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NEW, RARE AND DESIRABLE STOVE PLANTS. 
HIBISCUS (ROSA-SINENSIS) MINIATUS SEMI-PLENUS. 
This remarkably showy stove plant has firm almost leathery ovate leaves, which are coarsely toothed, 
and brilliant flowers of a vermilion scarlet colour, darker towards the base of the petals. The flowers 
are semi-double, the petals very much waved and recurved, forming an irregular undulated mass 
4 inches across, from which the partially petaloid staminal column projects 2 inches. The brilliant 
and attractive flowers are remarkable for the absence of formality, the shape being wild, and abounding 
in fantastic curves, hut nevertheless they are remarkably handsome. . It has been imported from the 
South Sea Islands. 5s. and 7s. 6<7. 
HIBISCUS (ROSA-SINENSIS) PUNICEUS. 
A very attractive stove plant, of a remarkably dense and close-growing habit, as compared with 
others of this well-known showy species. The leaves arc shortly and broadly ovate, of a deep green 
colour, with an irregular-toothed margin. The flowers are double, remarkably neat and compact ; 
they measure about 3 inches across, and the wavy petaline bodies, which form the close centre are 
about 2 inches in depth, and have a very elegantly crisped appearance. The colour is a bright dense 
crimson, so that the blossoms are very attractive. It is one of the many importations from the South 
Sea Islands. For illustration, vide page 43. 7s. 6 d. 
