eS N(iW, RARE AND DESIRABLE GREENHOUSE PLANTS. 
ARAUCARIA EXOBLSA. 
111’. W. B. has lately imjiorteil a fine lot of this haiidsoiiie conservatory jilaiit. 3s. 6iL, 5s. aiul 
7s. 6rf. Siieeimens 1, IJ and 2 guineas and upwards. 
ARDUINA GRANDIFLORA. 
This plant is n native of Natal, where its lleshy fruits are much valued ; they are of a dark violet 
hue when ripe, have an agreeable sub-acid (lavour, and are known as the Natal plum ; the flowers are. 
white and fragrant. 7s. 6<f. 
ARIS.®!MA CONCINNU]SI,7s. 6d. and lOs.Cif. . ASPARAGXJS DECUMBENS, 3s. 6:1. 
OURVATUM, 7s. 6ff.andl0s. 6d. and 5s. 
ARUNDO DONAX VARIEGATA, 3s. 6(f. FALCATUS, 7s. 6d. 
and 6s. ^ 
ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS. 
An elegant evergreen climber, from South Africa, with slender smooth stems, and numerous spread- 
ing branches; the hermajihrodite white flowers are produced from the tiji of the branchlets. It is an 
c.xceedingly handsome ornamental plant for the greenhouse or conservatory, and its pretty feathery 
growths are extremely useful for cutting for decoration. Ss. 6<l., 5s. and 7s. 6d. 
ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS NANUS, vide p. G7. | ASPARAGUS RACEMOSUS, 7s. 6(f. 
ASPARAGUS VIRGATUS. 
This remarkably elegant feathery-looking plant of fruticose habit, has been recently introduced from 
the Cape of Good Hope. Tlie stems, which issue from the crown of the stout fleshy roots, are of a 
dark green colour, and bear at the iipjier end a corymbose head of erect branches, of which the lowest 
is the youngest or most recently developed. These branches are again twice branched, the ultimate 
branchlets being furnished with aeieular cladodia, half an inch long, which grow usually in threc.s. 
The berries are round, about as large as an early frame Tea. 7s. 6d. and 10s. 6d. 
AZALEA INDIOA. 
The gi'eat value of Indian .\zaleas for decorative purposes can hardly be over-estimated. The vaiieties 
of this effective plant can be had in blossoin for four months of the year ; well selected jilants affording 
a magnificent display of colour and wealth of bloom, that the low price at which beautiful kinds are 
now offered, should ensure a place for them in every greenhouse and conservatory. 
Good selections can bo made by Mr. W. B. at 30s., 42s. and 60s. per dozen. 
New varieties, 5s., 7s. 6d. and 10s. 6d. each. 
AZALEA BALSAMINAEFLORA, vide p. 69. 
BEAUCARNEA HOOKERI, lOs. 6d. 
BEGONIA, vide Index 
BERBERIDOPSIS CORALLINA, 3s. 6d. 
BIGNONIA CHERERE, 3s. 6d. and 5s. 
EXCELSA, 7s. 6(f. and 10s. 6d. 
GRANDIFLORA, 2s. 6d. and 3s. Gd. 
BIGNONIA JASMINOIDES, 2s. Gd. 
ALBA MA.GNA, 2s. Gd. to 5s. 
SPENDIDA, 2s. 6d. to 5s. 
VENUSTA, 3s. 6ft’. and 5s. 
BLANDFORDIA AUREA, 10s. Gd. 
NOBILIS, 5s. and 7s. Gd. 
PRINCEPS, vide page 70. 
BLANDFORDIA OUNNINGHAMII. 
The late Dr. Idndley, in describing the previously known kind of this genus, thus refers to 
Blandfordia Ciinniiufhamii : — “ None of them aie to be compared for beauty with the plant of which 
the late Allan Cunningham gave me a specimen, the flowers of which are fully twice as large as 
B. marginata (grand! flora). The leaves have neither serratures nor roughness on the edge, but are 
perfectly smooth. The flowers are of a deep rich red tint, except at the end of the petals, where they 
are yellow. 5s., 7s. Gd. and 10s. Gd. 
BOMAREA KALBREYERI. 
A new and beautiful species, introduced from South America. The flowers which are borne iii 
terminal umbels, are of an orange-yellow colour the exterior. sepals being bright red. IJ guinea. 
BOMAREA PATACOCENSIS (CONFERTA). 
A beautiful new crimson-flowered species from the United States of Colombia, producing immense 
heads of blossom, composed of from thirty to sixty flowers, each of which is from 2 to 2-i inches long. 
It is a splendid addition to our greenhouse climbers, its lovely many-flowered bunches of rich crimson 
I.apageria-like floweis rendering it especially attractive. 15s and 1 guinea. 
BOMAREA CARDERI, vide page 71. 
WILLI AMSJE, 1 guinea. 
BORONIA DRUMM0NDII,2.5. Gd. & 3s. 
MEGASTIGMA, 3s. Gd. and 5s. 
Gd. 
BORONIA SERRULATA, 2s. 6d. and 3s. Gel. 
BOUVARDIAS, vide Index. 
BRACHYSEMA UNDULATUM, 5s. and 
7s. 6rf. 
