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NEW, RARE AND DESIRABLE HARDY PLANTS. 
This remarkable Japanese plant has a most peculiar appearance, the idea suggested by a group 
of it being that of a cluster of porcupine quills. The plant, which is a true Scirpus, throws up erect 
terete leaves, but these, instead of being green, are transversely banded with white and green, the 
colours beino - , in most cases, pretty evenly distributed ; sometimes the white preponderates, the 
surface being either wholly white, or the green bands being narrower and less conspicuous ; but m 
the best marked leaves the green and white portions occupy alternately nearly equal bands. 3 a. U. 
and 5s. 
