NEW AND RARE STOVE PLANTS. 
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DIEFFENBACHIA GIGANTEA. 
Tho stem and loaf stalks of this species are prettily marked with green and white. This plant 
combines tho stem and foliage of D, liaraquiniana and D. ijrandis. 5a. and 7a. 6d. 
DIEFFENBACHIA aRANDIS, 2a. Gd. & 3«. 6(7. | DIEFFENBACHIA PICTA, 2s. Gd. 
DIEFFENBACHIA WEIRII. 
This has been introduced by tho Royal Hortioularal Society from South America, through their 
collector, "Mr. Weir, afDer whom it is named. It is of dwarf habit, the foliage of a bright green 
colour, thickly blotched and spotted with pale yellow. This is probably tho finest of all the 
Dieffenbachias, and can bo recommended as a very ornamental-foliagod stove plant. 7a. Gd,, 10s. 6d., 
and 15s. 
DIOSCOREA AN.fflCTOCHILDS, 3s. Gd. I DIOSCOREA DISCOLOR VARIEGATA, 
and 5s. I 2s. Gd. and 3s. Gd. 
DIPLADENIA (ECHITES) AMABILIS. 
A beautiful climber of neat habit, producing freely deep rosy crimson flowers of large size (4 to 
5 inches in diameter) and of exquisite beauty ; tiuo for exhibition purposes. 2s. Gd. and 3s. Gd. 
DIPLADENIA (ECHITES) AMCENA. 
This beautiful variety is a mest valuable acquisition amongst stove plants. Tho flowers are of a 
lovely pink colour suffused with rose, somewhat resembling JJ. aplendena, but in every respect a 
great improvement on that variety, being of superior form, tho lobes being stiff and round instead 
of reflexod and pointed. It is as free a bloomer as D. amahilia, and has better foliage than that 
variety. 1 guinea. 
DRAC/ENA FERREA VARIEGATA. 
This resembles D. ferrea in its habit, but the rich colouring of its foliage, which is variegated 
with bright rosy crimson, renders it one of the most beautiful decorative plants extant. 3.«. Gd. 
to 15«. 
DRAC.S1NA ARBOREA, 3s. Gd. and fls. 
„ COOPERI, 3s. Gd. to 16s. 
„ FERREA, 2s. Gd. and 3s. Gd. 
„ GRACILIS, os. and 7s. Gd. 
DRAC.ffiNA MARGIN ATA, 5s. and 7s. Gd. 
,, RDBRA, 2a. Gd. and 3s. Gd. 
„ STRICTA, 2s. Gd. and 3s. Gd. 
„ TERMINALIS, 2s. Gd. and 3s.6d. 
ECHITES RUBRO-VENOSA. 
Every one admired this gem at the great Exhibitions of Amsterdam and London, and every one 
affirmed that the admirable net-work which covers the leaves yields to nothing but the most brilliant 
Anooctoohili. This net-work is speckled with bright rod (sometimes a golden yellow), and stands 
out conspicuously from the emerald green ground. It is an admirable plant. 3s. Gd. and os. 
ENCEPHALARTOS GHELLINCKII (GRACILIS). 
This remarkably elegant greenhouse plant has been recently received from South Africa, and 
proves to be quite distinct from tho species already in cultivation. Tho fronds are erect, slender, 
3 to 4 foot long, and 6 inches broad in the widest part, linear-lanceolate in outline, pinnate, with 
the raohis rounded behind, and channelled on each side where the pinnae are set on. The pinnae 
are narrowly linear and mucronately pointed, set on at intervals of one-foui-th of an inch, convex on 
tho upper, concave on tho lower surface, woolly as is the raohis, with white cobwebby hairs while 
young, the hairs becoming at length straightened and appressed. The lower pinnm gradually 
diminish into short mucronate points. 
It has received a First Class Certificate from tho Floral Committeo of the Royal Horticultural 
Society. 1, I3, and 2 guineas. 
ENCEPHALARTOS VILLOSUS. 
An extremely ornamental plant, introduced from Africa, having long Palm-like loaves elegantly 
recurved, with narrow-toothed leaflets which are very prettily arched, about 7 inches long ; the 
stalks are thickly covered with a soft white downy substance. 2 guineas. 
