NEW, RARE AND DESIRABLE GREENHOUSE PLANTS. 
CD 
ARDUINA GRANDIPLORA. 
A pretty evergreen plant with deep green leaves. The ilowei-s grow at the end of the branches, and 
arc white and fragrant. It is a native of Natal, and therefore in winter retjuires a warm greenhouse. 
Tire fleshy fruits are ranch valued in Natal, where they are known as the Natal plum ; thej’ are of a 
dark violet hue when ripe, and have an agreeable sub-acid flavour. 7s. 6<i. 
ARIS.aiMA CONCINNUM, 7s. 6d. and 10s. 6d. \ ARIS.fflMA CURVATUM, 7s. 6d. and 10s. 6d. 
AR.UNDINAJRIA KHASIANA. 
An elegant Indian Bantboo, closely allied to A.falcaia, but dittbring in the violet coloirr of the stem 
and branches, and also in having the leaves quite smooth on the under surface. The flowers are 
produced in panicles, the short branches of whicli are densely imbricated. It has been found in tlie 
Khasia Mountains at an altitude of 5,800 feet, and also in .Vssam. 5s. 
ARUNDO DONAX VARIEGATA, 3s. 6d. and I ASPARAGUS DECUMBENS, 3s. Cd. and 5s. 
5s. 1 PALCATUS, 7s. 6d. 
ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS NANUS. 
An exceedingly graceful evergreen plant, very useful for all kinds of decorations, and from its ex- 
quisite beauty, piartioularly well-adapted for furnishing cut sjuays for intermixing with flowers; it is 
also charmingly elegant when grown in pots as a hxble plant. Mr. W. B. having imported a large 
-juantity from South Africa, is enabled to offer good pilants at 10s. (id., 15s. and 1 guinea. 
ASPARAGUS VIRGATUS. 
This remarkably elegant feathery-looking plant of fruticosc habit, has been recently introduced from 
tlic Cape of Good Hope. The stems, which issue from the crown of the stout fleshy roots, are of a 
<lark green colour, and bear at the upper end a corymbose head of erect branches, of which the lowest 
is the youngest or most recently developed. These branches are again twice branched, the ultimate 
branchlets being furnished with acieular eladodia, half an inch long, whioli grow usually in threes, 
'i'he berries are round, about as large as an early frame Pea. 7s. 6d. and 10s. Cd. 
AZALEA INDIOA. 
Good selections can be made by Mi*. ItVilliam Bull at 30s., 42s. and 00s. per dozen. 
New varieties, 5s., 7s. Orf. and 10s. Od. each. 
NEW AZALEAS. 
The two following' Azaleas will be found extremely useful for winter and early 
spring blooming. They belong to the aiiimna section, indeed they are varieties raised 
from that well-known kind ; they are both of neat and compact habit, and their 
flowers are produced in the greatest profusion, and being of small size are well 
adapted for bouquets and other purposes for which cut flower? are required. 
EMBLEM, the blossoms of this attractive variety are of a charming magenta-crimson colour, brightly 
spotted in the upper segments. The rich colour of the flowers makes it extremely desirable lor 
decoration during the winter, as. each ; six plants for 1 guinea. 
MARVEL, rose, slightly shaded with violet, and brightly spotted with carmine in the upper 
segments ; the anthers are frequently developed into small petaloid segments, giving the flowers a 
semi-double appearance. This variety received a First Class Certificate from the 1' loral Committee 
of the lloyal Horticultural Society. 5s. each ; six plants for 1 guinea. 
AZALEA BALSAMAEFLORA, new, vide 
page 70. 
BEGONIA, vide Index 
BERBERIDOPSIS CORALLINA, 3s. &d. and 6s. 
BIGNONIA CHERERE, 3s. 6d. and 5s. 
• EXCELSA, 7s. 6d. and 10s. 6d. 
GRANDIFLORA, 2s. 6d. and 3s. Cd. 
BIGNONIA JASMINOIDES ALBA MAGNA, 
3s. (id. and 5s. 
SPLENDID A, 2s. 6d.,Zs. 6d. and 5s. 
VENUSTA, 3s. 6d. and 5s. 
BLANFORDIA AURBA, 10s. 6rf. 
NOBILIS, 5s. and 7s. Gd. 
PRINCEPS, vide p.age 71. 
