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NEW, RAEE AND DESIRABLE STOVE PLANTS. 
POTHOS NITENS. 
A distinot looking stove plant, with leaves of a dark shining hronzy-purpUsh ^een and 
climbing terete stems which hold fast to any surface with which they come m contact by means 
of their adventitious roots. This wiU prove an effective and atoactive spwies for covering the 
walls and trellises in our stoves. It has been imported from the Eastern Archipelago. 7». 6d. 
FSIDinU CATTLBTANtiM (The Guava), 3». 6d. 
and 6a. 
PTJTA uAjntFonu, 6a. 
gOTPHUEBA, 7a. 6d. 
TjunuiATA, 7a. 6d. 
BAVENALA MAnAOASOAEiENSis. “The 
Traveller’s Tree,” 7a. 6d. and 10a. 6d. 
BEIDIA OLAOOHSOKNS, 2a. 6d. and 3a. 6d. 
BHOFALA, of sorts, 6a., 7a. 6d. and 10a. 6d. 
BOOIEKA COEDATA (amcena), 3a. 6d. 
OEATissniA, vide page 46. 
THYBSimOEA, 6a. 
BONDEIETIA beevifolia, 3a. 6d. 
BFEOIOSA UAJOB, 3a. 6d. 
BONNBEBOIA colombiensis, 1 guinea. 
BUBTTS PLExtiosus, 6a. 
BTTBQEA MAOEOPHTUiA, 10a. 6d. and 16a. 
BTTEIiLIA AOUTAMOOTA, 6a. 
POETELUB, 3a. 6d. 
BOSEA, 3a. 6d. 
SACCHABTJM officimaetjm “Sugar Cane,” 6a. 
SABCHEZIA EOB1XI8 oiauoopevlla, 6a. 
NOBILIS VAEIEOATA, 3a. 6d. 
8ABSEVIEBA zevlanioa, 3a. 6d. 
SABBACENIAS, vide page 45. 
SCHISUATOOLOITIS oeispata, 6a. 
nsooEA, 5a. 
LATIEOLIA, 6a. 
Lavallei, 6a. 
nONOISPATHA, 5a. 
SIAUENSI8, 10a. 6d. 
VAEIEOATA, 3a. 6d. 
SCHISTOCASIA Poetbi, vide Alocasta Portei 
SCHT7BERTIA GRAVEOLENS. 
An exceedingly handsome stove climber, of free growth, producing in great abundance clusters 
of funnel-shaped white flowers, individuaUy nearly three mches across, very sweet scented, and from 
the great consistency of the blooms, lasting a long time when cut and placed m water. 3a. 6d. & 6a. 
SCINDAPSUS ARYRJEUS. 
A creeping-stemmed Arad, the stems fixing themselves by rooting as they advance in growth. 
The leaves are glabrous, the juvenile ones ovate acuminate, ve^ silvery and ^ossy on the surface ; 
the older and more mature leaves are pinnatifid, and become silvery on the surface like the younger 
ones. It has been imported from the East Indies. 10a. 6d. 
SCINBAFSTTS, vide Potbos 
8CUTELLABIA MocrNiANA, 2a. 6d. and 3a. 6ii. 
SimnNGIA PUEPUEEA NIOEA, 3a. 6<i. 
81HILAZ nisooiOE, 7a. 6d. 
LONOIPOLIA VAEIEOATA, 5a. 
SHPTTLEWOETHn, 7a. Gd. 
80LANDBA oeahdifloba, 3a. Gd. 
NEW SONERILAS. 
SONERILA ORIENTALIS. 
SONERILA ORIENTALIS GUTTULATA. 
SONERILA ORIENTALIS PICTA. 
SONERILA ORIENTALIS PUNCTATA. 
These new and handsome flowering ornamental foliaged stove plants fom a very distmct 
and desirable addition to the Melastomace®. The flowers, which are of a bright rose or pi^le 
colour are produced in the utmost profusion from the top of every growth, the mass of bloom thus 
thrown iiwt above the foUage having a most pleasing effect, considerably enhanced by the pronunent 
hom-like, bright golden anthers. As will be seen by the illustration, tte fohage is also very 
ornamental, one variety having a very striking blotch or bar of creamy white in the centre of the 
leaf another has crimson maroon leaves, covered with scarlet hairs, while the fohage of the other 
two’kinds is decorated with a multitude of white dots or spots on light and dark green grounds 
respectively. Vide woodcut, page 33. 5». each, or the set of four varieties for 15s. A coloured 
iUimtration of these four varieties can be supplied, price Is. 
8TABUANNIA amab tt.tr, 10s. Gd. 
8TEN08P£BMATinH WALLisn, 6s. 
8TEFHANOTI8 FLOEiBUNnA, 3s. Gd. 
8FATHIFHTLLUM pioioti, 6s. 
8FATHOBEA CAUPAironATA, 7s. Gd. 
SFttEBOGYNE lattpoua, 3s. Gd. 
SFHJEB08TEUA uaeuobatuk, 3s. Gd. and 6s. 
ixoEiBPNnA, “Elvaston” variety, 
3s. Gd. & Be. 
STERCULIA DISCOLOR. 
An ornamental stove plant, introduced from East and North Australia, having pale green irregularly 
lobed leaves, the divisions— generally three or five — never extending more than halfway to the centre 
of the leaf. The flowers, wldch are borne in spicate panicles, are rose-red in colour, and somewhat 
campanulate or funnel-shaped. It has been figured in the Botanical Magazine, Tab. 6608. 7s. Gd. 
