NEW ^.LA^:TS. 
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LASTEEA JENMANI. 
Tills Fom has been introduccci from Jamaica. The stipes is erect, stout and scaly, the frond 
about two feet long and nine or twelve inches wide, covered with dense minute pellucid dots ; the 
pinnie are numerous, the lower ones much reduced, the larger ones six inches long and an inch wide, 
cut down nearly to the rachis, into blunt slightly crenulatc segments. Is. Gd. 
MARANTA ICONIFERA. 
A handsome decorative species with foliage of a highly oniate character. The leaf blades, 
which arc about six inches long, arc obliquely ovate, the portion on one side of the costa being 
nearly double the width on tlie other ; the colour is a yellowish green, marked on each side of the 
mid-rib with oblong deep gi'cen blotches, ja'oducing the appearance of a pinnate fern frond on tlie 
paler yellowish surface of the leaf. It has been introduced from Brazil. 1 Os. Gd. 
NEPHTHYTIS PICTURATA. 
A very distinct and ornamental stove Aioid from the Congo, remarkable for the handsome 
variegated character of its foliage. The ])lant is .stemlcss, with terete green petioh.s growing about 
a foot high, and broadly ovate-hastate leaves, which are abruptly pointed at the apex ; the colom is 
bright green with a silvei'y- white variegatioii between the nerves. This variegation is peculiar and 
quite unique in character, forming a pattern resembling in outline the tips of fern fronds laid 
between the nerves, with theu- points all dii’ccted towards the base of the leaf. For illustration, vid( 
page 4. 21s. 
PANCRATIUM GUIANENSIS. 
A vei-y distinct species introduced from British Guiana, producing its elegant flowers in 
handsome clusters on erect scapes. The blossoms are pure white, the narrow segments being 
drooping and most prettily on-led and twisted, presenting an a.spect of the most charming description. 
The corona is trumpet shaped, the filaments which proceed from it being bright green, and fin-nished 
with bright yellow anthers. For illustration, vide l>age .5. 10.«. Gd. 
POTHOS ARGENTEUS. 
An attractive variegated Araceous plant of climbing habit, imported from Borneo. The leaves 
are ovate-acuminate, imequal-sided and of finti texture, nearly the whole of tlie upper siu-face being 
of a shining silvery grey colour, the (effect being greatly enhanced by an irregular band of deep 
green extending nearly the whole length of the mid-rib, the leaves being also margined in an irregular 
manner with the same coloiu-. It is one of the showiest species of the genus and free in growth, the 
plant being well adapted for covering walls in stoves, to which it clings by means of its adventitious 
roots. 10.V. Gd. 
POTHOS NITENS. 
A distinct looking stove jdant, with climbing terete stems which hold f.ast to .any surface with 
which they come in contact by means of their adventitious roots. The leaves are ovate aeute, 
slightly and imequally cordate at the base, of a dark shining bronzy-pmplish green. This will 
prove an effective and attractive species for covering the walls and trellises in our stoves. It has 
been imported from the Eastern Ai-chipelago. 10.s. Gd. 
PTERIS TREMULA GRANDICEPS. 
This handsome greenhouse Fem, which iswell adapted to become a very useful one for decorative 
piu-poses, is a hybrid between rterh Ircmnla and P. scvritlaia crinlata. The plant forms a dense 
tuft of evergreen fronds of an elegant semi-dependent character, an .appearance which is chiefly 
induced by the graceful manner in which the ends of the fronds and pinmdes are crested and tasselled. 
The apex of the fronds is divided into a crest made up of four or five principal divisions and ntunerous 
multifurcations, the pinnee and pinnules also terminating in nsin-ow apices. The crests are flattish 
and fimbriately tasselled. The plant is free in growtli, and of most attractive appearance. 10s. Gd. 
RHODODENDRON ALBESCENS. 
An extremely handsome sweet-scented greenhouse variety, producing very large and beautiful 
gbstening white flowers, slightly undulated on the margins, the uitper segments being marked at the 
base with siUphur yellow. The plants are very free in gTOwtli, .short jointed and of compact habit, 
the foliage being neat and glabrous ; the under-surface of the leaves is of a silvery white. 7.v. Gd. 
RHODODENDRON GRAVEOLENS. 
A very dwaif and exceptionally free flowering hybrid, rai.sed between di. Sestcriamim and 2i. 
avsamicuni. Its flowers are intermediate in size between those of the parents, pure white and most 
deliciously fragrant. From the free blooming qualities of this hybrid — even very small ^ planks 
producing a truss of flower — and the good habit of the plant, it is a useful and desirable addition to 
the greenliouse Rhododendrons. 7«. Gd. 
