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NEW, RARE AND DESIRABLE STOVE PLANTS. 
DRAOJENA GOLDIEANA. 
One of the most magnificent ornamental-foliaged ifiants ever introduced, and altogether unique in 
character and aspect. It is a native of Western Tropical Africa. The plant is of erect habit, and the 
stems arc closely set with stalked spreading leaves the petioles of which are of a greyish coloni’, 
terete, with a narrow furrow along the upper 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-grey in alternate straight or furcate transverse bands, 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 tho upper joints is of similar hue, the lower parts becoming greep. 
It is, without deubt, one of the most superb of ornamental stove plants, and indispensable in all first- 
class collections. This beautiful species has been frequently shown in Mr. W. B.’s winning collections 
of New Pliints. 7s. Qd., 10s. 6d,, 15s. and 1 guinea. 
DEAC^NA GOLDIEANA, 
