NEW, EAEE AND DESIEABLE STOVE PLANTS, 
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HIBISCUS EOSA SINENSIS MINIATUS SEMI-PLENUS. 
Tills re-narltably showy stove iilant has firm, almost leathery, ovate leaves, which are coareely 
toothed, and brilliant flowers of a vermilion scarlet colour, darker towards the base of the petals. 
The flower.s are semi-double, the petals very much waved and reem-ved, forming an irregular 
undulated mass four' inches across, from which the partially petaloid staminal column projects two 
inches. The brilliant and attractive flowers are remarkable for the absence of formality, the shape 
being wild, and abounding in fantastic curves, but nevertheless they are remarkably handsome. It 
has been imported from the South Sea Islands. 3s. 6<l. 
HIBISCUS EOSA SINENSIS VIVICANS. 
A fine free-flowering stove idaut of vigorous habit, with ovate stalked leaves, and remarkably 
largo flowers, four and a half to five inches in diameter, full double, the centre being completely 
filled up with broad convolute petals, having tufts of stamens intermixed. The colour is a brilliant 
crimson scarlet. It is a very showy variety, and was imported from the South Sea Islands. 5s. 
