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NEW, RARE AND DESIRABLE STOVE PLANTS. 
CROTON KINGIANUS. 
Piobiibly the noblest ami grandest form of this extremely varied and remarkably beautiful group of 
idants which has yet been obtained. It is indeed a magnificent object, which once seen would not he 
easily forgotten. The immense leaves are oblong-obovate, twelve to eighteen inches in length, and 
five to eight inches in breadth, brilliantly marked with golden variegations. The ground colour is a 
deep green, on which is displayed a scries of coloured reticulations ; the principal veins are distant, 
and pass from the mibrjb nearly to the edge, where they arch to meet each other, exterior to which 
they become more closely reticulated, and all jacked out in gold. Ifts. and 1 guinea. 
CROTON LACTEUSf 3.'.'. 6d. 1 CROTON LANCIFOLIUS, 5». 
CROTON LINEARIS. 
A small-growing variety of remarkably neat habit. The leaves are from four to six iirches long, 
linear, usually obtuse, but sometimes narrowed to the jioint, dark green, with a yellow midrib and a 
few lateral blotches of the same colour, occasionally almost wholly yellow. 15s. 
CROTON MACAFEEANUS, 3.'!. 6rf. 
MACARTHURI, 3s. 6d. 
MAJESTICUS, 2s. 6cl. and 3s. 6d. 
MASSANQEANUS, 10s. 6d. 
MEMNON, 7.S. 6d. 
MOOREANUS, 3s. 6d. 
CROTON 
CROTON MORTII,.7s- 
MUTABILIS, vidr C. jaineeps 
NEPTUNE, 7s. 6d. 
NIMROD, 10s. 6d. 
OBERON, 5s. 
ORESTES, 10s. 6d. 
ORNATUS. 
An attractive and distinct variety. The leaves are oblong, slightly undulated at the mar^n, deej- 
■'leen with a narrow central band of creamy yellow, and long jiarallel veins of the same colour, the 
surface being here and there marked by bold irregular blotches of yellow, the yellow parts becoming 
tinged with crimson. In some conditions tlie leaves are wholly of a bronzy green, with the lines and 
blotches rosy pink, and the midrib of a deeper rosy crimson. 15s. 
CROTON PICTDRATUS, 3s. 6d 
PRESIDENT. 5s. 
CROTON PRIMA DONNA, 1.5s. 
PRINCE OF WALES, 3s. 6(7. and 5s. 
CROTON PRINCEPS (MUTABILIS). 
A stout habited free growing variety of Croton, obtained from the New Hebrides. It has broad 
linear leaves, at first green, with a yellow costa, yellow margins, and a few scattered yellow blotches 
on the lamime. ' By tlie time they reach maturity they have entirely changed these colours, the green 
jiortions taking on a dark bronzy hue, and all the yellow markings, midrib and all, passing into the 
richest rosy crimson. 5s. and 7s. 6(7. 
CROTON' princess of WALES, ride 
C. gloriosus 
QUEEN VICTORIA, 3s. 6(7 
CROTON RECURVATUS, ride page 12. 
REX, 3s. 6(7. 
ROSEO-PICTUS, ride page 31. 
CROTON RUBESCENS. 
A finely-marked variety, introduced from the South Sea Islands. The leaves are clliidic-lauceo- 
late, the rib and veins and numerous freckled .sjiots yellow, passing through , rosy red in the ribs and 
orange-red in the freckled markings, to deep green with rich crimson lines and spotting.s. I5s. 
CROTON SCHOMBURGKIANUS, 15s. \ CROTON SOVEREIGN. 3s. 6(7. 
CROTON SPECIOSUS. 
A very choice novelty, having many good (pialitics, of which a neat habit of growth, mod,eratc-sized 
l'olia"e, and a rich blending of colours, arc not the least important. Tlie leaves arc of an (jlliptic- 
hinceolate form, .some w ith a .solitary yellow midrib, others with a broad band of yellow giving oil 
lateral vcin.s, and frciiuently also variously blotched. 15s. 
CROTON SPECTABILIS. 
A fine large-leaved form of the series with yellow variegation. The leaves have obovate-elliptic 
leaf-blades, gieen with a pale primrose-yellow midrib, the rest of the surface blotched freely but irregu- 
larly with pale yellow, sometimes covering the greater portion of the leaf-blade. The veins arc ouly 
faintly indicated here and there by yellow lines. It is a bold and effective variety. 1 guinea. 
CROTON SPIRALIS, 2s. 6(7. and 3s. 6(7. | CROTON SPLENDIDUS, 5s. 
CROTON SUPERBIENS. • 
One of the finest of known varieties. The leaves are oblong, acute, rounded at the base. The 
colouring is exceedingly rich, and ejuite uni<(uc. In the least coloured condition, the leaves arc gi'een, 
with clouded yellowish markings. As these mature, the green deepens, the yellow brightens, and the 
coppery red veining and margin are brought out. Subse(iuently the ^een becomes blackish bronze, 
while all the pale portions become coppery, the veins and the costa being picked out with crimson. It 
is a native of Kew Guinea and is a gem amongst the Crotons. 10s. 6(7. 
