NEW PLANTS. 
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NEW PLANTS 
ANNOUNCED FOR THE FIRST TIME 
BY 
WILLIAM BULL, F.L.S. 
ANTHURIUM CHELSEIENSE. 
An extremely handsome hybrid between A. Veitchii and A. AmJreanum, with leaves resembling 
those of the first named. The spathes are bi'oadly cordate, cuspidate at the apex, about 5 inches 
long by inches broad, of an intense sliining rich crimson colour. The spadix is about two-thirds 
the length of the spathe, and slightly tapering, the basal pai't white, the tip tinged with a yellowish 
shade. From the free manner in which the beautiful spathes are produced and the long time which 
they last in perfection, combined with the ornamental character of the foliage, this handsome hybrid 
is a most desirable acquisition. For illustration vide page 5. 2 and 3 guineas. 
ARISTOLOCHIA ELE6ANS. 
A beautiful free-flowering species of neat gro^vth, imported from Brazil. It has smooth slender 
terete stems with cordate ovate leaves, smooth above, and glaucescent beneath. The handsome and 
elegant flowers are borne on long stalks and have a slightly distended tube, which is suddenly bent 
upwai’ds, the upper part dilated into a cordate cup-shaped limb of a rich dark purple colour, 
ornamented throughout with irregular branched markings of a creamy white, and having a golden 
yellow eye siuToundcd by rich velvety purple. Its blossoms are produced in the greatest profusion, 
even on small plants, and are entii’ely free from the objectionable odour peculiar to the genus. It 
has been certificated by the Royal Horticultural Society, and is described and figured in the 
Gardeners' C/wo«irfc for September 0 , 1885. For illustration fide page 6. 2 Is. 
BEGONIA COMPTA. 
A pretty ornamental species from Brazil. Its leaves have palish pink footstalks, which are five 
to six inches long, remarkable for the unequal development of their two halves, the one side being 
narrowed to the base, and the other developed into a roundish angular lobe. The colour is satiny 
gi-een with a silvery tinge along the course of the mid-rib ; this coloration with the satiny surface 
being of a very pleasing character. 7s. fid. 
BEGONIA DECOEA. 
A shrubby decorative variety, with dark green obliquely lanceolate leaves, profusely marked with 
oblong spots or dots of a silvery-gi’ey colour; somewhat of the character of li. argyrostigma, but with 
the spots more minute. It has been introduced from Brazil. 6s. 
CLERODENDRON MINAHASSiEL 
This species has been introduced from Celebes. It has erect tetragonal stems with opposite 
obovate seriated leaves. The flowers forai a bi’oad terminal cymoso panicle, and have a large leafy 
calyx, the lobes of which are tipped -with red ; the corolla is four inches long, yellowish white, with 
a limb of lanceolate lobes, and exserted purple anthers. In its fruiting state it is very ornamental, 
as the calyx grows much larger after the flowers fall, siireading out so as to resemble a flower three 
inches across, sanguineous red, with a roimd blue beiTy in the centre. 21s. 
COTONEASTER FONTANESII. 
A compact growing hardy shrub, with terete brown pubescent stems and branches, beaiing dark 
green alternate leaves, orbicular in outline. The flowers, which are white, grow in small coiymbose 
glomcniles, and arc succeeded by large rormd coral-red berries. It is an effective slunb from the 
abmidant clusters of brilliant red berries w'hich it produces. 8s. 
DENDROBIUM PARTHENIUM. 
A lovely new species, wdth flowers of the purest white ; it has been introduced from Borneo, and 
has been named and described by Professor Reichenbach in the Gardeners' Chronicle, October 17th, 
1885. It has long slender stems, furnished with tapering blunt bilobed leaves. The chaste white 
flowers are borne on long white pedicels, and there are thi'ee purple blotches at the base of the anther. 
The petals are oblong, blunt, surpassing in extent the sepals which have obscui'e keels. It is named 
Parthenium, in allusion to the virginal whiteness of its flowers. Price on application. 
