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represented by Adiantum robustum, a splendid strong-growing kind of fine foliage ; 
Lnslrea erythrosora, a hardy and pretty species from J apan ; Odontosoria tonuifolia 
stricta, differing from the noniial condition of the plant in having stiff upright 
foliage; Oiihioglossum palmatum, a very handsome species introduced in dried 
specimens, it is said by one of the best authorities on the subject, two hundred years 
ago, but of which the only living example is that which Mr. Bull has ; a very beau- 
tiful Aspleniura called myriophyllum, which will make a companion plant to Todca 
suporba ; and a fine Aspidium, not yet named, from Para. 
“ Of fine-foliagod plants, suitable perhaps for sub-tropical gardening, such as Mr. 
Gibson has so successfully carried out at Battersea, there were some plants which 
will make a figure I fancy by-and-by. These were two Solanums of great size, 
and indeed of great names — one of them, at least, for it was called S. pyracanthum 
horridum auroum ! deep golden-yellow spines ; and Solanum crinitum, of which the 
leaves -were 2 feet long by, in their widest part, tho same width ; this had white 
spines, but both promised to rival the Wigandias, Ferdinandas, and other plants of 
similar character now used. Of those which might be more correctly designated 
as stove plants there were some fine things. Thus there was Saurauja sarapigiensis, 
with a broad Spbrnrogyne-like leaf, the leaves measuring 19 inches long by 8 wide; 
the mid-rib being of a bright carmine, and the rest of a lighter shade of the same 
colour ; when well grown this will bo a noble-looking plant. Of a somewhat similar 
character was Sphserogyno cinnamomea, of which the stem, ribs, and under surface 
of the leaves were of a bright cinnamon colour. There were also a fine Cupania 
“ undiJata,” of graceful pendant habit, and a new species of Leea, of a beautiful 
drooping habit also. Pandanus, which has so many ornamental species already, was 
represented by Pandanus Lennmi, somewhat like elegantissima, but with white 
‘spines ; and curiously enough the spines in the mid-rib turn downwards while those 
on the edge turn upwards. AVith this there was Pandanus ornata, a fine delicate leaf 
with white spines, a sweetly pretty variety. And what shall we say to a bright sky- 
blue AmaiyUis ? This 1 did not see in fiower ; but in Imperatrice do Brazils, Mr. Bull 
possesses such a glorious subject ! Its flowers are said to equal in size Ackermanni 
and others of the same character, and to be a genuine bright blue. 
“ I ought to mention, too, a plant which will be interesting to many from tho 
associations connected with it — Salvadora persica, the Mustard Tree of Scripture, 
and which Mr. Bull has already announced for distribution. Allamanda Honder- 
sonii, said to be the very finest of its class, is also here in Jlr. Bull’s possession, and 
promises to be a great favourite. 
And now, as ladies are said to reserve the pith of their letters for the postscript, so 
have I reserved to the last mention of a very curious, and, as far as I could judge, a 
very beautiful tribe entirely new to us— viz., some new Urospathas from South 
America. They belong to the Aroidia:, the leaves having somewhat of the curious 
winged character wo see in some of the members of that family, but still more 
fantastic. They differ from Alocasias in two very important particulars — instead of 
having bulbous roots, they have long creeping rhizomes like some of the creeping 
Perns, and instead of being deciduous, they preserve their foliage all the winter — a 
very decided advantage. Then this foliage is marked in a most beautifrd and 
singular manner. In some there is a red ground netted all over with green, others 
