OF NEW, RARE AND BEAUTIFUL PLANTS. 



NEW PLANTS. 



*ERANTHEMUM MACROPHYLLUM. 



ATery desirable winter-flowering stove plant. Its pretty light-blue flowers are borne in terminal and axillary 

 spikes. The lower petal or lip extends horizontally and is of a deep bright blue, forming a pleasiug contrast to 

 the celestial blue of the upper petals. Blooming as it does in the winter, when flowers are so scarce, this will be 

 found a welcome addition to our stoves. It is very free flowering and of" good habit. $1.00. 



*ALOCASIA SANDERIANA. 



A remarkably handsome and truly grand Arad, and one of the finest stove plants. It has erect petioles, which 

 are brownish-green and striately mottled; on the young leaves the color is bright glossy green, and ou the older 

 leaves the surface has a metallic blue reflection. The leaf-blade, is arrow-shaped, the front portion with about 

 three triangular lobes on each side, the basal portion with one or two smaller lobes ; the thick costa and the stout 

 cross veins are white, conspicuously bordered with ivory-white, the margins also being white. This is certainly 

 the most beautiful of all the Alocasias, and a most magnificent foliage plant. 



*ARISTOLOCHIA ELEGANS. 



A beautiful free-flowering species of 

 neat growth, imported from Brazil. The 

 handsome and elegant flowers are borne 

 on long stalks and have a slightly dis- 

 tended tube, which is suddenly bent up- 

 wards into a cordate cup-shaped limb of 

 a rich dark purple, ornamented through- 

 out with irregular branched markings of 

 a creamy white, and having a golden 

 yellow eye surrounded by rich velvety 

 purple. Its blossoms are produced in the 

 richest profusion, even on small plants, 

 and are entirely free from the objection- 

 able odor peculiar to the genus. $1.50. 



*BEGONIA DECORA. 



A shrubby variety with dark green 

 obliquely lanceolate leaves, profusely 

 marked with oblong spots or dots of a 

 silvery-gray color ; somewhat of the char- 

 acter of Argyrostigma, but with the spots 

 more minute. $1.00. 



*IMPATIENS HAWKERII. 



A more lovely flowering plant than 

 this new species it would be difficult to 

 imagine. It is a native of the South Sea 

 Islands. The magnificent flowers are 

 very large, flatly expanded, and of the 

 most brilliant rich deep carmine color. 

 This is relieved by a lustrous bluish tinge 

 round the small white eye; the dorsal 

 sepal is roundish and the* two lateral 

 lobes oblong and bilobed ; the spur is red 

 and about two inches long. I he hand- 

 some flowers of this superb new lnipa- 

 tiens are produced in the greatest pro- 

 fusion from March until October. The 

 plant is of free growth and of good habit, 

 and cannot fail to become one of the most 

 useful of decorative plants. ''A marvel- 

 lously fine new Balsam, somewhat in the 

 way of the popular Sultana, but greatly 

 superior, both in the size of its flowers 

 and their color."— The Garden. ARISTOLOCHIA ELEGANS. 



*AMASONIA PUNICEA. 



"This is unquestionably one of the most beautiful plants that have been brought under the notice of Horti- 

 culturists for many years. The inflorescence is very brilliant, being particularly striking from having a series of 

 the richest vermilion-crimson Poinsettia-like bracts, the lowermost of which are four inches long, are very per- 

 sistent, remaining in perfection two months. From the base of each bract are produced pendulous flowers, in 

 twos and threes of a creamy white color, offering a striking contrast to the rich coloring of the other parts of the 

 inflorescence." 



"J5ot only an extremely handsome plant, but absolutely distinct from every other plant in cultivation."— The 

 Garden. 



*IPOMCEA THOMSONIANA. 



A beautiful new species, in habit much resembling the well-known I. HorsfallicB. The flowers, however, which 

 are borne in clusters, are pure white and much larger, being about three inches in diameter at the mouth. It 

 has thick fleshy leaves, and from its free-blooming character cannot fail to become one of the most popular and 

 useful of stove-house climbers. $1.50 each. 



