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NEW, RARE AND DESIRABLE STOVE PLANTS. 
OIBFFENBACHIA 
1 guinea. 
MEMOBIA CORSI, j DIEFFENBACHIA NEBULOSA, 5s. 
DIEFPENBAOHIA NITI0A. 
A neat-growing i>liint, remarkable in the group to which it belongs for its glossy leaves. The stem» 
are erect, the leaf-blade oblong.hmceolate, blunt at the base, and acuminate at the apex, of a dee[* 
glossy green, marked with angular blotches of bright yellowish-green. Tlie markings appear white- 
on the under surface. It' has been introduced from the United States of Colombia. 10s. (irf. 
DIEFFENBACHIA NOBILIS, 5s. | DIEFFENBACHIA PICTA, 3s. Gd. 
DIEFFENBACHIA PRINOEPS. 
A bold and handsome plant, of ornamental character. The leaves are dark green, with a few 
scattered yellowish spots, and a silvery gray marking running through the centre, that in the upper 
half of the leaf being most distinctly develoijcd. The leaf-blade is somewhat obliijue, the narrower 
.side being most ilistinctly cordate. 1 guinea. 
DIEFFENBACHIA REGINA, vidf page 13. I DIEFFENBACHIA SHDTTLEWORTHII, 
REX, rr'de page 13. I 10s. 6d. 
DIEFFENBACHIA TRIUMPHANS. 
’ A very desirable ornamental plant, introduced from the United States of Colombia. The leaf- 
blades are sub-spreading, ovate-lanceolate, attenuately acuminate, dark green thickly covered with 
large irregular angular blotches, of a yellowish -green, the variegation showing on both surfaces of the 
leaf. This was one of the New Plants with which Mr. 1\ . 13. gained the First Prize at the Inter- 
national Horticultural Kxhibition, held at Ghent in 1878. l.l.s. 
DIEFFENBACHIA SPLENDENS.n'df page 39. ! DIOSCOREA ARGYREA, 7s. fid. 
VELUTINA, 5s. ' — BULBIFERA, 5s. 
VITTATA, 5s. I CHRYSOPHYLLA, 5s. 
WEIRII, 3s. fid. DISCOLOR VARIEGATA, 3s. fid. 
DION^A MUSCIPULA, ride Index. 1 ILLUSTRATA, 3s. fid. 
DIOSCOREA AN.ECTOCHILUS, 5s. and | MELANOLEUCA, 10s. fid. 
7s. fid. 1 METALLICA, 5s. 
DIOSCOREA SPECIOSA. 
A free growing climber, with decorative foliage. It has sleirder angular stems, which bear thc- 
cordate-.sagittate dark green seven-nerved leaves, ijrarked with .an irregirlar band of silvery gray 
ladween the ribs ; the under surface of the leaves is of a purplish colour. 7s. fid. 
DIPDADENIA AMABILIS, 3s. fid. | DIPLADENIA AMCENA, 3s. fid. 
DIPLADENIA BREARLEYANA. 
This splendid variety of Dipladenia is one of the best e.xhibition plants extant. It is an evergreen: 
stove climber of the very first rank, and is furnished with opposite oblong acute dark green leaves, 
which serve .as a fine contrast for the superbly-coloured flowers, which arc of the largest .size, oiieuing 
pink and changing to the richest crimson colour. They have this remarkable peculiarity, that the. 
colour increases in intensity with the age of the flowers. The plant is of free growth, and of the mo.st 
lloriferous character. 5s., 7s. fid. and 10s. fid. 
DIPLADENIA BOLIVIENSIS, 3s. fid. | DIPLADENIA CARISSIMA, vide page 41. 
DIPLADENIA DELECTA. 
An attractive variety producing finely formed flowers of good substance, and of a very pretty shado- 
of rosy-pink ; the mouth encircled with deep rose and shaded with violet, and the light throat 
shaded with yellow. 15s. 
DIPLADENIA* DIADEMA. 
A beautiful variety producing pretty flowers of a soft pink colour suffused with rose, the tliroat 
light and the mouth encircled with deep rose ; the flowers are of large size and excellent form, 
with good broad limb segments. 15.«. 
DIPLADENIA HYBRIDA, 8s. fid. j DIPLADENIA MAGNIFICA (ACUMINATA), 
INSIGNIS, 7s. fid. I 3s. fid. and 5s. 
DIPLADENIA ORNATA. 
A very fine variety of this useful and effective genus of stove climbers. It produces fine large flowers 
of a rich crimson colour, beautifully suffused with violet. 10s. fid. 
