OF NEW, RARE AND BEAUTIFUL PLANTS. 
VERONICAS.—( New.) 
Hendersonii. A new species introduced from Japan, growth about two feet high, robust 
habit, foliage broad, ef a deep rich green, dense and abundantly produced. The 
flowers are very large, rich deep violet blue, produced in large cluster heads com- 
posed of many spikes, the finest of the herbaceous section of Veronicas.......--++++s+ 
Elegans Variegata. A very beautiful hardy herbaceous plant, with elegantly varie- 
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DRACOCEPHALUM.—( New.) 
Ruyschiana—Var. Japonicum. ‘‘It is a hardy herbaceous perennial. 18 to 24 inches 
in height, branching from the base. The violet blue flowers, 1} inch in length, are 
in terminal verticillasters, intermixed with numerous obovate acuminate leafy bracts, 
CANNA EHEMANNI. 
The most distinct of all Cannas on account of the large oval Musa-Ensete-like soft green 
leaves which place it foremost among decorative foliage plants. Its most striking 
feature is the splendid carmine red flowers produced on flower stems of great length 
that unfold about 12 flowers to each of the smaller branches. These flowers are 
very large and are used to advantage in bouquet-making, or producing splendid 
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*CANNA NOVTONNI. 
This very distinct and fine Canna is closely allied to the last, like it the foliage is large and 
fine; the flowers are also very large and showy of a bright scartlet, a grand Canna, 
TECOMA STANS. 
A very fine plant from southwestern Texas, has succeeded finely bedded out with us 
during summer ; the flowers are a rich yellow, and very floriferouS...............css0e 
CAMPYLOBOTRYS GHIESBRIGHTI VARIEGATA. 
A pretty variegated variety of this beautiful plant...............06 ENGR SRI eh chante dee 
DORYANTHES PALMERI.—Queen’s Land Lily. 
The flower-scape rises from the centre eight feet in length, forming densely clothed pyra- 
midal compound racemes, much like those seen in various Yucca species Flowers 
numerous, approaching in size and form to those of the well known Vallota purpurea, 
from three to four inches in diameter, of a rich peony crimson hue, with a white 
centre. Each blossom is accompanied with leaf bracts of an equally rich color as 
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TABERN EMONTANA CAMASSA. 
(Growers of Flowers for Market should Cultivate a House of this Plant alone.) 
A very desirable shrub, with racemes of double white flowers of Gardenia-like outline 
and fragrance, which are produced on the point of every shoot. The usual tempera- 
ture of a hot-house with less humidity, will produce blooms more freely and longer 
in succession. The petals of the flowers are lighter and more elegantly arranged 
than the Gardenia, and not quite so large; small plants in three inch pots will pro- 
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APHELANDRA FASCINATOR. 
A very fine species, with very ornamental foliage as well as magnificent flowers; the 
leaves are rich dark green, beautifully banded with silvery white, and underneath 
of an uniform purplish velvet; the spikes of bloom are very large and of a dazzling 
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