NEW PLANTS. 
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PANDANUS ORNATUS. 
A handsome oi'namental plant with bright gi'eeu foliage, thickly set on the margins with white 
spines, which give it a distinctive pleasing feature. 
Price 31s. 6(f. and 42s. each, 
PANDANUS PORTEANUS. 
A graceful plant introduced from the Philippines ; its foliage is of a dark green colour, which is 
relieved by a rich glaucous hue peiwading throughout. 
It received a First Class Certificate at the last Exhibition of the Eoyal Botanic Society. 
Price 31s. &d. each. 
PASSIFLORA MACROCARPA. 
A free-growing climber introduced from the Rio Negro ; the blossoms are very large, white and 
purple, but it possesses the remarkable feature of giving fruit, each weighing about eight pounds. It 
requires stove cultivation. 
Price 21s. each. 
PEPEROMIA ARGYREA. 
This pretty ornamental stove plant has been introduced from Brazil, and is the handsomest 
species rvith which we are acquainted. It is of easy cultivation, with ovate cordate leaves of 
wax-like character, and gi'cat substance, bright green ribs or veins with the intervening spaces white, 
giving the impression of burnished or frosted silver. 
It has been awarded a First Class Certificate by the Floral Committee of the Eoyal Horticultural 
Society. 
Price 10s. 6d. and 15s. each. 
PEPEROMIA ARIFOLIA. 
This exquisite little variegated plant has been introduced by the Eoyal Horticultural Society, by 
their collector, Mr. Weir, from South America. Its leaves are thick and wax-like, bright green with 
white variegation, easily cultivated, and as a small growing stove plant quite an acquisition. 
It has received several Certificates of Merit, and is a plant that can be strongly recommended. 
Price 7s. 6(7. and 10s. 6(7. each. 
PEPEROMIA MACULOSA. 
The leaves of this plant are of great substance, bright glossy green, footstalks richly spotted with 
purple. 
Price 3s. 6(7. each, 
PHEGOPTERIS SANCTA. 
A very neat growing stove Fern of dwarf habit, with bipinnate fronds of narrow outline, a most 
elegant, easily cultivated little plant. 
Price 5s. each. 
PITCAIRNEA TABUL-ffiFORMIS. 
This very distinct species was sent to Europe by M. Ghiesbreght, who discovered it in Cbiapa, 
in the province of Mexico. The leaves are regularly produced one above the other, and so closely as 
to give an almost flat or tabular character, especially when of largo size. The flowers are produced 
from the centre in a dense spike, and are of a deep orange colour, which contrasts prettily with its 
light green foliage. It requires stove treatment. 
The remarkable growth and appearance of the plant render it a curious and attractive object. 
It has been figured in the Floral Mac/azinc for Inly, 1866. 
Priee 5s. and 7s. 6(7. each. 
