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NEW PLANTS. 
ARAUCAEIA ETJLEII. 
This truly noble plant was discovered and introduced from Port Molle by Mi'. 
W. Duncan, who thus speaks of it : — “ Although the nearest approach in appearance 
to A. Euleii is A. imbricata, the latter is not for one moment to be compared with 
the grandeur of the former, being without exception the grandest and most 
beautiful tiee at present existing on the face of the whole earth. Only imagine,” 
he adds, “ A. Eitlei growing to the height of about 60 feet and 30 feet in diameter, 
with six times the number of branches of .4. imbricata, but of a more rigid and tabular 
foi-m, forking in all directions at equidistances in the most symmetrical aiTangement, 
feathered down to the ground, and the whole covered with the fine glistening im- 
bricated very dark-green foliage, shining in the sun as so many polished mirrors; and 
the tree itself growing on the very summit of an extinct volcano, in debris as hai d as 
adamant in summer, and deluged with rains in winter, accompanied with hurricanes 
of stormy cold winds, and where not a blade of grass, or other sign of vegetation 
exists for hundreds of feet below, and also that the whole group of trees is 
confined only to the limited radius of half-a-mile.” Vide Gardener’s Chronicle, 
Sept. 28th, 18G1, page 868. This is unquestionably one of tbe handsomest green- 
house and conservatory plants yet iuti'oduced. Price Ij, 3, and 6 guineas. 
ASPIDIUM PINNATUM. 
A handsome small Tree-fern, from Brazil, that succeeds well in a greenhouse ; 
with erect broad, pinnated fronds. 10s. 6d. 
ASPLENIUM FERULACEUM. 
One of tbe most beautiful amongst stove ferns. It is a native of South America, 
being found in Quito and New Granada, and also of Central America at Cortago, 
whence the plants now ofiered were obtained. It has a short erect oaudex, from 
which rise up the ample finely-cut fronds, which are ovate-deltoid acuminate in 
outline, a foot and a half long, very much divided into small segments, and elevated 
on stout stipules upwards of a foot in length. Though forming so large a plant, 
the parts of the fronds are of the finest possible character, which has suggested the 
name “ fennel.” 
The fronds are four or five times pinnate the pinna) and pinnules somewhat de- 
flexed, and the short narrow ultimate segments just large enough to bear a single 
sorus in the fertile fronds. 
The texture is herbaceous, the colour a lively green, and the surface quite 
smooth. 
It is one of the most charming hothouse ferns which has lately been added to 
our garden <'ollcctions, 210s. 
