JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
January 11, 1883 ] 
portionately increased. A trio of new Crotons have been exhibited 
and found to merit this honorary award—namely, Baron Schroder, 
Bruce Findlay, and Princess of Waldeck. The first has oblong 
elliptical golden leaves, the midrib crimson, and the margin 
green. The second is one of the largest-leaved varieties in culti¬ 
vation, broad and long, mottled and blotched with yellow and 
green. The third also has broad leaves, but not so long ; bright 
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yellow edged with green. |Dieffenbachia majestica does not belie 
its name, for it is of noble appearance, having large rich green 
leaves blotched with a lighter hue. Phalangium elegantissimum 
will no doubt become a favourite decorative plant, its narrow 
arching Anthericum-like leaves being prettily marked with green 
and yellow longitudinal stripes. 
Ferns. —The collection of forms constitutes another of the 
Fig. 8.— Pteris serrulata cristata lacerata. 
most attractive portions of the Holloway nurseries, all the chief 
useful genera being largely represented, and with the excellent 
collection of Filmy Ferns occupy considerable space. First 
deserving of notice amongst the new forms is that represented in 
the woodcut, fig. 8, Pteris serrulata cristata lacerata, which is a 
fine addition to the useful Pterises already in cultivation. The 
fronds are about a foot long, drooping and feathery, the pinnae 
being much divided and crested, especially at the points of the 
fronds. Its graceful habit will greatly recommend it for deco¬ 
rative purposes. Of the certificated Ferns Adiantum Lathomi, 
a strong-growing form with large pinnules ; A. dolabriforme, an 
elegant species suggestive of A. lunulatum ; Davallia foenicu- 
