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BOTANIC All INDEX. 
NEW PLANTS. 
DRACAENA GOLDIE AN A 
“ One of the most magnificent ornamental-foliaged plants ever introduced, and 
altogether unique in character and aspect. It is a native of Western Tropical Africa. 
The plant is of erect habit, and the stems are closely set with stalked spreading 
leaves, the petioles of which are of a grayish color; the blade of the leaf is cordate- 
ovate acuminate, with a yellowish-green costa, and marbled and irregularly banded 
with dark green and silver-gray in alternate straight or furcate bands, the colors 
being about equally distributed. The back of the unfolded leaf is a pale reddish- 
purple color. It is, without doubt, one of the most superb of ornamental stove plants, 
and indispensable in all first-class collections.” 
The foregoing description of this beautiful plant is taken from William Bull’s new 
Plant Catalogue, 1877 ; but the plants at the time were not offered for sale, for it was 
the original design to not sell any until 1878. But under date of Oct. 24, 1S77, Mr. 
Bull writes : “I have had so many enquiries for it, that instead of waiting for 1878 l 
have sent it out this autumn, and am already sold out of the smallest size, and do not 
expect to have any more until next spring.” We are now prepared to book orders 
for plants, to be forwarded in April and May, at $4.00 each. 
We are under special obligations to William Bull for the use of the above cut. 
