OF NEW, RARE AND BEAUTIFUL PLANTS. 
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NEPHROLEPIS DUFFI. 
A beautiful and distinct Fern. The fronds are densely crowded, from 15 to 18 inches 
long, pinnate, and much crested The pinne, which are small, are produced in 
pairs, one overlaying the other, those above being largest. The compact elegant 
habit of this Fern and its bright attractive color, ‘tender it a most desirable acqui- 
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MICROLEPIA HIRTA CRISTATA. 
A very beautiful new crested Fern from the South Sea Islands, Its habit is exceed- 
ingly graceful; it is of free growth, admirably adapted for specimens, ea 
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ARALIAS. 
Filicifolia. A plant of the first rank, graceful in habit, and well furnished with 
foliage, altogether one of the most valuable decorative plants. The stem and leaf 
stocks are purplish, marked with oblong white spots; the leaf stocks are sheathing 
at the base, expanding into a broad leafy imb......  ..cc- --secece secececeseneees cesees seceee 
*Blegantissima. A beautiful plant with straight erect stem. furnished at short inter- 
vals with digitate leaves on iong foot stalks, mottled with white on a dark green 
ground ; the leaflets, from seven to ten in number, are filiform, deeply and 
unequally serrate and gracefully pendulous. The color of the foliage is a deep 
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*Veitchii. A very elegant plant from the South Sea Isiands, producing very narrow 
digitate leaves, considerably unduiated; upper surface deep green; under, dark 
crimson. One of the most beautiful decorative plants in cultivation.. 
Guilfoylei. The leaves are made up from three to seven stalked oblong- elliptic bluntish 
leaflets; these leaflets vary in size from two to three inches long, “and evenly mar- 
gined with creamy white, the surface being, in addition, occasionally splashed 
with gray...... SROs CORNERO ONC aoE ERE EE EEO 6 ARO ck oC OSCE Ea, AoA SE we senciade canonaceRaoaecn 25 cts. to 
Reticulata. A very distinct species of free growth; a fine decorative plant.............. 
*Amboinense, (Sciadophyllum pulchrum). A very ornamental plant with large, bright 
green shining foliage. A grand decorative plant........ fare taniece ah be cece eaehescenenscsaes 
Sieboldtii........ nsoctesddioos AoBson. cocctocSangshondesadbose sngendes Nesodacmenas sopnhbosce cenuosontes 25 cts. to 
ANTHURIUMS. 
*Crystallinum. The emerald green refulgent leaves are spotted all over with a brighter 
shade, and bordered by a broad silvery or rather crystal band, which surrounds the 
intramarginal and four secondary nerves. These dazzling white zones are so dis- 
tinct and regular that they resemble a border of incrusted silver around the sec- 
troucrofminer blade of the leat’... f.cs: salsens-cgcsiob sees ceccsesooeee S008cO esdeopoeosbs $1 00 to 
*Regale. This isa superb ornamental foliage plant, There are several varieties of this 
plant. The one now offered is the finest; the leaves are heart- shaped, much length- 
ened out towards the apex, and rich dark velvety sreen in centre............. Sl Ov to 
Magnificum. The foliage of this plant is truly magnificent, a noble species, with large 
~ velvety-green leaves and broad silver Veins ...c...ssceces coves sseeecee Beene oc eko ss 50 ets, ‘to 
*Scherzerianum. One of the most striking and beautiful dwarf-flowering stove plants 
of recent introduction, producing beautiful brilliant scarlet flowers, each of which 
remains from two to three m months in bloom. This charming and novel plant is 
easy.of culture, and a: most/abundant bloomer ss..2-).-2sh.:065-s0..c00s-s0cnese << 202 $l VO to 
*3cherzerianum Williamsii. In habit and growth it is in all respects like the normal 
state. but its spathe and spadix differ entirely ; ; in the variety now offered the spathe 
is pure ivory white, and the spadix a pale lemon COlOr.:..........000. scsecooe -sssecc-cncesee 
Floribundum. A very pretty species, of easy culture. Flowers pure white, freely pro- 
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ALOCACIAS, 
Macrorhiza Variegata. Leaves nearly as large as Colocasia Esculentum, broadly splashed 
with white. Some leaves nearly all white. Its easy growth, combined with the 
rich variegation, makes it a very telling subject for ExHIPIGlOMs. cos see sacse: 50 cts. to 
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