OF NEW, RARE AND BEAUTIFUL PLANTS. 
*Dominii. A very beautiful pee plant, eae its Nass a pe color 
*NEW CROTONS. 
*Magnificum, (new ) This variety is one.of the best and most distinct. The leaves 
are long, average size, of a clear green shaded with bands of bright yellow and 
purple. ‘The old leaves are entirely variegated with this color, whereas the young 
ones are almost entirely yellow. ‘Ihis wiil be one of the best varieties and one which 
gives the greatest contrast...... =CADONI9 PSOOF osseeeeeey - cvecner cseeree covaccces 
*Insignis. A fine form of great beauty, with ‘long narrow foliage. The leaves are 
marked with three striking and effective colors; “they are linear-oblong in form, the 
color deep green, with the midrib and veins ‘beautifully picked out with golden 
yellow, the margins and midrib, rosy crimson. In the older leaves the markings run 
in from the edge, and become suffused over the central bar, so that the colors become 
nearly equally “balanced, in which state it is very handsome. One of the most beau- 
tiful varieties yet introduced. ae Se eae Wat oal Asati Stwienscadte maeaes eeanietaueadence ane 
*Baron James de Rothschild. One of the finest of the large- leaved section, with yellow 
midrib, changing to a rich violet crimson; very effective and SHOWY-+..00- Secono scones 
*Cronstadtii. “A remarkable variety, in which the curious twistings and interruptions 
frequently manifested in the leaves of this race of plants are developed in a very 
striking manner. In color, a deep glossy green variegated with bright golden 
yellow. They are twisted, curled, and crisped into a great variety of forms. The 
depth and richness of its coloration together with its curiously distorted leaves 
renders this Croton a most distinct and interesting decorative plant.”? ‘**A hand- 
some plant with long narrow twisted coe richly colored.” — Gardener’s 
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*Carrierli. A superb Croton, with ‘large finely var ieated Ole Co saeemseereeciacsacaeacss se 
*Stewartii. One of the most distinct Crotons ever offered of the broad leaved kinds ; 
the habit is dwarf and bushy, and this variety colors when in a very small state. 
The leaves dark green, irregularly banded and margined with rich orange. The 
mid-rib and petioles are bright magenta, which produces a striking contrast to the 
carmine markings on the remaining portion of the leaf........0--.00- seeeeseceeeeesreeceees 
Hawkeri. “It isof dwarf and compact habit. The coloring of the p'ant is ‘very effec- 
tive, The middle and lower portions of the leaves, together with the footstalks, 
are light creamy yellow which spread over the greater part of the ee the 
extremities with the edges of the leaves oniy are bright green.. een) Gass UC 
Lancifolius. The leaf is dark green, the mid- rib, margin and primary * veins pale yel- 
low, which as the plant attains its character, Sheepimnes reticulated with bright rosy 
pink; the whole of the leaf presenting a very charming mosaic appearance..50 cts. to 
Nevilliz. When first expanded their mid-ribs are bright golden yellow, and the blades 
light olive green barred and marked with yellow. In the mature leaves, the yellow 
is “changed to crimson shaded with orange, and the green much deepened, the whole 
being suffused with a metalic hue peculiar UO DONS DIB iossseceshass26 codons »+-2.00 cts, to 
Evansianus. The newest formed leaves are light olive green with mid-rib and veins of 
golden yellow, and the inter-spaces spotted with the same color. As the leaves 
Decome older, the green deepens and changes to a bright bronzy crimson, and 
the golden ON of the mid-ribs, veins and spots becomes a rich orange scar- 
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Hanburyanus. ‘* The leaves ure about 15 inches in length and 2} inches in breadth. 
The ground color, a bright olive green in several shades i is, in many leaves, quite 
subordinate to the rich golden yellow and rosy crimson that suffuse the whole plant. 
All the leaves are beautifully marbled and blotched with these tints.’’...50 cents to 
Mortii. ‘The leaves are of a very dark green color, being marked out by a band of 
golden yellow a quarter of an inch wide, and all the principal veins also being 
broadly marked with yellow; these latter markings meet near the edge, where there 
is a variegation of broken reticulated golden lines. SON eee Seieee ee --50 cents to 
Williamsii. This is one of the red-tinted series, very strongly flushed with violet crim- 
son. The leaf has a central band and costa of vellow, from which the pinnate veins 
of the same color branch out on either side These veins all change to deep crim- 
son and the whole plant becomes flushed with a glowing tint of crirmson, shaded 
with violet, which renders it extremely conspicuous............ sesseessseesoos50 Cents to 
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