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NEW AND CHOICE BEDDING PLANTS. 
HYBRID FUCHSIAS. 
CliOTH OF OOXiD, a very useful and effeotive plant, with leaves margined with golden yellow; 
the Qowers are similar to those of F. Souvenir de ChUnneh, irom which variety it is a sport. Is. 
GOIjDFN fleece, an extra fine bedding variety, of dwarf and compact habit, with golden 
yellow foliage ; vide page 151. 
GKACILIS VARIEGATA, an elegant variety of good habit, with small leaves broadly margined 
with white. Is. Gd. 
PtTMILA, a beautiful little gem, of dense compact habit, giving a profusion of pendent rich glossy 
crimson bell-shaped blossoms ; it is well adapted for edgings and small beds. Is. and Is. Gd. 
REGALIA, an exceedingly attractive variety with beautiful golden leaves, shaded with bronze, 
and distinctly veined with bright crimson ; the flowers are well formed ; tube and sepals rich 
crimson ; corolla deep purple. 
This variety will be highly esteemed as a bedding plant, and its distinct foliage makes it a most 
desirable and conspicuous object for the greenhouse or conservatory. Is. Gd. 
NEW AND CHOICE BEDDING PLANTS. 
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ABUTILON THOMPSONI. 
A distinct and pretty variegated foliage shrub, of a neat erect habit, with small vine or maple- 
like leaves, uniformly mottled or marbled with pale and deep yellow ; a useful and extremely efleo- 
tive plant, from its striking variegation, which, when fully exposed in the open air, is developed to 
great advantage. Is. and Is. Gd. 
AGERATUM IMPERIAL DWARF. 
This is a useful bedding plant, with flowers of a cheerful azure blue, throwing a dense mass of 
blossom throughout the summer, averaging the height of six inches, free, healthy, and vigorous in 
growth, and easy of propagation. Is. each j 9s. per dozen. 
ALOPECURUS PRATENSIS AUREO-VARIEGATUS. 
All exceodingly elegant form of variegated grass of an effective character. It is a hardy 
perennial, Laving the leaves streaked and margined with golden yellow, which gives to the herbage 
a distinct golden tinge, such as may be seen from a distance. It is a useful and picturesque 
edging plant for beds and borders in arrangements where the yellow tint is required. I 5 . each ; 
9^. per doz. 
ALTERNANTHERA AMABILIS TRICOLOR. 
This is an erect-growing but much-branched variety, and like its congeners, is very useful for 
carpet bedding. The leaves are broadly ovate, glabrous, of a dark green ground colour, with vivid 
rose centre, traversed by purple veins, with an irregular band of orange yellow intervening. 3«. Od. 
ALTERNANTHERAS. 
AMABILIS, lx. each ; 9«. per doz. 
„ LATIFOLIA, 3s. Gd. 
AMCENA, Is. each ; 9s. per doz. 
MAGNIFICA, Is. each ; 9s. per doz. 
FARONYCHIOIDES, Od. each ; 6s. per doz. 
SPATHULATA, 9d. each ; 6s. per doz. 
VERSICOLOR (TELEIANTHERA), 9(i. 
each ; 6s. per doz. 
These are small-growing pretty little variegated plants from Brazil, adapted for planting out in 
Bummer, and "especially suitable for small beds, edgings, &c. ; they are variously and brightly 
coloured — crimson, pink, amber, red, and chocolate brown. 
AUBRIETIA PURPUREA VARIEGATA. 
This remarkable and highly interesting plant is a well-defined variegated form of the well- 
known Auhnetia purpurea* Qd, each ; 4s. per doz. 
BOUVARDIA LEIANTHA COMPACTA. 
A splendid variety, of robust habit and very compact growth, producing immense trusses of rich 
bright scarlet flowers ; a capital plant for pot culture. Is. 
CALADITim ESCULENTinu:,ls.6d.and2s.6(f. 1 CALADIUM ODORATUM, 5s. 
