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NEW PLANTS. 
HIBISCUS (ROSA SINENSIS) 2EBRINA. 
A very ilisUiiet anil liaiidsoino viii ioty witli ilonble flowers, which arc beautifully flaked and striped. 
The individual blossoms arc about inches in breadth, and 2J inches in depth ; the five outer petals 
•scarlet edged with creamy yellow in the lower part. The staminal column is entirely petaloid, with a 
few large pctnl-like bodies, forming numerous irregular tufts at the apex, of a creamy yellow colour, 
variomsly and irregularly striped and flaked with .scarlet'. Both the form and marking of the flowers 
are very irregular and giotesipic. 10s. 6d. 
IXORA CHELSONI. 
The flower pips of this splendid variety arc of large .size, and of exceptionally good form and great 
substance ; they are produced in immense round full trusses ; colour bright orange salmon, flushed and 
shaded with pink. From its profuse flowering habit, dwarf-branching growth, and the rich tint of 
its blossoms, this variety will bo found exceedingly useful and clTcctivc, and one of the very best 
kinds that can be grown for exhibition purposes. 1 guinea. 
IXORA PROFUSA. 
An extremely free-flowering variety throwing very fine huge trusses, densely furnished with flower 
pips of a beautiful rich soft ro.sy-salmon colour. The enormous size of the flower heads renders it 
admirably adapted for exhibition and general decorative purposes, and the charming rosy tint with 
wliich the flowers are suffused makes it exceedingly distinct and attractive. 1 guinea. 
L/ELIA ANCEPS ALBA. 
This beautiful variety produces lovely jmre wldtc flowers, with a slight marking of yellow in the 
centre of the labellum. It has been introduced from Jlexico, where it grows in a locality upwards of 
8,000 feet above the sea, so that it will succeed well with cool treatment. Its peculiar characteristic 
is the purity of its chaste white flowers, which equal those of a PkalKnopsis, and arc in contrast to 
the si>ecies what the white Lapageria is to the red. It almost requires to be scon to be appreciated, 
so captivating is its dazzling whiteness. Price on application. 
LASTREA ARISTATA VARIEGATA. 
One of the most charming of greenhouse variegated Ferns. It has the same kind of firm leathery 
fronds ns the type, and like it is of a rich dark full green colour, which sets off the distinct variega- 
tion to much advantage ; the variegation consists of a band of pale yellowish green which runs down 
the centre of the pinnae and includes the midrib or rachis. This will no doubt prove to be one of the 
most valuable of recent introductions. It was one of the twelve New Plants with which Mr. W. B. 
gained the First Prize at the Provincial Show of the Koyal Horticultural Society, held at Preston, in 
1878. For Illustration, Vide page VIII. 10s. 6d. 
MASDEVALLIA BELLA. 
A decidedly handsome species, having large flowers of a nicely shining dark purplish brown 
outside and yellow inside. The odd sepal and the outer halves of the other sepals are densely blotched 
with dark purplish brown, which is the colour of the long tails. The interior sides of the equal sepals 
and the base of the odd sepal are of an ochre- yellow colour, which gives an unusual contrast. 2, 3 and 
4 guineas. 
The above Orchid was sent out by Mr. W. B. last year, after his Catalogue was published ; so that 
it must be considered an introduction of 1878. 
PANAX PLUMATUM. 
A very elegant small-giowing stove plant, introduced from the South Sea Islands. The leaves 
form a crispy head of foliage, and arc very elegantly divided, the pinnules long-stalked and more or 
less deeply lobed, the edges notched with more or less upeurved teeth. It is a plant of pleasing 
character, having somewhat the asiiect of P. lacinicdum, but being many degrees more finely cut. 
This was one of the twelve New' Plants with which Mr. 'VV. B. gained the First Prize at the Inter- 
nation.al Horticultural Exhibition, held at Ghent in 1878. For Illustration, vide page VI. 10s. 6d. 
PANDANOPHYLLUM HUMILE. 
As the name implies, this ornamental plant has very much the appearance of a Pandimns, but 
belongs to a totally distinct order, the Cyperaccee. It is a native of Java, and has glossy deep green 
arching leaves which arc furnished wifli two secondary riba, giving a peculiar channelled appearance 
to the surface of the foliage ; the apex of the leaf is suddenly narrowed out into a long thread-like 
termination. 11 guinea. 
