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NEW, RARE AND DESIRABLE STOVE PLANTS, 
DRAC^NA GOLDIEANA. 
One of the most magnificent oniamcntal-folingcd plants ever introduced, and altogether unique in 
character and aspect. It is n native of Western Tropical Africa. The ]>lant is of erect habit, and the 
stems are closely set with stalked spreading leaves, the petioles of which are of a gi-ayish colour, terete, 
with a narrow furrow along the u)>per side, the base being dilated and sheathing the stem. 'The blade 
of the leaf is cordate-ovate acuminate, with a yellowish-green costa, and marbled and irregularly 
banded with dark green and silver-gray in alternate straight or furcate bauds, the colours being about 
equally distributed. The back of the unfolded leaves is a pale reddish purple or wine colour, and the 
stem where visible at the upper joints is of similar hue, the lower parts becoming green. It is, without 
doubt, one of the most superb of ornamental stove plants, and indispensable in all first-class collections. 
This beautiful species has frequently been shown in Mr. W. li.’s winning collections of New Plants. 
IOj. Sd., 15s. and 1 guinea. 
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