NEW, RARE AND DESIRABLE STOVE PLANTS, 
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CROTON ILLUSTRIS. 
A singularly grotosriuc-looking and strongly characteristic variety. The leaves are mostly three- 
lobed on purplish petioles, the base being oblong, succeeded by two lateral alternate lobes, which, as 
well as the apex, apiKjar to be twisted or curved, so as to acquire a sort of forked appearance. The 
colour is green, richly maculated wdtli golden yellow ; the central bar yellow, and the variegation 
iriegularly distributed, so that sometimes the points arc almost wholly golden. It is an extremely 
distinct and attractive plant. 1 guinea. 
