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NEW, RARE AND DESIRABLE STOVE PLANTS. 
ANTHURIUM ANDREANUM. 
1 his magnificent Araceoiis jilant was discovered in tlie province of Clioco, United States of Colombia, 
by l!|a. Andre, .wliose name it bears, and it is certainly one of the most striking and remarkable 
ilowenng mants of recent introduction. The flower-snathes, wliiclx arc borne well above the foliage, 
are heart-shaped and of a most brilliant scarlet colour, the surface irregularly corrugated and traversed 
by deep sinuous veins ; the spadix is ivory-white at the base, and greenish-yellow at the tip. It is an 
extremely attractive plant, and tlie individual flowers remain ki perfection about three months, thus 
rendering it highly valuable for exhiiition. 7s. 6d., 10s. 6rf., 15s. and 1 guinea. 
k. 
.NTIICmUM ANDREANUM. 
