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NEW, EAEE AND DESIRABLE STOVE PLANTS. 
CROTON BEAUTY. 
An exceedingly handsome variegated variety from the South Pacific. The leaves are lanceolate, 
profusely and strikingly variegated with golden yellow on a rich green ground ; as they attain age 
the green ground colour gradually becomes a deep bronze, while the yellow variegation develops into 
a rich rosy -crimson. It is of medium growth and highly ornamental character. 7«. 6d. and 10». 6<f. 
CKOTOK OBHLSONI, 3.t. 6d. 
aOKonnrae, 2«. 6d. 
CoitomrsT, 5>. 
Countess, 6s. 
CROTOIf CittEsus, 7«. 6(1. 
Cybus, 5s. 
Bisbaxu, 2r. 6d. 
Doemanianub, 3s. 6d. 
CROTON DELIGHT. 
An extremely handsome variety, imported from the Antipodes. It has oblong acute leaves, six 
to eight inches long by one and a half to two inches wide. In the young state they are of a bright 
yellow colour, margined with green, the costa and primary veins being cream-coloured ; ns the leaves 
attain maturity, the bright central variegation changes to a clear ivory-white, with here and there a 
few dots of the same coloiu: scattered through the margin of the leaf. 10*. 6d. 
CBOTON Buxe or Buccleucb, 2>. 6d. 
Eabi, of Bebby, 2*. 6d. 
ebubnbus, 3». 6d. and os. 
Kclipse, Is. 6d. 
elboantissimus, vids page 15. 
Kkbleh, 6 a . 
CROTON EMINENS, 7s. 6d. and 10s. 6d. 
Etna, 6s. 
Evansianus, 2*. 6<i. and 3s. 6d. 
EXCUBBENS, lOs. 6(7. 
FALCATUS, vids C. variabilis 
FABOIATUS, vids C. Hendcrsoni 
CROTON FLAMINGO. 
This attractive variety has been imported from the Antipodes, and is the most handsome of 
all the bright red or high-coloured Crotons. It has very dark bronzy gi-een leaves, the costa and a 
narrow portion of the leaf on each side of it, being most strikingly coloured with rich crimson, 
forming a central baud of coloiu' the entii’e length of the leaf, a few spots of crimson being 
scattered through the bronzy green portion of the leaf blades. 10s. 6d. 
CROTON FOBMOSUS, 5s. and 7s. 6d. 
OLOBiosus (Priucess of Wales), 3s. 6(7. 
OBACILIS, 10s. 6(7. 
HASTiFERUS, 2s. 6(7. aud 3s. 6(7. 
Hawkebu, 3s 6(7. 
CROTON Hendbesoni (pasoiatus), 2s. 6(7. & 3s. 6(7. 
Heboious, 5s. 
iLLUSTBis, 5s. and 7s. 6(7. 
IMFEBIAXJS, 3s. 6(7. aud 5s. 
Jamesii, 2s. 6(7. and 3s. 6(7. 
CROTON INSIGNIS. 
A fine form with long narrow foliage. The leaves are deep green, with the midrib and veins 
beautifully picked out with golden-yellow, the margins and midrib rosy-crimson. 5s. and 7s. 6(7. 
CROTON JxmiLEE, 2s. 6(7. and 3s. 6(7. | CROTON Junon, 2s. 6(7. and 3s. 6(7. 
CROTON JUNIUS. 
A very elegant variety, with long narrow foliage of varying character ; in some instances the 
midrib is excun'cntly exten(led and attached to another portion of the leaf-blade, while in others the 
loaves are entire, with slightly undulate margins. In the young state the lower half of the leaves 
is bright lemon-yellow, which, as the foliage attains age, becomes suffused with crimson, the 
remaining portion being rich bronzy green. 7s. 6(7. 
CROTON LACTEUS, 3s. 6(7. I CROTON Macafeeanus, 3s. 6(7. 
LANCiFOLius, 3s. 6(7. and 6s. | Macabtbubi, 2s. 6(7. and 3s. 6(7. 
CROTON MAGNIFICENT. 
A very striking and most handsome variety. In the young state the leaves have a central 
variegation of rich golden yellow ; as the leaves mature, the midrib and primary veins, with a band 
on each side of the costa, assume a bright canniue tint. In some instances the bright golden 
colour of the young leaves becomes suffused with bright carmine. 15s. 
CROTON MATESTicrus, 2s. 6(7. and 3s. 6(7. | CROTON Massanoeanus, 3s. 6(7. and 5s. 
CROTON MEMPHIS. 
One of the most handsome and ornamental varieties ever imported. It has long acuminate leaves, 
the rich coloratiou of which is extremely effective. In the young state the leaves are pale green, 
irregularly blotched aud marmorated with yeUow. As the leaves mature, the green becomes 
deep olive, the yellow variegation changing to rich orange, marked and veined with deep crimson, 
a coloiu" which eventually suffuses the whole leaf. 15s. 
