KEW PLANTS, 1899, 
3 
NEW PLANTS 
ANNOUNCED FOR THE FIRST TIME 
BT 
WILLIAM BULL, F.L.S. 
AGAPANTHUS GLOBOSUM. 
A distinct dwarf g^rowing* species imported from the Orange River Territory. It produces on 
long scapes, dense globular heads of flowers individually about an inch in diameter and of good 
shape. The three outer petals are lilac-blue shaded white and bluntly pointed, the inner ones 
emargiiiate and much darker in colour, the central vein of each petal dark bluish lilac. The 
strap^shaped leaves are arching and about a foot long. 10.s\ ^d. 
ANTHTTRIUM ANDREANUM ROSEUM. 
A most charming hybrid raised from A.ndreanumj the spathe being of a shining rose pink 
colour ornamented by a tricoloured spadix, the basal portion being white, the centre golden, and the 
tip lemon green. The foliage is of the same handsome character as the type. 31s. Qd. 
DRACAENA VICTORIA. 
This exceedingly atti’active new Dracaena is certainly one of the most handsome species yet 
introduced. It has been imported from Brazil, and belongs to the same section as D. Lindeniy 
from which it is quite distinct not only in the style of its variegation, but in the brightness and 
constancy of the colouration, the golden yellow of the leaves deepening with age instead of losing 
colour, as does D, Lindeni. Of noble habit, the plant is furnished with broad and gracefully 
recurving leaves, wavy at the margins, the whole leaf being bright golden yellow, with a central 
band of bright green, ornamented with nan*ow streaks varying in colour from grejnsh to creamy 
yellow. It was exhibited before the Floral Committee of the Royal Horticultural Society on 
•the 25th October, 1898, when it was unanimously awarded a First Class Certificate. Vide lUmtration. 
3 guineas. 
DRYNARIA HILLIL 
An extremely handsome and effective Fern with long pinnately divided glossy green leaves, 
arising from a stout creeping rhizomous rootstock densely covered \vith long reddish brown silky 
hair. The fronds are broadly lanceolate in outline, the pimiie being alternate and narrowly 
lanceolate with undulate margins, the blade of each pinnse being connate with the next close to the 
stipes. The sori are borne in two rows between each of the primary veins, reaching from the midrib 
to the margin. It has been imported from Queensland. 2 guineas. 
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