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NEW ACHIMENES — NEW AND CHOICE GLOXINIAS. 
NEW ACHIMENES— Continued. 
OBERON, bright blue, upper portion of the eye purple, white centre. 5s. 
PINK PERFECTION, flowers very large, colour magenta rose, the upper part of the eyo rich 
carmine, the under, lobes beautifully rayed with violet. 3s. Gd. 
PURPUREA ELEGANS, deep mulberry or claret colour, throat light orange, with dark spots, 
quite distinct. Is. Gd. 
RAPHAEL, fine rose colour, very free bloomer. 6s. 
RIVAL, deep puce, excellent habit and profuse bloomer, os. 
ROLLISSONI, a hybrid between A. C.ltiri/t i&j'oUu. and A. Sheer/, flowers very large, blue, with 
light throat prettily spotted. 2s. Gd. 
SCARLET PERFECTION, rich carmine scarlot, orange eye, surrounded with a light ray, 
red centre ; a desirable variety. Is. Gd. 
SPARKLER, rich deep scarlet, dwarf compact habit, extra fine. 5s. 
STELLA, flowers 2J inches across, clear magenta, orange eye, spotted with carmine, nicely 
serrated, distinct and beautiful. 6s. 
VENUS, white, with the eye shaded with purplish crimson. 5s. 
VIVICANS, carmine, with crimson eyo, shaded round with a blue ray, very distinct. Is. Gd. 
Selections of other well-known good sorts can he made from Mr. W. B.’s general collection, 
at 12s. and 18s. per dozen. 
ACHIMENES (CYRTODEIRA) METALLICA. 
Introduced from South America. It has bright scarlet flowers, and large, thick, ovate leaves, 
hirsute, and of an olive hue, with red central baud radiating from the mid- rib, giving the leaves a 
metallio character j it is of trailing habit, and well adapted for suspended baskets. 
Price 3s. Gd. each. 
NEW AND CHOICE GLOXINIAS. 
Those marked thus (*) have erect flowers. 
ACME, blue lobes, edged and prettily marked with white, violet throat. 2s. Gd. 
“ACTON GREEN, lobes a pinkish blue, shaded with white and veined with violot, white throat, 
spotted at the top. 6s. 
“AD ALIA, white tube, plum coloured lobes, shaded with rose. 3s. Gd. 
“ALSACE, rose, shaded with bright crimson, violet mouth. 3s. Gd. 
’ AMBROISE, white tube, soft pink lobes, shaded with carmine and marked with white, pure white 
throat. 3s. Gd. 
•ANNEAU COBALT, white, with band of dark blue. 3s. Gd. 
BEAUTY, bright bluo lobes, encircled with purple, white throat. 2s. Gd. 
“BELLE DE MEULAN, white tube and throat, purple violet lobes. 6s. 
BERESFORD, bright rose, mouth surrounded with dark crimson and encircled with plum. 
3s. Gd. 
BERGERONNETTE, upper part of the flower Hue rose, the three lower lobes pure white. 5s. 
“BRILLIANT, bright crimson, the lobes margined with rose, rich violet throat. 2s. Gd. 
“CABELLO, crimson lobes, margined with rose, violet mouth, white tube. 3s. Gd. 
“CARLTON, bright blue, shaded with purple, white mouth and throat. 3s. Gd. 
CAVENDISH, lavender, the under lobes and throat pure white ; very distinct. 3s. Gd. 
“CEINTURE D'HEBE, lobes white, ribboned with lilac, and edged with white, throat cream 
colour. 5s. 
“CELESTIAL, rose lobes, throat encircled with deep violet, base of the tube white, spotted with 
brown. 2s. Gd. 
CERISE VIOLET, blue, shaded with violet. 3s. Gd. 
“CORDON CELESTE, white, with light blue band. 3s. Gd. 
CORDON LAVANDE, beautiful creamy white, vory delicate, with a ribbon of lavender, 5s. 
CREME ET VIOLET, white tube and rich violet. 3s. Gd. 
“ECARLATE ET LILAS, white, margined with flesh. 3s. Gd. 
•EMERAUDE, flesh colour, spreading in well-defined pink zones to tho lobes, which are of a clear 
lilac veined with red, throat boautifully spotted. 5s. 
