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NEW PLANTS. 
FICUS RADICANS VARIEGATA. 
This charming and effective variety of Fteus radicans is without doubt destined to become “ a 
plant for everyone,” its easy culture, effective variegation and regular growtli making it one of the 
best ornamental variegated plants ever sent out. The elegant appearance of this pretty plant and 
its effective variegation is most striking, the leaves being freely and irregularly margined with .white, 
the variegation sometimes extending to nearly the entire leaf, some of the young shoots and leaves 
being wholly white. As a variegated plant for a hanging pot or vase it cannot be excelled, while 
its bright and cheerful variegation will commend it to everyone as an ideal plant for the margins of 
stages and growing as single plants round sticks or on a trellis It was unanimously awarde<l a 
First Class Certificate by the Floral Committee of the Royal Horticultural Society. )'ide illustration, 
page 1. 16.S. each, two plants for 21*. Extra sized plants, 21». each. Plants will be sent out for the 
first time in September next. 
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KENTIA CONCINNA. 
A compact-growing Palm imported from Brazil. In the young state the pinnate leaves have 
four to five pairs of leaflets, the terminal pair being much the broadest, each leaflet terminating in a 
premorse manner. The petioles are covered with a f\iligiuous rufescence, the curving of the leaves 
giving the plant a most graceful appearance. 15*. and 21*. 
KENTIA ORNATA. 
An elegant and free-growing Palm, the pinnate leaves arching in a most graceful manner. The 
lower pinnae are narrow, terminating in an irregular manner, the margin of the upper half of the 
leaf-blade extending into a long acute point. The petioles are sheathing at the base and furfuraceous. 
15.». and 21s. 
MARANTA (CALATHEA) PICTA. 
A mostjornamental and distinct species introduced from Brazil. It is of compact growth, the 
blade of the leaf broadly lanceolate acuminate, wavy at the margin, of a rich velvety deep green 
colour, strikingly ornamented with a central variegation of yellowish green, the colour extending 
along the upper side of each principal vein nearly half way across the leaf blade, thence decreasing 
in a premorse manner to the base of the next vein, the variegation nearly resembling in outline the 
tail of some fishes. The underside of the leaf is of a deep claret colour. This pretty and desirable 
plant has received an Award of Merit from the Floral Committee of the Royal Horticultural 
Society, ride illustration, page 4. 21.«. and 31*. 6rf. 
MIMOSA ^RGENTEA. 
This pretty variegated species has been impoi-tcd from Brazil, and is 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 pinnae, each bearing about forty oblong leaflets,' green at the tips and silvery grey 
on the basal half ; the under side of the leaflets is of a pinkish colour, as jdso are the young growths. 
This will be found a very neat and pretty climbing plant for the stove. 10*. 6rf. 
VALLOTA HYBRIDA. 
An extremely handsome and showy new hybrid bulbous plant, the result of a cross between the 
well-known I'nllota purpurea and Gaetrmema sangninca. In character it is intermediate between the 
two parents both in foliage and flowers, the last-named being borne in umbels, and of an uniform 
bright orange vermilion colour. Fid* illustration, page 2. 10*. 6d. 
