NEW, RARE AND DESIRABLE STOVE PLANTS. 
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HIBISCUS ROSA SINENSIS MINIATUS SEMI-PLENUS. 
A remarkably showy plant, with brilliant semi-double flowers of a vermilion-scarlet colour, darker 
towards the base of the petals, which are very much waved and recurved, forming an irregular undu- 
lated mass four inches across, from which the partially petaloid staminal column projects two inches. 
The brilliant and attractive flowers arc remarkable for the absence Of formality, the shape being wild, 
and abounding in fantastic cuiwes, but nevertheless they are remarkably handsome. It has been 
imported from the South Sea Islands. 3s. Gd. 
HIBISCUS ROSA SINENSIS ZEBRINUS. 
A very distinct and handsome variety with double flowers, which are beautifully flaked and striped. 
The individual blossoms are about three and a half inches in breadth, and two and a half inches in 
depth ; the five outer petals scarlet edged with creamy yellow in the lower part. The staminal column 
is entirely petaloid, with a few large petal-like bodies, forming numerous irregular tufts at the apex, of 
a creamy yellow colour, variously and irregularly striped and flaked with scarlet. Both the fonn and 
marking of the flowers are very irregular and grotesque. 3s. Gd. 
