NEW, RARE AND DESIRABLE STOVE PLANTS. 30 
DIEFFENBACHIA LEOPOLDII. 
A noble Soutli American plant of lesplendcnt beauty. The leaves are oblong-ovate, of a rich deep 
lustrous satiny green, traversed by a broad and stout ivoiy-white rib, which i.s bordered on each side 
tiirough its entire length with a whitish band, and shows in strong contrast to the colour of the leaf 
surface, producing a marvellously fine pictorial effect. It is one of the most handsome of the Diefleu- 
bacUias yet introduced, and was one of the twelve New Plants with which Mr. W. 13. gained the First 
Prize at the Eoyal Horticultural Society's Show, held at Preston in 1878, and the First Prize at the 
International Horticultural Exhibition, held at Ghent in 1878. 7s. 6cl. and lO.'s. 6d. 
DIEFFENBACHIA LEOPOLDII. 
