NEW AND RARE STOVE PLANTS. 
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NEW PENTSTEMONS. 
The following appeared in the Gardener's Chronicle, Nov. 15, 1862, 
at page 1075. 
“ In illustration of the advances which this flower has made, we 
may refer to a series of varieties which have been sent out this year by 
Mr. Bull, of Chelsea, and which we have had 'an opportunity of 
observing. They are remarkable for the advance in quality they show 
beyond the varieties hitherto grown.” 
The advance once obtained has not been allowed to stop, by annually 
hybridising, raising, and selecting, the kinds now oficred totally eclipse 
any that have preceded them. 
NEW AND RARE STOVE PLANTS. 
ALOCASIA liONGILOBA. 
A remarkable plant introduced from Borneo. Its loaf stalks, wbich are from two 
to throe feet in length, present a most stiiking appearance : they are of a light 
colour, netted and marbled with dark brown in a most picturesque manner. The 
leaves of a bright glossy green. 63s. 
Alocasia albo violacea, 5/- & 7/6 
{Caladium) Iiowi, 7/6 & 10s. 6d. 
Macrorhiza variegata, 7/6 & 
10s. 6d. 
Alocasia Metallica, 7/6 & 10s. 6d. 
( Schistocasia) Portei, 63s. 
(Caladium) Veilchi, 12s. 
ALOCASIA TIGRINA. 
The leaf stalks of this plant are similar in appearance to longiloba, but the leaves 
quite distinct, being strikingly incised. 63s. 
ALOCASIA ZEBRINA. 
The beauty of this remarkable plant is principally in its peculiar zebra marked 
footstalks, which, in a fine specimen, is very attractive and ornamental. The leaves 
are velvety green, and have the sagittate form peculiar to this family. 31s. 6d. 
