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argyrea variegata is a Belgian variety, remarkable for its white-margined leaves ; 
and P. Verschaffeltii, from Brazil, has the ovate-cordate leaves marked by longi¬ 
tudinal silvery crystalline glittering bands. Pandanus Veitchii is a vigorous- 
growing South-Sea Islands plant, with the broad leaves handsomely striped with 
white. Dracaena magnifica^ obtained from the Solomon Isles, is one of the finest 
of all the Dracaenas, the habit being bold, the leaves remarkably broad, oblong, 
and erect, and the colour a beautiful soft bronzy-red, margined with rosy-red. 
D. excelsa, from the South-Sea Isles, another fine decorative plant, is something 
of the same character as regards colours, but has longer and more spreading 
leaves. Heliconia densijiora^ grown in the gardens of the Paris Museum, and 
introduced from Guiana, bears fine coral-red bracts, supporting orange-yellow 
flowers ; while H. glauca, also South American, has tern-green leaves, yellowish 
spathes, and green flowers with the rachis and pedicels red. Maranta virginalis 
major and M. princeps are two grand additions to this fine genus, the first with 
large roundish, the second with oblong leaves, both beautifully variegated. 
Godwinia gigas, from the Nicaraguan mountains, is the largest arad known; it 
has a single decompound leaf, on a mottled stalk 10 ft. high, and an erect dark 
brownish-red convolute spathe about 2 ft. long, on a peduncle 3 ft. high. Dieffen- 
hachia nehulosa, a handsome English hybrid arad, of stocky habit, has the dark 
green leaves clouded with yellowish-green in the centre, and sparingly spotted 
with white. Alocasia Sedeni, another fine English arad, is furnished with large 
glossy olive-green leaves, marked with white ribs ; A. hyh'ida seems to closely 
resemble this ; while A. Liervallii, from the Philippines, has very large leaves of 
a clear bright green. PhcBdrancLSsa Carmioli, from Costa Pica, and Gi'iffinia 
dryades, from Brazil, are two fine stove amaryllids, the former with drooping 
bright red flowers, tipped with green, the latter with 10-13 large blue-lilac 
flowers, elevated on a tall, stout scape, both welcome additions to our collections 
of stove bulbs. 
Last, but not least, come the Orchids. Here we find numerous accessions to 
our lists, including many choice subjects. In the Malaxeous division come 
Dendrohium crassinode^ from Arracan, remarkable for its knotty stems, and its 
large white yellow-disked flowers tipped with rose-colour ; and D. Jamesianum 
and D. cariniferum^ both Indian, both in the way of D. infundibulum, with large 
white flowers, marked on the lip with cinnabar-red, and both of the nigro-hirsute 
group, but distinguished, the first by certain asperities on the lip, the second by 
the keeled sepals. To these must be added, Restrepia antennifera, a diminutive 
plant, but quite a gem, the curious flowers being a rich tawny brown, thickly 
marked with small deep purple dots, and the petals narrow and antennae-like. 
In the Epidendreous group we find Epidendrum syringotJiyrsum^ a Peruvian species, 
with tall reed-like stems, and terminal panicles of numerous rosy-purple white- 
lipped flowers; E. conspicuum, from Brazil, bearing large white and rose flowers, 
in which the lip is deep amaranth edged with white; and Loelia purpiirata alba^ 
