SELECT LIST OF NEW AND FADE STOVE PLANTS. 
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MIMOSA ARGENTEA. 
A pretty variegated species imported from Brazil, and one of the same section as that 
to which the ordinary Sensitive Plant belongs. It is of climbing habit with very slender, hairy 
stems and branches, furnished with elegant bipinnate leaves. Each leaf bears two, rarely three, 
pairs of spreading pinnte, each bearing about forty oblong leaflets, green at the tips and silvery grey 
on the basal half ; the under side of the leaflet is of a pinkish colour, as also are the young growths. 
This will be found a very neat and pretty climbing plant for the stove. 5«. 
NIDULARIUM INNOCENTII STRIATUM. 
This striking and ornamental Bromeliaceous plant has been imported from Brazil. It has bright 
green leaves from 8 to 12 inches long, most effectively striped or striated with a central white 
variegation, deepening off to a creamy-yellow, rendering it a most nharming and attractive decorative 
plant. The margins of the leaves are furnished with small spinose teeth. Vide illustration, page 12. 
69., ?9. 6d. and IO 9 . 6d. 
PLEROMA CANDIDA. 
A free-flowering Melastomaceous plant introduced from South Australia. It is of shrubby 
habit, well furnished with dark green ovate-lanceolate leaves, densely covered with soft 
silky hair, the five longitudinal veins very prominent on the under side. The flowers, 
which are borne in loose terminal heads, are individually about 1 J to IJ inch in diameter, the petals 
being of snowy whiteness. This will be found a desirable flowering plant for the warm 
conservatory or stove. 8s. 
RUBUS MOLUCCANUS (REFLEXUS). 
A free-growing ornamental climbing plant with five-lobod villose leaves, the middle lobe much 
extended. The leaf blades are greyish green, the central portions next the midrib and side ribs 
being dark olive green, producing a very effective variegation. 5s. 
SELAGINELLA WATSONI. 
A very pretty variegated Lycopod of compact plumose growth ; many of tho branchlets 
are creamy white, while the segments of others are prettily margined with tlie same colour. 
2s. 6d., 3s. 6d. and 5s. 
STAPELIA GIGANTEA. 
This remarkable plant was discovered in Zululand by the late Mr. R. W. Plant, and, unlike 
other species, is very easy of cultivation, succeeding admirably ui any stove where an abundance of 
heat can be afforded. The pale green fleshy growths arc terete and four-angled, the angles being 
furnished with small erect teeth . The flowers are of immense size, stellate in outline, full grown 
specimens attaining a diameter of 14 inches, the ground colour dull yellow closely barred with 
irregular short wavy lines of brownish red, the surface thickly clothed with soft reddish brown 
hairs. The corona is dark reddish purple, the middle lobe of the flower being produced into a 
small spur. 21s. 
TILLANDSIA LINDENIANA VERA. 
One of the most beautiful of the Bromeliads ; a native of Ecuador, of dwarf compact growth, 
with reoiu'ved olive-green leaves. The flower scape bears an ovate flattened spike of a bright rosy 
hue, from the bracts of which issue in succession the beautiful lilac-blue flowers, the contrast of 
which with the rose-coloured scape presents a most charming appearance. 5s., 7*. 5d. and 10s. 6d. 
VRIESIA PURPURASCENS. 
A richly coloured Bromeliaceous plant with deep purple sheathing leaves, each oblong lanceolate 
from a dilated base, the apex mucronate, the margins having numerous closely-set fine teeth. On 
the upper surface the leaves are a dark green, flu.shed with blackish purple, while the under sides 
expose a surface of a striking rich purple colour. Introduced from Brazil. 16s. and 21s. 
