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NEW, RARE AND DESIRABLE HARDY PLANTS. 
SALIX BABYLONICA MASCTTLA, 3s. 
and 5s. 
ROSA RUGOSA (REGELIANA). 
This attmctive plant has been introduced from Japan. It is of neat compact bushy glow ^ ^ 
foliage is of a bright green above, and wliitish and slightly tomento.se underneath. The llowers, \v iic i 
are freely (iroduced in large termuial clusters, are about 3 inches in diameter, and are composed ol ive 
petals, which are of a most beautiful bright rosy crimson colour. The flowers are succeeded by beiiics, 
which arc of a large size, and of a rich rosy red colour, and are a great addition to the ornameuta 
character of the plant, rendering it exceedingly effective. 5s. 
BOSES, vide Index. 
EUBUS DELICIOSUS, lOs. 6A 
SAXIFRAGA PELTATA. . ^ ve • 
This nmiarkable and attractive plant has been introduced from the lliver Sacramento, in Calitornia. 
It is of robust growth, producing immense roundly lobed dark green leaves about 15 to 18 inches in 
diameter. The llowers, which are of a beautiful rose colour, are most abundantly borne on a tall erect 
spike upwards of a foot in height. 3s. 6d. 
SIBTHORPIA EUROP/EA VARIEGATA. ■ . 
This charming novelty is a beautifully variegati'd form of the Cornish Moneywort ; the leaves being 
prettily margined with white. It is a very graceful and interesting plant, and will be found desirable 
for surfacing pots and baskets in the greenhouse and fernery, as well as a pretty object among Alpine 
plants. 5s. 
SAUEODIATUM, vide Arisaima. 
SEDUHE MAXIMOWICZII, Is. 6d. 
SKIMMIA OBLATA, 3s. 6d. 
SPIE.2EA BABBATA, vide Astilbe barbata. 
STYBAX JABONICA, 5s. 
SPIR/EA PALMATA. 
In a description of this Japanese jdaut, given in the Botanical Magazine, No. 285, llr. Hooker says : 
“ By far the handsomest species of the genus hitherto imported, and certainly one of the most beauti- 
ful hard}’ plants in cultivation ; the deep purple red of the stems and branches, passing into the 
crimson purple of the glorious broad corymbs of flowers, contrast more c.xquisitely with the foliage, 
which in autumn assumes beautiful tints of brown and golden yellow. 2s. 6d. and 3s. M. 
THUJOPSIS DOLABBATA, 3s. Gd. and 5s. 
,, „ VABIEQATA, 5s. 
„ L.®TEVIBENS, 5s. 
TBICYBTIS HIBTA, Is. 6(f. 
TBIC YETIS HIBTA FLOBE-NiaBO,ls.6«Z. 
TBITELEIA LAXA, flowers of various shades 
of blue and purple. Is. 6d. 
TBITOMA UVABIA GBANDIS, 3s. 6(f. 
VERONICAS. 
AVhere the climate is mild these make handsome decorative shrubs for the open border, and produce 
freely an abundance of showy flowers. They are well adapted for training against low walls or 
trellises, vide page 67. 
VIBURNUM SIEBOLDII. 
A bold and effective evergreen shrub, with dark brown waited branches, and opposite dark green 
flat leaves, which are thick, coriaceous, and laurel-likC in character. The leaf-stalks are about an 
inch long, the blades broadly oblong oval, entire in the lower half, and obscurely and bluntly serrated 
towards the ape.x. It is a native of Japan, and has sometimes been called V. av’afurka, which is 
probably its vernacular name. 7s. 6<7. 
VITIS JAPONICA, vide Ampelopsis trieus- 
pidata. 
VITIS HETEBOPHYLLA VABIEGATA, 
2s. 6d. and 3s. 6rf. 
VITIS VINIFERA PURPUREA. 
This desirable and attractive jdant is a Vine with richly coloured foliage ; the upper surface of the 
leaves being of a dark purple, downy underneath, and marked with purple veins. 7s. 6rf. 
WISTABIA MAOBOBOTBYS, 5s. 
,, SINENSIS, 2s. 6(7. and 3s. 6(7. 
YUCCA FILAMENTOSA, Is. 6d. and 2s. 6(7. 
„ GLOBIOSA, 3s. 6(7., 5s. and 7s. 6(7. 
,, BECUBVA, 3s. 6(7., 5s. and 7s. 6(7. 
WEIGELA AMABILIS VABIEGATA.ls. 6(7. 
,, HENDEESONI, 3s. 6(7. 
„ LAVALIiEI, 3s. 6(7. 
„ LEMOINEI, 3s. 6(7. 
,, LOWII, 3s. 6(7. 
YUCCA ANGUSTIFOLIA (STRICTA.) 
Tins hardy cvergi'eaii species forms a compact ami nearly stemless crown of narrow lanceolate leaves, 
thinly margined with thread-like filaments. From the eenti’e of the crown, the flower scape rises erect 
from four to five feet in height, branching at the base, and densely clothed with large, round, bell- 
shaped, creamy white flowers shaded AN*ith purple. 7a. 6rf. 
YUCCA WHIPPLEI. 
A very distinct and ornamental Californian species. 6s. and 7s. 6cJ. 
