NEW AND RARE STOVE PLANTS. 
11 
ALLAMANDA NOBILIS. 
This is undoubtedly one of the finest known species of certainly one of the most ornamental 
geuora of climbing store plants. It has the trailing habit common to most of the species in culti- 
vation, and bears large elliptic oblong-acuminate leaves, which aro soft to the touch, from being 
covered with short hairs; the flowers are quite equal in size to those of A. Schottii, being fully four 
inches in diameter, and of a purer full bright yellow, rather deeper in the throat, but without any 
stain or marking, and downy on the outer surface; they are much superior in form to those of any 
other species, having the segments broader and more imbricated, so that the limb acquires a full 
circular outline — more so than in A. gro/udi flora, which is rendered the mol's evident from its 
standing well forward, and not falling back, as so commonly happens in A. Schottii. Tho plant has 
been introduced from the Bio Branco, in Brazil, and will be a grand acquisition for exhibition pur- 
poses. 2s. C d., 3s. 6 d., 6s., 7s. 6 d., 10s. 6 d., and 15s. 
ALLOPLECTUS BICOLOR . . . 16s. 
ALOCASIA ALBO-VIOLACEA . 3s. Gil. 
„ GIGANTEA, 7S. 0 d., 10s. 6^., and 15s. 
„ JENNINGSII, 3s. 0 d., 5s., and 7s. Gd. 
„ MACEOEHIZA VARIEGATA, 3/6 
ALOCASIA INTERMEDIA, 15s. & 1 guinea 
„ (CALADITTM) LOWII, 
5s., 7s. 6 d., 10s. Gd., and 15s. 
„ (SCHISTOCASIA) PORTEI, 
1; guinea 
„ (CALADIUM) VEITCHII, 
5s. and 7s. 6rf. 
(REMTTSATIA) VIVIPARA, 5s, 
„ METALLICA, 2s. Gd., 3s. Gd., and 5s. 
„ TIGRINA . . . .16s. 
„ ZEBRINA ... 7s. 6 d. 
ALOCASIA HYBRIDA, vide page 3. 
AMARYLLIS ALEERTII FLORE- 
PLENO . . . 5s. 
„ PROCERA . . . 15s. 
,, PRINCEPS . . 1 guinea 
„ OF SORTS, 
3s. 6 d., 5s., and 7s. Gd. each 
ANANASSA PENANGENSIS . . 15s. 
,, PORTEANA . 1 ) and 2 guineas 
ANZECTOCHILUS, see Orchids. 
ANTHURIUM MAGNIFICTJM —syn, 
specimens, 
ANTHURIUM AUGUSTINIANUM, 7s. Gd. 
„ LEUCONEURUM . 2s. Gd. 
AMARYLLIS JOSEPHIN-32 . 10s. Gd, 
„ PARDINA, small bulbs 5s, 
„ RETICULATA . . 5s. 
„ SPECTABILIS . 1 guinea 
Mr. W. B. has recently imported a few 
bulbs of this rare species. 
ANANASSA SATIVA VARIEGATA, 
7s. Gd. and 10s. Gd. 
ANCYLOGYNE LONGIFLORA . 2s. Gd. 
A. grande and A. cordifolium, 5s. and 7s. Gd. ; fine 
1; and 2 guineas. 
ANTHURIUM REGALE, 5s. and 7s. Gd. 
„ SCHERZERIANUM, 
7s. Gd., 10s. Gd., 15s., 1 and 1§ guinea 
ANTIGONON LEPTOPUS, 
“The first timo I saw this plant,” writes Dr. Seemann (vide Gardeners' Chronicle , June 20th, 1868), 
“was in the autumn of 1848, when making a botanical excursion from Mazatlan, on the West Coast 
of Mexico ; and in a letter addressed to tho late Sir W. J. Hooker (published in IIookci''$ Journal 
and Kew Miscellany, page 149), I wrote, full of enthusiasm, * The finest flower we saw during the 
journey was your Antirjonon leptopus. It covered nearly every bush, and the deep rose coloured 
blossoms were so abundant, that scarcely a leaf could be seen.’ In that part of Mexico where I 
first met with the plant, tho natives term it ‘ Rosa de Mayito; * and in Nicaragua, where I found it 
in 186/ and 1868, ‘Rosa de Montana,’ or Mountain Rose. Of course, when looking closely at the 
shape of the flowers, there is not the faintest resemblance to a Rose; but at a distance, a comparison 
with the Queen of Flowers would readily suggest itself, tho outer three sepals being of a beautiful 
rose colour, the centre of a much deeper tint. The flowers, arranged in racemes and panicles, 
appear in the greatest profusion, and the bushes look as if a large rose coloured sheet had been 
spread over them — a sight never to be forgotten. The flowers, as thoso of most Polygonacem, last 
for some weeks. I have traced the plant on tho West Coast of America from Nicaragua to Northern 
Mexico, and often looked for ripe seed, but I could never find any, and my belief is that it does not 
produce seed readily. During my last visit to Nicaragua, however, I was fortunate enough to 
procure, after many a fruitless search, a few seeds — not more than half a dozen ; but of these, it is 
satisfactory to add, Mr. Bull succeeded in raising several strong plants, which may possibly flower 
this autumn, and tho species will then become deservedly popular. I am well acquainted with the 
contents of our gardens and the vegetation of most parts of tho world; but I have no hesitation in 
