-white baud at every lateral 

 nerve and by a few white spots interspersed 

 between the bands. The bands and spots are 

 semi-transparent so that, the foliage has the 

 same variegated appearance when viewed 

 from beneath as from above. The striking 

 variegation, renders it one of the handsomest 



of Stove variegated plants. " One of the most 

 ' striking new foliage plants that has come 

 under our notice." — Gardener's Chronicle. "A 

 very handsome new species and a real acqui- 

 sition."— The Garden 2 00 



*Dieffenbachia, Magnifica, a truly magnificent 

 plant, vigorous, distinct and fine habit; with 

 large green leaves spotted and marked with 

 pure white. One of the finest Dieft'enbachias... 1 00 



*NEW YUCCAS. 



*Yucca, Filamentosa Aureo-Variegata, this is 

 one of the most ornamental of Yuccas with 

 colored foliage yet introduced. It is distin- 

 guished Irom the normal form by the middle 

 portion of the leaves being marked with bright 

 yellow longitudinal bands. It will prove a 



valuable addition to the list of foliage plants 

 for the decoration of the conservatory and 



greenhouse 2 50 



*Yucca, Pendula Variegata, a very handsome 



variegated Yucca of tree growth, quite hardy, 2 50 



*MELON PEAR OR MELON SHRUB.-Solanum Guatemalense. 



"Avery delicious fruit from the Highlands of Guatemala, and now being cultivated in California. It will 

 likely succeed in the South. The fruit is of the size of a hen or goose egg, or even larger, and very much of the 

 same shape. The color is lemon or pale orange with streaks or waves of bright violet, the whole making a fruit 

 unrivaled in beauty. The interior of the fruit is a solid pulp similar to that of a pear, also of a pale yellow color, 

 and of a taste resembling that of a fine musk-melon, but which has besides a most charming acid, so wholesome 

 and so delicious that when the fruit is partaken of on a very warm day, it allays the thirst for several hours. 

 The plant is an enormous yielder. I have seen plants of small size, say two by two' feet, bear 30 large fruit which 

 from their size and weight pressed the branches to the ground, and thus formed a most beautiful border all around 

 the plant. The melon shrub can stand light frost, but heavy frost will cut it to the ground. The dead branches 

 should then be cut off, the plants covered with an inch or so of soil or straw, and will, if so protected, start up in 

 the spring as vigorously as before." $1.00. 



*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 peifectiun for many weeks in the autumn, render this one of the most valuable plants of recent 

 introduction. $2.00. 



DRACAENAS. 



^Dracaena, Lindeni, one of the most brilliant ac- 

 quisitions recently made among fine foliaged 

 plants. The stem is erect and simple, the 

 leaves which are deep green are traversed by 

 bands of creamy-white and yellow, hand- 

 somely variegated, a most distinct and strik- 

 ing variety. It is a plant which will gain a 

 high reputation 



: Dracaena, Massangea, centre of leaf pale yel- 

 low, green margin, a very superb and distinct 

 variety. This superb plant like D. Liudeni, 

 will be extensively grown as they are two of 

 the most distinct and graceful of decorative 

 plants 



♦FICUS ELASTICA VARIEGATA. 



An attractive variety of this useful plant, the leaves being striped and marked with creamy yellow, 



