BOTANICAL INDEX. 
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FIC US PARCEL LII. 
'^^jgpHIS is a very grand addition to our variegated stove plants, discovered by 
(ijl 1C Mr. Parcell, the enterprising collector for Messrs. Baptist & Son, Australia, 
and sent out by Veiteh & Sons, in 1874. It is thus described in the Garden for 
April 18, 1874 : “ This is one oi the finest white variegated plants we have 
ever seen. Its leaves are as large as those of Ficus elastica, but are thinner in 
texture and coarsely serrated along the margins. They are bright green, irregularly 
blotched profusely with cream white and dark green.” The plant is of free growth, 
maintaining its splendid variegation throughout, and is certainly one of the finest of 
all variegated decorative plants introduced of late years. It has excited the greatest 
admiration at all the recent exhibitions. 
For the use of the cut of this truly royal plant we are indebted to the kindness of 
James Veiteh & Sons, London. The above description is taken from their Veto Plant 
Catalogue for 1874. 
Price of Plants, $1.50 each. 
