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NEW, EARE AND DESIRABLE STOVE PLANTS. 
DIEFFENBACHIA REGINA. 
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A very distinct and striking variety from South America. It has ohlong elliptic leaves, ■ 
which are rounded at the base, shortly acuminate and almost wholly covered with greenish-white, [ 
mottled with blotches of pale gi’een, and having a narrow margin, and a few streaky . 
markings of a deeper shade. The greater portion of the upper surface of the leaf-blade being of 
this pallid hue, with the few but distinct dark markings, the plant is very effective and well ■ 
entitled to be regarded as the Queen of the Dieffenbachias. This beautiful plant has frequently [ 
been shown in Mr. W. B.’s winning collections of New Plants. 5s,, 7.«. Gd. .and lO.v. Gd. • 
DIEFFENBACHIA TRIUMPHANS. ► 
A very desirable ornamental plant, from the United States of Colombia. The leaf-blades ► 
are subspreading, ovate -lanceolate, attenuately acuminate, dark green thickly covered with large L 
irregular blotches, of a yellowish-green, the variegation showing on both surfaces of the leaf. This t 
has been frequently shown in Mr. W. B.’s winning collections of New Plants. 7.''. Gd. f 
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BACHIA EEGINA. 
