NKW, RARE AND DESIRABLE STOVE PLANTS. 
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NEW, RARE AND DESIRABLE STOVE 
PLANTS. 
ACACIA SPH^ROCEPHALA. 
Tills rciimikiible Acacia has haiidsoiuc bipiiinatc leaves with muueiou.s close-set liiieac falcate 
liiuiiulc.s, most of them tipped hy a glandular yellow “ food-hody, " which serves for the sustentation 
of ants ; at the base of each leaf is produced a pair of short hovn-like thorns ; these spines are 
hollow, and, in its native country. Tropical America, they arc inhabited by ants, and at certain seasons 
hundreds of them may be seen moving about over the young leaves, passing in and out through an 
aperture made at the base of the spine. The ants form a standing army for the tree, and not only 
prevent cattle, &c., from browsing on it, but also protect it from the ravages of the leaf-cutting ants, 
.So serious is the latter danger that the tree is actually unable to exist without its guards. lO.v. 6d. 
ACALYPHA ILLUSTBATA, 2.1. 6rf. anil 3s. 6d. i 
MACAFEEANA, 2s. 6d. and 3s. 6d. j 
MACROPHYLLA, 2s. 6d. and 3s. 6d. { 
MARGIN ATA, 2.i. 6d. and 3s. id. 
MUSAICA. 2s. 6d. and 3s. 6d. 
ACANTHUS MONTANUS, 3s. tid. , 
ACHIMENES, vide Index. I 
ADANSONIA DIGITATA, 10s. 6d. ' 
JECHMEA AMAZONICA, 7s. 6d. I 
DISCOLOR, side Lamprococcus discolor. i 
FULGENS, vide Lamprococcus fulgens. i 
MINIATA, vide Lamprococcus iniuiata. i 
PANICULIGERA, vide page 13. 
VEITCHII, vide Chevalliera Veitebii. 
WEILBACHI, Vide Lamprococcus Weilbachi 
dSSCHYNANTHUS, of sorts, 2s. 6d. and 3s. 6d. 
AGLAONEMA PICTUM GRACILE, ride 
page 13. 
ALLAMANDA CATHARTICA, 3s. «d. 
CHELSONI, 3s. 6d. 
GRANDIFLORA, fM, 
HENDERSONI, 3,i. tid. 
■ NERIIFOLIA, 3s. 6d. 
NOBILIS, 3s. 6d. 
SCHOTTII, 3s. 6d. 
ALOCASIA AMABILIS, .'".i. 
GIG AN TEA, 5s. 
HYBRIDA, 10s. 6d. 
ILLUSTRIS, 5s. 
INTERMEDIA, 7s. 6d. 
JENNINGSII, 2s. 6d. 
LOWII, 3s. 6d. and 5s. 
ALOCASIA JOHNSTONI. 
A most remarkable Arad, which has been introduced from the Solomon Islands in the Paidtic Ocean. 
The leaf-stalks are furnished at intervals with irregular whorls of stilf spines, the points of which are 
turned upwards, the stem itself being darkly mottled, and having flesh-coloured bands just above the 
spines ; the leaf- blade is scmi-ercct, arrow-shaped, peltately attached, the front lobe being about twelve 
inches long, and the two back lobes fourteen inches long and divergent, olive-green, prettily variegatcil 
and strikingly veined with bright rosy red. This plant, from its distinct character and the coloured 
venation of the leaves is altogether uniipie and very attractive. This was one of tlie twelve New 
Plants with which Mr. 'William Bull gained the First Prize at the International Horticultural Exhibi- 
tion, held at Carlisle in September, 1877. 10s. 6d., 15s. and 1 guinea. 
ALOCASIA MACRORRHIZA VARIEGATA, 
5«. 
MARSHALLII, 3s. 6d. 
METALLICA, 3s. 6d. and 5s. 
THIBAUTIANA, IJ guinea 
ZEBRINA, 7s. 6d. and 10s. 6d. 
ALPINIA VITTATA, 3.1. 6d!. and 5s. 
AMARYLLIS ACHIEVEMENT, 7s. 6d. 
ACHILLES. 10s. 6d. 
ACKERMANNI PULCHERRIMA, 1 
and IJ guinea. 
AMAZON, 10s. 6d. 
AMBASSADOR, 7s. 6d. 
ARIADNE, 10s. Cd. 
ASPASIA-, 5s. 
AULICA SUPERBA, 6s. and 7s. 6d. 
AMARYLLIS BARON, ns. 
CERBERUS. 10s. 6d. 
COMMANDER, 7s. 6i!. 
COQUETTE, 5.1. 
I CORSAIR, 10s. 6d. 
COUNTESS, 10s. 6d. 
CYRUS, 10s. 6d. 
DIADEM, 15s. 
; ELECTBA, 1 guinea 
EMMELINE. 7s. 6d. 
' EUROPA, 1 guinea 
! EUTERPE, 15s. 
! FIGARO. 7s. Cd. 
; FOBMOSISSIMA {Jaeohxa Liiy), M. 
; GENERAL, 1 guinea 
: HENDERSONI, 10s. 6d. and 15s. 
