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NEW PLANTS. 
PEPEROMIA ARIFOLIA. 
This exquisite little vai'icgatecl plant has been introduced by the 
Royal Horticultural Society, through their collector Mk. Weh<, from 
South America. Its leaves are thick and wax-like, bright green with 
white variegation, easily cultivated and as a small growing stove plant 
qiritc an acquisition. 
It has received several Certificates of Merit, and is a plant that can 
be strongly recommended. 
Price 21s. each. 
PRIMULA INTERMEDIA. 
There is always a charm about pretty spring flowers, and this is a 
gem, and a perfectly hardy plant too ; it is a hybrid between Primulas 
ciliata and minima, the habit is robust and vigorous, and it blooms in 
the most profuse maimer, thi'owing strong trusses of flowers, on each of 
which is a very large number of pips. It is sweet-scented, and the 
colour a brilliant purplish-crimson or beautiful mauve, and is admirably 
adapted for spring garden decoration, whether planted in beds, clumps, 
or edgings. 
It reemved a First Class Certificate when exhibited at the Royal 
Botanic Gardens, Regent’s Park, last spring. 
The entire stock has been purchased from Mr. Thoh.^s Fuller, of 
Leeds. 
A weU-exccuted drawing of it, by Andrews, can be seen at my 
Establishment. 
Price 10s. 6if. each. 
PTERIS CRETICA SERRULATA variegata. 
An interesting variegated hybrid, intermediate between P. serrulata 
and P. cretioa albo-lineata, the fronds are pinnate, and prettily serrated, 
each pinnse banded down the centre with a white stripe, and instead 
of the spreading habit of the last named Fern, its growth is more rigid 
and compact. 
It has received various Certificates of Merit, and can be recommended 
for cultivation in a greenhouse. 
Price 10s. &d. each. 
