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NEW, RARE AND DESIRABLE STOVE PLANTS. 
DIOSCOREA ILLUSTRATA. 
A handsome foliaged climber, imported from Rio Grande do Sul. The leaves are about 6 inches across, 
and produced at the base into two bluntish lobes. The size and marking of the leaf are the peculiar 
features of the plant. There is an irregular central hand of silvery gray, and a few angular patches of 
the same colour generally placed in juxtaposition with the ribs, of which there are four on each side of 
the costa The surface is a satiny green, shaded with olive green, and marked by fine transverse 
whitish parallel lines between the nerves, a third series of irregular veinlets crossing between the 
latter. The under surface is purple. For illustration, vide page 31. 10s. (id. 
DIOSCOREA METALLIC A, 10s. 6 d. | DIOSCOREA VITTATA, 10s. 6 d. 
DIPLADENIA (ECHITES) AMABILIS. 
A beautiful climber, of neat habit, producing freely deep rosy crimson flowers of large size (4 to 5 
inches in diameter) and of exquisite beauty ; fine for exhibition purposes. 8s. 6 d. and 5s. 
DIPLADENIA BREARLEYANA, for description and price, vide page 33. 
