OF NEW, RARE AND BEAUTIFUL PLANTS. 



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ANTHURIUMS. 



Each. 

 *Anthurium, Crystallinum, the emerald green 

 refulgent leaves are spotted all over with a 

 brighter shade, aDd bordered by a broad sil- 

 very or rather crystal band, which surrounds 

 theintramarginal and four secondary nerves. 

 These dazzling white zones are so distinct and 

 regular that they resemble a border of incrusted 

 silver arouud the sections of the blade of the 

 leaf §1 00 to 2 00 



Floribundum, a very pretty species, of easy 

 culture. Flowers pure white, freely pro- 

 duced 50 cts. to 1 03 



Magnificum, the foliage of this plant is truly 

 magnificent, a noble species, with large velvet- 

 green leaves and broad silver veins.. ..50 cts. to 1 00 



Each. 

 ^Anthurium, Regale, this is a superb orna- 

 mental foliage plant. There are several va- 

 rieties of this plant. The one now offered is 

 the finest ; the leaves are heart-shaped, much 

 lengthened out towards the apex, and rich 



dark velvety green in centre SI 00 to 2 00 



*Scherzerianum, one of the most striking and 

 beautiful dwarf-flowering stove plants of re- 

 cent introduction, producing beautiful brilliant 

 scarlet flowers, each of which remains fromt wo 

 to three months in bloom. This charming and 

 novel plant is easv of culture, and a most abun- 

 dant bloomer SI 00 to 2 00 



Tetragona 



ALOCACIAS. 



Alocacia, Jenningsii, a delicate green, over 

 which, between the principal veins, are laid 

 heavy blotches of black, which are remark- 

 ably precise in outline and arrangement 25 



*Lowii, a very beautiful plant with large shin- 

 ing foliage. Forms a tine specimen 



Macrorhiza Variegata, leaves nearly as large 

 as Colocasia Esculent um, broadly splashed 

 with white. Some leaves nearly" all white. 

 Its easy growth, combined with the rich varie- 

 gation, makes it a very telling subject for ex- 

 hibition "... 50 cts. to 1 



*Zebrina, fine yellow leaf-stalk, with distinct 

 black marks, rendering it a very conspicuous 



. plant. It makes a grand specimen. ...50 cts. to 1 00 



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Alocacia, Sedeni, very beautiful, between A. 

 Metallica and A. Lowii. The form of the leaf 

 is perfectly intermediate between the two pa- 

 rents, whilst the coloring is a very striking 

 and pleasing combination of the metallic hue 

 of one parent, with the dark green and promi- 

 nent white veins of the other. A tine foliage 

 plant 50 cts. to 1 00 



* Metallica, a plant possessed of great beauty. 

 Large thick shell-like leaves of a bronzy cop- 

 per color. It is distinct and admirable in 

 every respect 75 cts. to 1 50 



Veitchii, the foliage of this plant is exceedingly 

 distinct. A grand show plant 50 cts. to 1 00 



ANASACANTHUS WRIGHTIL— New. 



A new plant which I have received from south-western Texas. This shrub attains a height of four to five feet, 

 bushy, flowers orange, a continuous bloomer, nearly or quite hardy. 30 cents. 



SONERILA HENDERSONII. 



A charmingly variegated plant, of dwarf habit. Its leaves are most elegantly studded over with silvery white 

 pearl, or tiger-like spots upon a rich dark olive green ground. Flowers rosy lilac. This beautiful plant" proves 

 far easier in its management than any of the former species of Sonerila. We have found this plant a profuse 

 bloomer during the winter. 30 cents. 



PHYLLOTiENIUM LINDENI. 



A fine Aroid discovered by Mr. G. Wallis, in New Grenada, and sent by him to M. Linden, of Ghent. The 

 plant has robust foliage, which is very persistent; the leaves are of a light glossy green, marked by bands of 

 white, which cross the blade in almost parallel lines from a prominent midrib of the" same color. Sl-00. 



SENECIOS. 



Senecio, Speciosus, the exceedingly bright and 

 pretty magenta-colored flowers of this plant 

 make" it very attractive; it is a half hardy pe- 

 rennial introduced from South Africa, and is 

 exceedingly lioriferous, so much so that in a 

 cool greenhouse its cheerful blossoms are suc- 

 cessionally produced throughout the year; 

 they are each about one and a half inches in 



diameter, and are produced in large branch- 

 ing corymbose spikes 75 



Senecio, Pulcher (Beautiful Groundsel), a 

 half hardy perennial, a pretty plant, with 

 rosy-crimson flowers, very showy, flowers late 

 in summer. Figured in" American Agricul- 

 turist 30 



VERONICAS.— Shrubby. 



Veronica, Reine des Blues (new), very beauti- 

 ful spikes of blue 



Veronica, Reine des Roses, spikes of beautiful 



rose color 30 



VERONICAS.- Herbaceous. 



Veronica, Hendersonii, a new species introduced 

 fi om Japan, growth about two feet high, robust 

 habit, foliage broad, of a deep rich green, dense 

 and abundantly produced. The flowers are 

 very large, rich* deep violet blue, produced in 

 large cluster heads composed of many spikes, 



the finest of the herbaceous section of Veroni- 

 cas 50 



Veronica, Elegans Variegata, a very beautiful 

 hardy herbaceous plant, with elegantly varie- 

 gated foliage, long spikes of blue flowers 30 



TECOMA STANS. 



A very fine plant, from southwestern Texas, has succeeded finely bedded out with us during summer. The 

 Sowers are a rich yellow, and very floriferous. 50 cents. 



