OF NEW, RAKE AND BEAUTIFUL PLANTS, 



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ANTHURIUMS. 



Each. 

 ^Anthurium, Crystallinum, the emerald green 

 refulgent leaves ate spotted all over with a 

 brighter shade, and bordered by a broad sil- 

 very or rather crystal band, which surrounds 

 the intramarginal aud four secondary nerves. 

 These dazzling wliite zones are so distinct and 

 regular th at ihey resemble aborder of incrusted 

 silver around the sections of the blade of the 

 leaf $1 00 to 2 00 



Floribundum, a very pietty species, of easy 

 culture. Flowers pure white, freely pro- 

 duced 50 cts. to 1 00 



Magnificum, the foliage of this plant is truly 

 magnificent, a noble species, with large velvet- 

 green leaves and broad silver veins... 50 cts. to 1 00 



Veitchii, a very handsome Aroid. The leaves 

 are ovate-oblong, greatly elongated, attaining 

 lengths of from 2 to 3 feet, with a breadth of 

 less than one-third of these dimensions; with 

 a glossy metallic surface when first expanded, 

 becoming paler by age. The principal nerves 

 are arched and deeply sunk, giving the surface 

 a conspicuously waved appearance. As an 

 exhibition or decorative plant it will always 

 take a very high position 2 50 



Each. 

 Anthurium, Regale, this is a superb ornamental 

 foliage plant. There areseveralvarietiesof this 

 plant. The one now offered is the finest ; the 

 leaves are heart-shaped, much lengthened out 

 towards the apex, and rich dark velvety green 

 in centre $1 00 to 



*Scherzerianum, one of the most striking and 

 beautiful dwarf-flowering stove plants of re- 

 cent introduction, producing, beautiful brilliant 

 scarlet flowers, each of which remains from two 

 to three months in bloom Thischarming and 

 novel plant is easy of culture, and a most abun- 

 dant bloomer $1 00 to 



Tetragon a 



Warocqueanum, a remarkable Aroid. The 

 leaves are greatly elongated, attaining lengths 

 of from 24 to 30 inches, with a breadth of not 

 more than 7 or 8 inches. The ground color is 

 a deep green of a very rich hue, with a velvety 

 lustre and appearance, with which the light 

 color of the midrib and veins form a pleasing 

 contrast. To the lovers of fine foliage plants 

 this beautiful Anthurium will be a most 

 welcome acquisition. $1 00 to 2 50 



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ALOCASIAS. 



'Alocasia, Hybrida, an exceedingly beautiful 

 Hybrid, sent out by Messrs. Veitch & Sons. It 

 is of free growth, with exceedingly beautiful 

 foliage with metallic hue, in the way of A. 

 Veitchii, but much finer; will make a grand 

 specimen plant for exhibition, &c 1 00 to 1 50 



Jenningsii, a delicate green, over which, 

 between the principal veins, are laid heavy 

 blotches of black, which are remarkably pre- 

 cise in outline and arrangement 25 



*Lowii, a very beautiful plant with large shin- 

 ing foliage. Forms a fine specimen 1 00 



Macrorhiza Variegata, leaves nearly as large 

 as Colocasia Esculent um, broadly splashed with 

 white, some leaves nearly all white. Its easy 

 growth, combined with the rich variegation, 

 makes it a very telling subject for exhibi- 

 tion 50 cts. to 1 00 



*Metallica, a plant possessed of great beauty. 

 Large, thick, shell-like leaves of a bronzy cop- 

 per color. It is distinct and admirable in every 

 respect 75 cts. to 1 50 



Alocasia, Sedeni, very beautiful, between A. 

 Metallica and A. Lowii. The form of the leaf 

 is perfectly intermediate between the two 

 parents, whilst the coloring is a very striking 

 and pleasing combination of the metallic hue 

 of one parent, with the dark green and promi- 

 nent white veins of the other. A fine foliage 

 plant 50 cts. to 1 00 



*Thibautiana, a splendid foliage plant of 

 stately and robust habit, and, without doubt, 

 by far the finest of all Alocasias. For exhibition 

 purposes it stands in the front rank among 

 foliage plants, and in the Stove it forms one of 

 the most distinguished ornaments. A first-class 

 certificate was awarded to it by the Royal Hor- 

 ticultural Society 1 00 to 1 50 



Veitchii, the foliage of this plant is exceedingly 

 di-tinct. A grand show plant 40 cts. to 1 00 



*Zebrina, fine yellow leaf-stalk, with distinct 

 black marks, rendering it a very conspicuous 

 plant. It makes a grand specimen 50 cts. to 1 00 



*GLOBBA COCCINEA. 



The stems are much crowded, 12 to 18 inches long, and gracefully arching on all sides, giving the plant a very 

 elegant contour. They are furnished with deep green leav%s and terminate in a dense raceme of flowers, of which 

 the bracts are scarlet and the perianth yellow. The plant is continuously in bloom during the greater part of the 

 year. The elegant habit of this plant, its richly-colored flowers of singular structure and their long duration, 

 render it a most useful and interesting plant. 75 cents. 



*HIGGINSIA RCEZLI. 



A very beautiful new tropical plant, with dark bronzy leaves, streaked and marbled with white. 



50 cents. 



POTHOS. 



*Pothos, Celatocaulis, this plant is a handsome 

 and interesting climber, lying perfectly flat 

 upon the surface it climbs over, being held in 

 position by its numerous adventitious roots; 

 and as it is a rapid grower, it is admirably 

 adapted for covering walls,&c 30 



*Pothos, Aurea, the leaves are strikingly varie- 

 gated, irregularly marked by bands of fantas- 

 tic-shaped blotches of creamy yellow, here and 

 there suffused with pale yellowish-green. An 

 ornamental object in the plant stove 



PAVONIAS. 



*Pavonia, Wioti, the outer calyx consists of two 

 whorls of narrow, slender, bright-red brac- 

 teoles.the outer whorl shorter than the inner, 

 which equals the closed corolla. Both the lat- 

 ter and the calyx are of a red -black. It flowers 

 continuously throughout the year, but most 

 freely in the winter months 



50 



*Pavonia, Makoyana, its corymbs of flowers 

 are peculiarly attractive from the bracteoles 

 being large and of a bright rosy carmine color, 

 forming a striking contrast with the dark pur- 

 ple corolla. The plant is extremely floriferous, 

 and the blossoms remain a long time in per- 

 fection 50 



