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NEW, RARE AND DESIRABLE GREENHOUSE PLANTS. 
CYCAS REVOLUTA. 
This exceedingly handsome decorative plant can be supplied in various sizes ; small plants of it 
are pretty, but large specimens are extremely ornamental and well adapted for decorating either 
greenhouses or conservatories. It is known as the Chinese Sago Plant. 7s. 6 d., 10s. 6 d., 15s. and 
1 guinea ; fine specimens, 3, 4 and 6 guineas each. 
CYCLAMEN PERSICUM. 
Too much can scarcely be said in favour of the superb varieties of this plant, of which tlio old 
C. persicum is the type, whether they are regarded as objects for the ornamentation of the greenhouse 
or conservatory, or for table decoration, for which their compact floriferous character eminently fits 
them. The flowers are also extremely useful for bouquets, and when plucked, if kept in water, they 
will last in fresliness and beauty for some weeks. Plants full of buds and flowers can be supplied 
during the winter season, and are then charmingly pretty. 18s., 30s. and 42s. per dozen. 
CYCLAMEN persicum album, 2s. 6 d. and 3s. 6 d. 
PERSICUM rubrum, 2s. 6 d. and 3s. 6 d. 
OR.INDIPI.ORUM, 3s. 6 (7. and 5s. 
of various choice sorts, 3s. 6 d. and 5s. 
CYTISTJS filipes, 3s. 6 d. and 5s. 
racemosus, Is. and Is. 6 d. 
CYTISTJS racemosus Everestianus, 3s. 6(7. 
DAHLIA IMPERIALIS, 3s. 6<7. 
IMPERIALIS ALBA, 3s. Gel. 
ROSEA, 3s. 6 d. 
ARBOREA, 3s. 6 d. 
of sorts, vide Bedding Plants 
DAIS COTINIFOLIA. 
A pretty deciduous greenhouse shrub, native of South Africa. It has acute leaves, and broadish 
heads of flowers, which consist of a reddish four-leaved involucre outside, and numerous rosy lilac 
calyces, which have a slender tube about an inch long, and a spreading limb of five segments. 5s. 
DAPHNE indica rubra, 3s. 6d. and 5s. 
PAPYRACEA, 5s. 
DARLINGTONIA califobnica, 10s. 6 d. and 15s. 
DARWINIA, vide Genetyllis 
DASYLIRI0N glaucum, 1 guinea 
LONGIFOLIUM, 5 S. 
DESF0NTAINEA spinosa, 2s. 6 d. and 3s. 6 d. 
DEYEUXIA eleoans variegata, vide page 73 
DIANELLA INTERMEDIA. 
A free-growing plant, inhabiting the Fem-lands of the northern and middle Islands of New 
Zealand. It has liuear-ensiform leaves, and much branched panicles, ten to eighteen inches long, 
bearing numerous whitish flowers, which are succeeded by bunches of pretty dark blue berries. 
6s. and 7s. 6d. 
DIONiEA MUSCIPULA. 
(THE ELY-TRAP PLANT, OR VENUS’ FLY-TRAP.) 
One of the most wonderful illustrations of vegetable structure and design known among plants, 
the formation of its leaf organs being singularly adapted for entrapping insects. 2s. 6 d. and 3s. 6 d. 
D0RYANTHES excelsa, 10s. 6(7. | D0RYANTHES Palmeri, 3s. 6(7. and 5s. 
DRACASNA AUSTRALIS. 
This handsome ornamental plant is exceedingly useful for the decoration of the greenhouse or 
ionservatory, where its effective habit always imparts a tropical aspect to the house. It is also well 
adapted for the purposes of sub-tropical gardening, either in groups or as single specimens, where its 
graceful mode of growth is very effective. 3s. 6(7. to 10s. 6(7. ; fine plants, 15s., 1, 1^ and 2 guineas. 
DRACiENA AUSTRALIS LINEATA. 
An exceedingly handsome and ornamental plant, with fine broad foliage, gracefully recurving. 
It is strikingly effective for conservatory and greenhouse decoration. 10s. 6(7., 15s. and 1 guinea. 
DRAC2ENA australis Veitchii, 7s. 6(7., 10s. 6</., I DRACiENA arborea, 3s. 6(7. and 5s. 
15s. and 1 guinea | DRACOPHYLLUM gracile, 3s. 6(7. and 5s. 
DRACiENA M AD AGASC ARIEN SIS. 
This is a distinct type of Dracaena from Madagascar. It is of graceful habit, having long 
naiTOw arching green leaves, terminating iu a long narrow jioint. A free-growing decorative species. 
5s. and 7s. 6(7. 
DR0SERA capensis, 7s. 6(7. 
DicnoioMA, 5s. 
rubra, 1 guinea 
BPATHULATA, 5 S. 
ECHEVERIA, of sorts, vide Index 
EL7E0CARPUS reticulatus (dentatus), 5s. and 
- 7s. 6(7. 
ENCEPHALARTOS, of sorts, vide Index. 
EPACRIS ONOSMiEFLORA FL0RE-PLEN0 ALBA. 
A most beautiful flowering plant from Australia, producing pretty double blush- white blossoms ; 
with the interior not quite covering up the original corolla lobes, which causes them to look something 
like guard petals surrounding the inner petals. The plant is a charming acquisition, and was 
awarded a First Class Certificate by the Floral Committee of the Royal Horticultural Society. 
10>. 6(7., 15s. and 1 guinea. 
