OF NEW, :RARE AND BEAUTIFUL PLANTS. 11 
*ALOCASIA HYBRIDA. 
An exceedingly beautiful Hybrid, sent out by Messrs. Veitch & Sons. It is of free growth 
with exceedingly beautiful foliage with a metallic bue, in the way of A. Veitchii, but much 
finer; will make a grand specimen plant for Exhibitions, &e. $1.50 to $2.50. 
*ALOCASIA THIBAUTIANA. 
_ A splendid foliage plant of stately and robust habit, and without doubt by far the finest of 
all Alocasias. For exhibition purposes it stands in the first rank among foliage plants, and 
in the Stove it forms one of the most distinguished ornaments. A First-class Certificate was 
awarded to it by the Royal Horticultural Society. $2.50. 
*GLOBBA COCCINEA. 
‘The stems are much crowded, 12 to 18 inches long and gracefully arching on all-sides, 
giving the plant a very elegant contour. They are furnished with deep green leaves and 
terminate in a dense raceme of flowers, of which the bracts are scarlet and the perianth 
yellow. The plant is continuously in bloom during the greater part of the year.’ ‘The 
elegant habit of this plant, its richly colored flowers of singular structure, and their long 
duration, render it a most useful and interesting plant ’’? $1 00 each. 
*BEGONIA SOCOTRANA. 
A species of remarkable interest both in its scientific and in its horticultural aspect dis- 
covered in the island of Socotra. B. Socotrana is a plant of very neat habit with erect stems 
8 to 12 inches high, furnished with orbicular peltate leaves 4 to 7 inches in diameter, and 
producing a profusion of bright rose pink flowers of which the males are fully two inches in 
diameter. Its great recommendation is its very free blooming character, and its flowering 
in the depth of winter when other Begonias are at rest, thus prolonging the season of these 
beautiful plants. 50 cents. 
*COLUMNEA SP. 
An exceedingly pretty epiphyte which we have introduced from Guatemala; grows well on 
a log with or without moss; it also grows freely in a pot; flowers creamy white covered with 
minute red spots. $1.00. 
*POTHOS CELATOCAULIS. 
‘This plant is a handsome and interesting climber, lying perfectly flat upon the surface it 
climbs over, being held in position by its numerous adventitious roots ; and, as it is a rapid 
grower, it is admirably adapted for covering walls, trunks of Tree Ferns, &c. In general 
appearance it has much the look of the barren shoots of Marcgravia paradoxa.”’ 50 cents. 
*POTHOS AUREA. 
The leaves are strikingly variegated, heart-shaped and unequal sided, of a dark green, 
boldly and irregularly marked by bands or fantastic-shaped blotches of creamy yellow, here 
and there suffused with pale yellowish-green. Being of free growth and having a boldly 
marked variegation, it will be an ornamental object in the tropical plant stove, where it will 
find itself at home in clothing walls and artificial rockwork. 50 cents. 
*PAVONIA MAKOYANA. 
A handsome free-blooming plant of erect growth. Its corymbs of flowers are peculiarly 
attractive from the bracteoles being large and of a bright rosy carmine color, forming a 
striking contrast with the dark purple corolla. The plant is extremely floriferous, and the 
blossoms remain a long time in perfection. $1.00. 
*PAVONIA WIOTI. 
‘CA very striking flowering plant. The outer calyx consists of two whor!s of narrow 
slender bright red bracteoles, the outer whorl shorter than the inner, wnich equals the closed 
corolla. Both the latter and the calyx are of a ‘red black.’ 
‘Tt flowers continuously throughout the year, but most freely in the winter months; 
with its neat habit and pleasing foliage it will be exceedingly valuable for decorative pur- 
poses.’’ 60 cents. 
