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NEW, RARE AND DESIRABLE GREENHOUSE PLANTS, 
MARICA NORTHIANA. 
All Iiis-like iilaiit, a native ot Brazil. It has broad sword-sliaped leaves, and the flower stems, 
■wliieh are flattened and leaf-like, bear singularly handsome flowers, which consist of three ovate ivory 
white sepals, spotted with brown at the base, and three yellowish petals marked with rich brown in the 
lower parts, and white veined with blue at the recurved tips. The singular form and charming 
colouration never fail to attract attention to its beauty. 10s. 6d. 
MELALEUCA SQUAMEA, 3s. Qd. 
METROSIDEROS PLORIBUNDA, 2s. 6d. 
MIRBELIA PULCHBLLA, 3s. 6d. 
MITRARIA COCOINEA, 2s. dd. and 3s. 6d. 
MONOCBLETUM LEMONIANUM, 2s. Oif. and 
3s. Cd. 
SERICEUM MULTIFLORUM, 2s. Qd. 
and 3s. 6rf. 
MUSA BNSETE. 
This is the grand Banana of Abyssinia. In growth it is one of the most striking and noble of 
ornamental plants, and it is without doubt one of the most cfl'ective for summer out-door gardening. 
Its immense erect leaves attain a length of eight to ten feet, and are of a beautiful dark green, the midrib 
being bright crimson, forming an admirable and striking contrast. It attains altogetlicr an averago 
growth of twelve to liftcen feet in height. 7s. M. 
MUSA SUPERBA, vide page 56. 
MYRSIPHYLLUM ASPARAGOIDES, 2s. M. 
and 3s. dd. 
MYRTUS, of sorts. Is. Gd. and 2s. Gd. 
NERINE CORUSCA, 2s. Gd. 
MAJOR, 3s. Gd. 
EXCELLBNS, vide page 16. 
FLEXUOSA MAJOR, 3s. Gd. 
FOTHERGILLII, 3s. 6ff. 
MAJOR, 5s. 
ROSEA, 2s. Gd. 
VENUSTA, 3s. 6d. 
NERIUM, of sorts, 3s. Gd. 
OLEA FRAGRANS, 3.s. Gd. .and 5s. 
OPUNTIA MONACANTHA VARIEGATA, 
10s. Gd. 
ORCHIDS, of sorts, vide Inde.v 
OSBECKIA CRINITA, 5s. 
PALMS, of sorts, vide Inde.v 
PANCRATIUM COLLINUM, 3s. Gd. 
PASSIFLORA CAMPBELLII, 3s. Gd. 
CCERULEA GRANDIFLORA, 3s. Gd. 
EDULIS, 3s. Gd. 
IMPERATRICE EUGENIE, 3s. Gd. 
LOUDONI, 3s. Gd. 
ONYCHINA, 3s. Gd. 
and 10s. Gd. 
PASSIFLORA SERRATIFOLIA, 3s. Gd. 
of sorts, 2s. Gd., 3s. Gd. and 5s. 
PELARGONIUM, vide Inde.v 
PBNTLANDIA MINIATA, 3s. Gd. 
PETUNIA, vide Inde.\: 
PHALANGIUM ARGENTBO-LINBARE (AN- 
THBRICUM VARIEGATUM), 2s. Gd. 
and 3s. Gd. 
LINEARE ELEGANS, 5s. 
PHILESIA BUXIFOLIA, 7s. Gd. and 10s. Gd. 
PHCENOCOMA (APHELEXIS) PROLIFERA 
BARNBSII, 3s. Gd. and 5s. 
PHORMIUM ATROPURPUREUM, 10s. 6d. 
and 15s. 
COLENSOI VARIEGATUM, 10s. Gd., 
15.S. and 1 guinea 
NIGRO-PICTUM, 10s. Gd. and 15s. 
TENAX, 3s. Gd., 5s. and 7s. Gd. 
VARIEGATUM, 2 and 3 guineas. 
VEITCHII VARIEGATUM, 7s. Gd. 
and 10s. Off. 
PIMELEA DBCUSSATA, 2s. 6<7. and 3s. Od. 
HENDERSONI, 3s. Gd. and 5s. 
NIEPPERGIANA, 3s. Off. and 5s. 
SPECTABILIS, 3s. Gd. and 5s. 
PINCENECTICIA TUBERCULATA, 1 guinea. 
PITTOSPORUM CRASSIPOLIUM. 
■\ bushy growing plant, of erect branching habit, with light green leaves, which are tomentoso on 
tlic under surface ; the flowers are of a dark chocolate-purple colour, and are freely produced in nodding 
pednncled umbels ; it is a native of New Zealand. 7s. Gd. 
PITTOSPORUM EUGENIOIDES VARIE- 
GATUM, vide page 17. 
PLBCTRANTHUS FCETIDUS, 5s. 
PLEROMA ELEGANS, 3s. 6ff. 
SARMENTOSA, 2s. Off. and Ss. Gd. 
j PLUMBAGO CAPBNSIS, 2s. Off. and 3s. Off. 
I PODOCARPUS MACROPHYLLUS VARIE- 
GATUS, 7s. Off. 
POLYGALA CORDIFOLIA, 3s. Off. 
DALMAISIANA, 3s. Off. 
POLYGONATUM OPPOSITIFOLIUM. 
This species of Solomon’s .Seal is a fine herbaceous perennial from the Kha.sya Hills. Its white 
llowcr.5 are produced in axillary umbels of from three to ten ; they are nodding, tubulose, nearly an 
inch long ; it is of graceful growth, and a very desirable plant of half-hardy character, flowering in 
the winter months. 5s. 
