NEW PLANTS. 
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ODONTOGLOSSUM VEXILLARIUM RUBELIiUM. 
A Ijeautiful luituinn-hlooniing variety of 0. vexiUanu.ii, specially remarkable in two jweuliarities 
whicli it presents, namely, its habit of flowering in the late summer and autumn months, and its 
■eonstaney as to colour and markings ; for, whereas it is usual to find in this species a variety of forms 
■.lilfering in the tint, in the marking, and in the shape of the flowers, in this they all come (piitc 
uniform as to size, colour, and form. It has rounder, blunter, less elongated pscudobulbs, and 
broader leaves, .and the flowers are of a bright deep rose, the Up and petals being of the same hue, 
t he former marked with tluee crimson lines on the disc, which is covere.d with a blotch of lemon-yellow, 
the striping being the same in all the flowers which are produced. It has received a Fii-st Class Cct- 
tificate from the Floral Committee of the Iloyal Horticultural Society. For illustration, vide page 9. 
7 and 10 guineas. 
PANAX DISSECTUM. 
An evergreen stove plant of erect, branching habit ; the leaves are numerous, drooping, and 
bipinnate, having the obovatc cuneate often bilobed leallets very greatly varied in size and outline, 
all of them being furnished with long marginal teeth. This ]daiit, from its plumose character and 
.■legant habit, is exceedingly pretty for table decoration and other purposes where ornamental planta 
are reiiiiired. 1 guinea. 
PHALiBNOPSIS TETRASPIS. 
new species discovered in the East Indies by Lieut. -Colonel E. S. Uerkeley ; it is remarkably free- 
blooming, and bears rich panicles of delightfiilly-sccnted flowers, which are pure waxy-white, e.xcepting 
;i .slight blotuli on tlie inidcUo of each of the side laciiiiu? of the lip ; th§ plant is of free growth, witli 
ample bright green leaves. Price on application. 
PITTOSPORtTM EUGENIOIDES VARIEGATUM. 
\ slender greenhouse evergreen i>hint, with pretty variegatcnl foliage. It is of neat branching habit, 
wiC, blackish-purple stems and braiiehcs, which arc furnished with elliptic-oblong leaves two inches 
or more in length, of a pale green colour, bordered with white. 1 iitrodiiecd from New Zealand, 10s. 6d. 
PLEOPELTIS XIPHIAS. 
Vn iiiteresling stove Fern, ii.lrodueed from the .South Paeifie Isles. It has piniiately-veiiied simple 
fronds, ending in a .siid.lenly narrowed, loiigisb, tail-like cusp ; they arc of considerable size, and well 
fiiriiishcd. with soil ; firm, but not leathery, in texture, and avidied and soniewliat imdulateal at the 
i'dge, which is otherwise entire ; the venation is strongly marked and closely reticulated. lO.v. 6< . 
RHODODENDRON PINK BEAUTY. 
A remarkahly heaiitiful hybrid, producing immemso tr.isses of fine large flowers of a ^ 
viiik colour, witli long blush-white tube. This and the following liamlsome hybrid Jielong to the per- 
petual -hlooming section of greenhouse Rliododciidroiis. For illiistration, vide page /. 1 guinea. 
RHODODENDRON ROSY GEM. 
A charmingly attractive hybrid, producing large heads of loiig-t.ibed Howem of a riel, rose eoloiir. 
tlie edges of tlic segments deep pink, the exterior of the tube blusli-whitc. I Ins and the preceding 
will he found most desirable .aciiiisitioiis for the greeiilioiise. 1 guinea. 
SAURAUJA LANCEOLATA. 
\ stout free-growiiig stove plant, with large alternate leaves, which are ohlaiiceolate i.i outline, of 
a bright cheeiful green colour, and are marked regularly by iiun.eroiis depressed veins which cum 
outwards from the costa to the margin, which is armed by small still, spiny teeth. The Icavc.s h,m. 
a„ elegant appearance, on account of their cheerful green colour, ami their coiispieiioiis parallel 
livfli'^^cnt A'cnation. lO.v. 6#/. 
SCHISMATOGL.OTTIS LATIFOLIA. 
\ frce...rowing stove Arad ; the spreading leaf-hhide is ovate in outline, cordate at the base, bright 
oieeii, and marked with an irregular hand of grayish-green a short distance from the eosta, but fol ow- 
Tiig the direction of ll.e margin. The spatlies are wbitisli, but not very eomspienoiis. It has hem. 
introduced from tUe Kast Indies. *10s. 6rf. 
THRIXSPERMUM MURICULATUM. 
.V curious and iiiteresling Oreliid, iiitrodiieed from the A.idamaii Islands, in habit vesembling a 
Fhaheiiopsis, with llesbv, coriaceous, unequally bilobed, sliming leaves Ihe blaekish-brown mu .- 
cate pediincle bears whi'tisl.-oehre lloivers with purple bars, and a white, nearly eonieal lip, with 
brown ami purple spots. I’riec on iqiplication. 
