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NEW, RARE AND DESIRABLE STOVE PLANTS. 
HIBISCUS ROSA SINENSIS ZEBRINUS. 
A very distinct and handsome variety with double flowers, beautifully flaked and striped. The 
individual blossoms are about three and a half inches in breadth, and two and a half inches in depth ; 
the five outer petals scarlet edged with creamy yellow in the lower part. The staminal column is 
entirely petaloid, with numerous irregular tufts at the apex, of a creamy yellow colour, irregularly 
striped and flaked with scarlet. Both the form and marking of the flowers are very irregular and 
grotesque. 3s. 6 d. 
HIBISCUS ROSA SINENSIS MINIATUS SEMI-PLENUS. 
A remarkably showy plant, with brilliant semi-double flowers of a vermilion-scarlet colour, 
darker towards the base of the petals, which form an irregular undulated mass four inches across, 
from which the partially petaloid staminal column projects two inches. The flowers are remarkably 
handsome and attractive, the shape being wild, and abounding in fantastic.curves. 3s. 6 d. 
