OF NEW, RARE AND 
Hieroglyphicum roseum. Rose color ornated 
with hieroglyphs, flowers, 
Labyrinthicum. Rich vermilion with fan- 
tastic figures resembling geographical de- 
marcations. 
Great Eastern. Large light rose flowers, 
whitish macule, pointed with carmine. 
Triumpkans. Corolla lilac, interior white 
with fine amaranth spots and pretty, lemon 
yellow bands. 
Bicolor. Tube flesh-colored, tinted on the 
exterior with red, interior lemon yellow. 
BEAUTIFUL PLANTS. 
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Rollisonii, Fine pale blue flowers. 
Sauvissima. Size and form unequaled, deli- 
cate rose spotted with crimson. 
Ruban rose. Snow white, powdered with 
rose and bordered with rose. 
George Loddiges. Rose, ornated with white 
hieroglyphs, golden yellow throat, covered 
with vermilion dots. 
Flamme de punch. Large rose, flaked with 
punch flames and adorned with pure white 
hieroglyphs. 
Price 30 cents each; $3.00 per dozen. 
GLOXINIAS.—(Class 1.) 
The varieties of this genus are all very handsome, producing abundance of magnificent 
flowers of a most beautiful description. 
The tubers should be potted in February or March. 
Place in a little heat to start them into growth; water sparingly till the plants are well 
established. When in bloom bring them into the conservatory or drawing-room. 
After the 
plants have done blooming dry gradually off, by withholding water from their roots; after- 
wards remove them to a warm, dry place. 
The following are superlatively beautiful : 
Those marked thus (e) have erect flowers. 
(e) Duc Decazes. <A splendid flower; white 
ground beautifully maculated with lilac 
magenta. 
(e) Cinderella. Pure white with pink band, 
most beautiful. 
Ernst Banary. Dark lavender, mottled with 
white, a beautiful flower. 
Henry Husson. White, with a lavender lip, 
a large showy flower, beautiful. 
(e) Boule de Neige. Pure snowy white, fine 
form, an abundant bloomer. 
Duchess of Teck. Large drooping flowers of 
a rich magenta, shaded with maroon; the 
ground color is lighter at the edges of the 
lobes. 
Excelsior. Horizontal, with lower side lobes 
of corolla enlarged; deep glowing crim- 
son, a very robust free flowering variety. 
(e) Lisere D’Argent. Intensely bright crim- 
son scarlet, distinctly margined with pure 
white; light throat beautifully spotted and 
freckled with carmine. 
Madame Hatti. Fine scarlet flower, throat 
‘deep red shaded with purple, slightly 
blotched with white, margin rosy scarlet. 
(ec) Matador. Very dark reddish crimson, 
neatly bordered with white; very rich and 
showy. 
Scarlet Gem. Crimson scarlet, extra fine. 
Miss Hannah de Rothschild. Large white, 
tinted with purple; throat purple shaded 
mauve, lower part creamy white. 
(e) Mrs. Haines. Splendid erect flower, throat 
purplish violet, bordered with vermilion 
scarlet, with deep margin of rose color. 
Prince Arthur. A large deep purple flower, 
the two upper lobes and margin light 
purple. 
Prince Leopold. Throat purplish violet, 
scarlet margin shaded with pink. 
The Hon. Mrs. York. Creamy white throat, 
bordered with mauve, with a margin of 
rich pink. 
Mogul. Tube dotted with red, purple crim- 
son limb, very clear at the border. 
(e) Princess Royal. Tube and edges white, 
throat mottled with dark blue, fine. 
Theresa Saul. White, with crimson lips, fine. 
Quadricolor. Rose, flaked with white, super- 
cochinea) spots; throat lilac. 
Sauvis. Color white, with millions of tender 
rose colored dots. 
Byron. Whéte ground the margin of the 
limb is amaranth festooned with purple. 
(e) Gethe. Erect flower, vermilion rose with 
almost black throat, and white bottom. 
Schiller. Erect flower, tiery cherry sprinkled 
with violet, very large flower. . 
Price 25 cents each ; $2.50 per dozen. 
*NEW GLOXINIAS.—(Class 2.) 
Agnes M. Saul, (Saul.) Light crimson scar- 
let, fine large flower, very fine. 
Artevelde. Flowers enormous, velvety vio- 
let, edge of the throat blackish purple. 
(e) Ami Thibaut. Creamy white covered 
with spots all over, frosty arabesques. 
Alphonse Karr. 
cochineal. 
B.S. Williams. Flowers very squat, very 
intense fiery vermilion. 
(e) Clio. Crimson lobes, mouth shaded vio- 
let, throat freckled. 
Throat yellow, limb rich 
