NEW PLANTS. 
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DIEFFENBACHIA REGINA. 
A very distinct and striking addition to the Araceous family, introduced from 'South America. It 
has oblong elliptic leaves, which are rounded at the base, .shortly acuminate, and almost wholly covered 
with greenish white, mottled with blotches of pale gieen, and having a narrow margin, and a few 
■streaky markings of a deeper shade. The greater portion of the upper surface of the leaf-blade, whose 
two sides are nearly eijual iir breadth, beitrg of this pallid hue, with the few but distinct dark markitrgs, 
the plant is very effective and well errtitled to be regarded ns the Qrrccn of the Dieffeirbachias. This 
beautiful plarrt has frequently been shown in Hr. W. I!.’s wirrning collectiorrs of New Plants. For 
illustration, page 9. l.igrrirrea. 
DIEFFENBACHIA REX. 
If the foritrer nray be considered as the (Jrreerr, we have in this the King of the genrrs— a very 
hartdsomcly marked plant of free aird vigorous habit. The leaves are closely placed on the stern, tire 
leal-blades elliptic-lairceolatc, rrrrequal-sided, of a very deep greerr colour, passing to paler green ne.ar 
the edge of the rrarrow side, the whole surface to within about half an inch of the margirr tlrickly 
covered with obliriue-elorrgate angular white blotches, which take the same rlirection as the verration, 
aird arc here and there -slightly veiired arrd suffitsed with greerr. It was irrtrodrrced from South 
America. This was one of the twelve New Plants with which .Mr-. W. B. gained the First Prize 
at the Koyal Ilorticultur-al Society’s Exhibitioirs in 1880,-1881, aird 1882. For illustration, wU 
(rage 4. li gnirrca. ’ 
DRAC-fflNA DIANA. 
This variety produces long elegantly recui-ved larrceolate foliage, of. an olive green colour, margirrod. 
flaked arrd striped with bright crimson pink; the young foliage is alrrrost entirely of a cream colour 
flushed with rose ; the rich variegatiorr is exceedingly showy arrd clfective. 1 guinea. 
DRAC^NA PICTURATA. 
The leaves of this showy variety arc rich olive greerr, beautifully flaked and striped with bi-i<dit 
pruk arrd crimson ; the variegation in the young foliage is creamy white flushed with rose ; some of 
the fully developed leaves, are almost eirtirely of a rosy crimson colour with a few olive greerr 
m.arkings ; it is art oxtrenrely attractive variety. 1 gttiirea. 
DRACAENA PLACIDA. 
A variety of very elegant habit, with lottg rrarrow lanceolate recurved Ibliage ; the leav'es are 
sonrewhat channeled towards the a^rex, arrd have urrdulated margins ; they are bordered and 
freely marked throughout with a variegatiorr of creamy wirite, which is nrost cotrspiettous otr the 
young foliage. 1 guinea. 
DRACiBNA VENOSA. 
A very prettily variegated species introduced from Bortreo. It is of dwarf stocky habit ; the leaf- 
blade is oblong-ovate acuminate, rnaity ribbed and itarrowed below irrto the petiole. The leaves are 
yellow-green irregularly retierrlated, blotched arrd transversely veined with very dark green. Some of 
th<! leaves have ntore of the pale green colour developed and are less veined, while others have the 
r’onose rnarkiirgs occupying rrcariy the w hole surface. 3 guineas. 
EPACRIS ONOSM^FLORA FLORE-PLENO AT. BA 
.V most beautiful floweriirg plarrt, iurported from Arrstralia, iiroducing pretty double blush while 
blossoms ; with the interior not quite covering up the origirral corolla lobes, w hich causes them to look 
sonrething like gtrard jietal.s surrotrtrding the inner petals. The plant is a charnring acquisition, 
and was awarded a First Class Certilicnto by the Floral Committee of the Koyal Horticultural 
.Society. 1 guinea. 
EPACRIS ONOSMxEFLORA FLORE-PLENO NIVALIS. 
This exeeedirrgly desirable arrd attractive novelty, is a native of Arrstralia ; it irroduces fine long 
dense spikes of bloom. The flowers have a tubular base ending in the five usual aerrte corolla 
lobes, while the iirterior organs are transformed into a rosette of white petals:, wdrich spread out 
to the full extent of the corolla lobes, arrd form with it a firre rosette-shaped flower. These 
flowers are pure white and very beautiful, the spikes beiirg often as nrrrch as a foot long. It has 
received a Fir.st Class Certideate fronr the Iloyal Botanic Society. For illustration, rrdepage 7. 1 guinea. 
