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NEW, RARE AND DESIRABLE STOVE PLANTS. 
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DIEFFEMBACHIA SPLENDENS. 
A striking plant of great beauty, remarkable for the lustre of its colouring. The stem is faintly 
mottled with dark and light green. The leaves have a thick ivory-white mid-rib, and the ground 
colour is of a rich deep velvety bottle-green, with a resplendent lustrous surface, freely marked with 
whitish striated blotches, which stand out in striking contrast with the dark green ground colour. 
It is a remarkably fine and telling plant, imported from the United States of Colombia. This was 
one of the twelve New Plants with which Mr. W. B. gained the First Prize at the International 
Horticultural Exhibition held at Ghent. 7 s. 6 d. 
DIEFFENBACHIA SPLENDENS. 
