NEW PLANTS. 
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LITOBROCHIA UNDULATA. 
A very handsome large-growing evergreen Stove Fern, from the Feejee Islands, related to Litobrochia 
Comans, but remarkably distinct and effective from the well-marked undulation of its fronds. It grows* 
3 ft. or upwards in height, and has a dark castaneous stipes and rachides, trianguLar or rather pentangular 
pinnate fronds, and lanceolate pinnae divided into oblong-ensiform acuminated and strongly undulated 
segments, which are connected .by a broad wing on each side the secondary rachis. The lower pinnae are 
dcorsely binnched and the upper ones are decussent, the uppermost pair being confluent with the tapering 
dccussent base of the terminal pinnae. Where the larger-growing Stove Ferns are prized, this novelty 
will be considered a welcome addition. 
Price IO 5 . 6ef. each. 
MUSS/ENDA LUTEOLA. 
A very pretty plant and one of imusual interest, as being first introduced into Europe by Captain 
Grant, the companion of the lamented Speke in liis daring exploration of the head-waters of the Nile. 
Captain Grant collected it in the rocky ravines of Gani and Hadi. It forms a neat-growing Stove Shrub, 
with leaves 1^ in. to 2 ins. long, the bract or floral leaves which accompany the flowers are white, calyx- 
tube nearly an inch long, flowers teiminally produced, yellow with bright orange centre. 
Price 15s. each. 
PASSIFLORA BIJOU. PA8SIFLORA MADONNA. 
KEEMESINA crossed witli PEINCEPS. PEINCEPS crossed with BHONAPAETE. 
These two Passifloras are hybrids raised by J. 0. Pickersgil], Esq., of Coulsdon. They partake inter- 
mediately of the characters of each of their parents, having a combination of their bright, distinct, and 
attractive colours, are very free bloomers, and, possessing All these good qualities, are useful climbers for 
the stove. 
Price 10s. 6d. each. 
PODOCARPUS MACROPHYLLUS VARIEGATUS. 
A handsome gi'cenhouse or conservatory evergreen Conifer, introduced from Japan, with linear 
leaves from two to three inches long by a quarter of an inch broad, very remarkable from being some- 
times white-striped, and sometimes wholly white, forming albino branches, contrasting strongly with 
the deep green of the rest of the plant. 
It is a striking and pretty decorative plant from the pure white and effective character of the 
variegation. 
Price 21s. each. 
POLYSTICHUM ORDINATUM. 
A remarkably fine evergreen hothouse or warm greenhouse Fern, native of Mexico and other parts 
of South Ameriea, and bearing sometimes the names of Aspidium Moritzianum and Aspidium crenatum. 
It grows three feet high or more, is of oblong-lanoeolate outline, and a dark green colour, and is 
bipinnately divided into linear oblong acuminate pinn® and trapezio-ovate-oblong auriculate pinnules, 
more or less ineised or serrated. It is a remarkably fine bold-looking species, and being evergreen, is 
extremely useful as a decorative plant. 
t Price 7s. 6d. each. 
RHODODENDRON THIBAUDIENSE. 
This is one of the Bhotan kinds, and combines the merits of ranty, beauty, and remarkable form. 
At first sight one would be apt to suppoSe that it might belong to the Correas, or rather to the Thibaudias 
the flowers having the same alabaster translucent lustre as that family, and a good deal of the form and 
colour of some of the species of the genus — hence its name. Its flowers are produced in terminal trusses, 
and are of a beautiful light red, except at the mouth of the corolla, which is pale yellowish gi-een, and 
the alabaster translucency of their texture adds greatly to their beauty. 
Having been collected nearly 10,000 feet above the level of the sea, it is a plant of somewhat hardy 
constitution and character, merely requiring the protection of a cool greenhouse. 
Price 10s. 6d. each. 
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