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SPECIAL LIST OP NEW PLANTS. 
ECHEVERIA CARINATA. 
A fine greenhouse succulent ol hybrij origin, obtained by crossing E. mctallka and E. alrojyiuyuren. 
It has leaves of the 2 Uirpurascent glaueous hue of those of E. inctallicdf but they are longer and ovate 
hi outline, and are folded so as to be decifiy channeled or keeled — whence the name. The ^dants have 
not yet flowered. 7s. 6d. 
GARDENIA CHARTACEA. 
A neat-growing evergreen warm greenhouse plant, with opposite, or whorled, almost sessile, elliptic- 
oblong or linear-lanceolate leaves, 3 to 5 inches long, marked with oblique iirominent veins. Tlie 
flowers are a.Killary, with an almost ovoid tube, and a sjireading limb of five lanceolate segments. It 
is a native of Queensland. 10s. 6d. 
GUILIELMA UTILIS. 
A fine and lofty Palm of Costa Rica, requiring the temperatnre of a stove. It has a slender trunk, 
crowned with a noble head of handsomely pinnated leaves, the trunk being spiny. In the young jdants 
the leaves are only bif>arted, with broad divisions, the ribs on the upiicr surface and the costa beneath 
being furnished with needle-shajied si>ines, the iietioles also being densely siriny. The seeds are edible, 
and have the flavour of chestnuts. 2 guineas. 
HIBISCUS (ROSA-SINENSIS) ALBO-VARIEGATA. 
A free-growing and elegantly-marked stove jfiant, obtained from the Pacific Islands ; of a closely 
branched habit, with pale green stems, and ovate .slightly toothed leaves, which are freely mottled 
and variegated with greyish green and white, breaking out irregularly in a manner similar to the 
markings of AT. Coojieri, to which it would form a comiianion plant, having the variegation white 
instead of pink. It should be grown in full light, near the glass, to bring out its jiroper colouring. 
10s. 6d. 
HIBISCUS (ROSA-SINENSIS) CARMINATA PERFECTA. 
A charming stove jdant, in habit resembling AT. rosa-sinetisis, recently imported from the South Sea 
Islands. It has stalked ovate obscurely three-lobed leaves which are dee^dy toothed, and very large 
flowers, nearly 5 inches across, witli broad and slightly undulated jietals, forming a full round 
flower, of perfect shape, and of a rich soft carmine rose with a deep crimson eye. The stamiual 
column is very prominent, and adds much to the beauty of the flowers, the column being of a rosy 
hue, the numerous stamens bright yellow, and the five stigmas a rich velvety crimson. 10s. 6d. 
HIBISCUS (ROSA-SINENSIS) MINIATA SEMI-PLENA. 
This remarkably showy stove jdant has firm almost leatliery ovate leaves, which are coarsely toothed, 
and brilliant flowers of a vermilion scarlet colour, darker towards the base of the petals. Tiie flowers 
are semi-double, the petals veiy much waved and recurved, forming an irregular undulated mass four 
inches across, from which the jiartially j)etaloid staminal column jirojects two inches. The brilliant 
and attractive flowers are remarkable for the absence of formality, the shape being wild and abounding 
in fantastie curves, but nevertheless remarkably handsome. It has been imiiortcd from the South Sea 
Islands. lOs. 6d. 
KENTIA CANTERBURYANA. 
A very beautiful, rare, and novel species of Palm, obtained from Lord Howe's Island, where it is 
called the Umbrella Palm by the settlers. It has large pinnate leaves, which in the young jdants 
consist of about seven i)airs of linear acute leaflets, seven to eight inches long and an inch broad, 
sujjported by stoutish smooth terete petioles, the lamina spreading liorizontally, and the leaflets 
drooping. This Palm iiroduces a branched sj)adix, bearing large iilum-like fruits, which are of a 
reddish colour wlieu rijie. As a new and elegant greenhouse Palm, this will prove a most valuable 
introduction. 2 guineas. 
MACROZAMIA FRASERI. 
This is a beautiful dwarf-habited greenhouse Cycad, a native of Queensland. The leaves have wiry 
green petioles, and (iu young jdants) ovate-oblong leaves divided into numerous linear leaflets, two to 
three inches long, of a dark green colour, incisely toothed at the ajie.x, wliitc at the base, so as to form 
a double row of ivory white dots along the course of the mid-rib. It is a remarkably elegant member 
of the Cycad family. 1 guinea. 
