CALADIUMS— NEW BEGONIAS— NEW AUCUBAS, 
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CALADIUIS. 
Mr. William Bull’s selection of 12 varieties 
AFFINE. 
AMABILE. 
AEGYRITES. 
BARRAQUINI. 
BELLEYMEI. 
BICOLOR SPLBNDENS. 
OANN.ffiRTI. 
CHANTINI. 
„ FOLGENS. 
DEVOSIANUM, 
DUO DE MORNY. 
DUO DE NASSAU. 
ENKII. 
FORMOSUM. 
G.SRDTII. 
HAAGEANUM. 
HOULETTI. 
LAMARTINE, 
LEMAIREANUM. 
LOWI. 
MACROPHYLLUM. 
MADAME ANDRIEUX, 
„ HOULETT. 
MAGNIFIOUM. — This variety 
has been introduced from Para. 
Bright green leaves spotted with 
white, as in C. Mirabile; mid- 
rib and veins red, central por- 
tion of the leaf and traversing 
of the veins lightly stained, 
10s. 6d. 
MARMORATUM. 
.18s., 80s., 42s., and 60s. 
MARTERSTYGINNUM. 
MIRABILE. 
PALLIDINERVUM. 
REGALE. 
REICHENBACHII. 
RUBRO-VENIA. 
SOHMIDTZI. 
„ VIRIDE. 
SPLENDISSIMA. 
TESTONI. 
THELEMANNI. 
TROUBETZKOI. 
VANDEN HECKEI. 
VEITOHI. 
WALLISI. 
WIGHTII. 
mw BE&onis. 
The following arc very elegant, and beautifully variegated. 
Price 3s. Od. each. 
AMABILIS. 
ELEGANS. 
EXIMIA. 
• , MAGNIFICA. 
j MIRABILIS. 
I PIOTURATA. 
BEGONIA EREOTA MULTIFLORA, 
SPECIOSA. 
SPECTABILIS. 
SPLENDENS. 
A pretty erect-growing variety, with ornamental foliage, but principally remarkable for its extremely 
floriferous character, the flowers bright 'pink, 3s. Od. 
mW AUCTJBAS. 
These new hardy evergreen shrubs are most desirable novelties ; indeed, they may be looked upon 
as thefmost permanently useful introductions of modem times. Many have been the novelties recently 
added to our selections from Japan, but for durable importance none of them come up to these plants, 
and for this reason : the common Aucuba is a shrub that grows and thrives better in towns and cities 
than any other evergreen ; it thrives vigorously where everytliing else dies, as some of the gardens of 
London can testify. To us, however, it has hitherto been a fruitless shrab, but now we have the male 
form of this plant, and as soon as it becomes efSciently circulated all the Aucubas will be covered with 
large bunches of berries about four times the size of those of the common Holly, and of the brightest 
glossy red colour ; this can now be seen, at present in perfection, at my Establishment, as well as the 
male and female plants hereafter named. 
Nothing in the way of hardy evergreen shrubs will at all compare with Aucubas when laden with 
their coral-like red berries. 
As some little misunderstanding exists about Aucubas, perhaps it may be as well to state that the 
Aucuba is a diceoious plant, that is to say, some of its individuals produce only male, and others only 
female flowers ; and that some eighty years ago the ordinary Aucuba was introduced from Japan 
but the plant or plants so introduced happened to be females; by propagation the whole stock in 
Europe sprang from the original introduction, and Japan from that time bein^ a sealed country, the 
male plant could not be obtained. To the celebrated Chinese and Japanese traveller and collector, 
Mr. Robert Fortune, is due the merit of introducing the first male plants with which we are acquainted. 
Lately, however, there have been several most important and distinct varieties introduced by Dr. Van 
Siebold, including male and female kinds, with plain green unspotted leaves ; also others in both sexes, 
having blotched and variegated foliage. 
