NEW, RARE AND DESIRABLE GREENHOUSE PLANTS. 7g; 
JUNOUS ZEBRINUS. 
TJiia remarkable Japanese plant (wliich has been introduced to cultivation through tho agency of 
Mr. T. Hogg, of New York), lias a most peculiar appearance when growing, tho idea suggested by a 
group of it being that of a cluster of porcupine quills. The plant, which is a true Rush, throws up 
erect; terete leaves, but these, instead of being green, are transversely banded with white and green, 
the colours being, in most cases, pretty evenly distributed ; sometimes the white preponderates, the 
aiirface being eitlier wholly white, or the green bands being narrower and less conspicuous ; but in the 
best marked leaves, the green and white portions occupy alternately nearly equal bands of about half 
an inch deep, U is a most interesting plant. 1 guinea. 
