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NEW PLANTS. 
PIPER FUTOKADSURA. 
A remarkable evergreen liardy plant, with so ranch the aspect of Piper nigrum (Black Popper of 
commerce) as not to be readily distinguishable at first sight. It is a free-growing climber, bearing 
stalked cordatc-ovate acuminate dark green leaves, about 3 inches broad, the petioles and under 
surface of which are pubescent. This very interesting plant is found near Nangasaki in Japan. 
7s. Of/, each. 
PLANERA JAPONICA. 
This is the Ulmus ICoia ki of Siebold. A hardy deciduous tree, with slender branches and branch- 
lets, and furnished with oblong-ovate or narrowly ovate-lanceolate coarsely crenato-sorratod leaves, 
which in young plants are set in a distichous manner in one plane on the slender flexuoso twigs. It 
occurs on the higher mountains of Japan, and bears the native names of Koia ki, Kcaki, and 
Keyaki. 5s. 
POLYGONUM SACHALINENSE. 
A free-growing perennial herbaceous plant, producing stout erect stems, furnished with ovate 
oblong leaves, 6 to 8 inches long, cordate at the base, having red footstalks and traversed by a red 
mid-rib. The flowers grow in small compound racemes. It will form a distinct plant for the herba- 
ceous border, and coming from the Amoor country will be perfectly hardy. 6s. 
XYLOMELUM PYRIFORME. 
This handsome New Holland Proteacese has been variously referred to the genera Banksia, llakoa, 
and Grevillea. It is an evergreen, with lanceolate oblong coriaceous opposite leaves, 5 or 6 inches 
long, furnished in the young state with spines like those of the common Holly, but becoming entire 
in the mature plant. The flowers grow in dense cylindrical axillary spikes, and are succeeded by 
thick woody oblong follicles 4 or 5 inches long. This singular plant was discovered in Port Jackson, 
New South Wales, by Sir Joseph Banks, but has only recently been introduced, and is now offered 
for the first time. 15s. 
NEW COLEUS. 
ACHILLES, one of the fringed varieties, and a very handsome one. The colour is a rich reddish 
brown, margined with green, and more or less mottled with green towards the base. 2s. 6 d. 
ACIS, a beautiful bright-coloured sort, with flat ovate-crenate leaves, of a bright bronzy magenta, 
with a gold bonded edge. It combines the purplish rose tint seen in Princess of Wales with the 
bright golden border of Queen Victoria. One of the best, and of remarkably neat habit. 2s. 6(7. 
AJAX, a variety with fringe-toothed leaves, which are of a bronzy crimson, traversed by a few 
purple veins, and everywhere elegantly odged with yellow. This is remarkably handsomo, and 
the finest variety of Coleus which has yet been raised. 3s. 6 d. 
BARON, a variety with elongated frilled leaves of a deep maroon, shaded With dark brown purple, 
the tips of the teeth and the base of the leaf being of a bronzy green ; the stems are purplish. 2s. 6(7. 
COMUS, a showy variety, with flat ovate-crenate leaves of a deep vinous purple crimson, with a 
narrow margin of bronzy green. 2s. 6 d. 
CUPID, a remarkably attractive variety, with flat ovate-crenate leaves, which have a patch of dark 
bronze in the centre, the outer portion being golden yellow spotted with cinnamon. 2s. C (7. 
DISPLAY, a very distinct variety, with flat ovate-acute crenately-toothed leaves, of a dark brown 
purple, showing a dash of bronzy red at its margin, this being bordered by a narrow yellow edge, 
while the marginal teeth are again blotched with bronze, so as to give them a sharply serrate 
appearance. 2s. 6 d. 
HECTOR, a very distinct fringed-leaved sort, with a remarkably elongated and pointed leaf, of a 
deep vinous red purple, and having more or less green towards the base of the leaf. 2s. 0(7. 
JEWEL, a fringed-leaved variety, of a bronzy purple hue, with a narrow green edging, and a patch 
of green at the base. 2s. Gel. 
LUSTRE, a variety with flat ovate-crenate leaves, of a dark bronzy crimson hue, with slight green 
tips to the crenatures. It is of close-branched stiff habit, suitable for summer beds. 2s. 6(7. 
OSCAR, a remarkably bright-looking variety from the strong contrast presented by the colours of 
the leaves ; these are fringed, with central blotches of bronzy red, shaded with dark brown purple, 
and lighted up by a broad yellow green edging, which is mottled and speckled with tho darker 
hue. 2s. 6r7. 
See also General Collection, vide Index. 
