NEW, RARE AND DESIRABLE STOVE PLAETS. 
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DIEPFBNBACHIA AMCENA. 
An effective variety of this sliowy race of Arads, obtained from the tropical regions of Soutli America. 
Its oblong acute leaves arc of a deep green, marked with very abundant elongate blotches of white and 
pale yellow, which are as well defined on the under as on the upper surface. It is a very attractive 
plant, on account of its bright and abundant maculation. 7s. 6t?. 
DESMODIinu: GYRANS, 5s. 
DICHORISANDRA MTJSAICA, 10s. 6d. 
UNDATA, 3s. 6d. and 6s. 
DICHOTRICHUM TERNATEUM, 7s. 6d. 
DIEFFENBACHIA AMAZONICA 7s. 6d. 
BARAQUINIANA, 3s. 6A 
BOWMANNII, 3s. 6d. 
BAUSEI, 3s. 6d. 
DIEFFENBACHIA CAE.DERI. 
A handsome and bold-habited plant, introduced from South America. It has oblong-ovate leaves, 
spreading or becoming somewhat deflexed, of a rich dark green, strikingly blotched and variegated. 
Owing to the gi’ound colour and the variegation being about ecpially distributed, the plant is exceedingly 
striking and attractive. It has received a First Class Certificate from the Royal Botanic Society. 5s. 
DIEFFENBACHIA CHELSONI. 
A very handsome plant, obtained by my collector in the United States of Colombia. The colour of 
the leaves is a dark satiny green, the costa marked with a grey band, which runs out into a feathered 
edge, .and extends about one-third across each half of the blade, the surface of wliich is also freely 
.spotted and blotched with bright yellow-green for about two- thirds of its breadth, the spots distinct or 
coalescing into ’patches of irregular form. The ■well-marked contrast between the three colours renders 
the leaf variegation veiy effective. This w*as one of the New Plants with Avhich Mr. AV. B. gained the 
First Prize at the International Horticultural Exhibition, held at Brussels. 7s. 6il. 
DIFFEENBACHIA COSTATA, 7s. 6d. | DIEFFENBACHIA INSIGNIS, 7s. 6d. 
DELECTA, 6s. LANCEOLA, 5s. 
EBURNEA, 5s. ‘ LEOPOLDII, vide Jiage 36. 
FLAVO-VIRENS, 5s. j LUCINDA, 5s. 
QRANDIS, 3s. 6d. and 5s. : MACULOSA, 5s. 
ILLUSTRIS, 5s. MEMORIA CORSI, 1 guinea. 
DIEFFENBACHIA MAJESTICA. 
A truly majestic plant, distinct and stocky in habit, wdth boldly -marked foliage of a rich dark green, 
variegated with scattered bright yellowish blotches, .and having besides a feathery silvery bar along the 
eentral line ; the loaves are oblong-ovate, a foot or more in length, and five to six inches broad. The 
bright yellow-green spots give it a cheerful and well-m.arked appearance. 1 guinea. 
DIEFFENBACHIA NEBULOSA, 5s. I DIEFFENBACHIA NOBILIS, 5s. 
NITIDA, 7s. 6d. I FICTA, 3s. 6d. 
DIEFFENBACHIA PE.INCEPS. 
A bold and handsome plant, of ornamental character. The loaves are dark green, with a few 
scattered yeUowish spots, and a silvery grey marking running through the centre, that in the upper 
half of the leaf being most distinctly developed. The leaf-blade is somewhat oblique, the narrower 
side being most distinctly cordate. 1 guinea. 
DIEFFENBACHIA REGINA, vide qiage 38. I DIEFFENBACHIA SHUTTLBWORTHII, 
REX, vide page 39. 1 
DIEFFENBACHIA TRIUMPHANS. 
A very desirable ornamental plant, introduced from the United States of Colombia. The leaf- 
blades are sub-spreading, ovate-lanceolate, attenuately acuminate, dark green thickly covered with 
large irregular angular blotches, of a yellowish-green, the variegation showing on both surfaces ot the 
leaf. This was one of the New Plants with which Mr. W. B. gained the First Prize at the Inter- 
national Horticultural Exhibition, held at Ghent. 15s. 
DIEFFENBACHIA SPLENDENS, vide p. 40. 
VELUTINA, 5s. 
VITTATA, 5s. 
WEIRII, 3s. 6(f. 
DIONIEA MUSCIPULA, vide Index. 
DIOSCOREA ANiECTOCHILUS, 5s. and 
7s. dd. 
DIOSCOREA ARGYREA, 7s. 6d. 
BULBIFERA, 6s. 
CHRYSOPHYLLA, 5s. 
DISCOLOR VARIEGATA, 3s. 6d, 
ILLUSTRATA, 3s. 6d. 
MELANOLEUCA, 7s. fd, 
METALLICA, 6s, 
