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NEW, EAEE AND DESIRABLE GREENHOUSE PLANTS. 
FLOWER jFULL SIZE. 
DORYANTHES PALMERI. 
This novelty is ilescribed by Mr. Hill, who 
is well versed in jiliints, as one of the finest 
|>rodnetions of the colony of Queensland. It 
is found in one small patch on the mountains 
of that region, and about 200 miles distant 
from the nearest township. In its habit of 
growth it is described as resembling the eom- 
moner D. exceha, but the ends of the leaves 
are less pointed, and the thimble-shaped cup 
is more distinct. The plants have a stout 
bulbous base, clothed with the remains of the 
imbricated leaves. These are elongate, narrow 
lanceolate, 3 to 4 inches wide, fpiite smooth, 
narrowed downwards into a channelled mar- 
ginate stalk-liUe portion, which widens below 
so as to clasp the bulb, and tapers upwards 
into a long narrow point. Tlic flowers form 
a pyramidal spike, 12 to 18 inches liigh, and 
10 to 12 inches broad, the flowers being red, 
with the centre lighter, almost white. It is a 
beautiful species, and is described by those who 
have seen it in its native home as being greatly 
superior in beauty to the older and more 
familiar species. 7s. Gtl. and 10s. 6d, 
SPIKE MUCH REDUCED. 
