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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ J ULY, 
the rounding-off of its petals. Whether it would said when treating of the principle of Variety, 
be improved if rendered double is a question, And thus much in the outset concerning out- 
on the solution of which something will be lines, general and subordinate.— Iota.” 
Anthurium Veitchii (see also p. 102). 
NEW ANTHURIUMS. 
N the Anthurium family we have a large 
number of interesting plants, some of 
which take the first rank amongst flower¬ 
ing plants, and some an equally high position 
amongst what are called foliage-plants. They 
are all tropical, requiring stove-heat, -which is, 
perhaps, their greatest drawback. Passing by 
the ordinary types of the genus, as well as the 
ornamental floriferous ones, we propose now to 
notice two very distinct and effective members 
of the fine-foliaged group, for illustrations of 
which we have to thank Messrs. Veitch and Sons, 
of Chelsea, bearing the names of Anthurium 
Veitchii and Anthurium Warocqueanum. 
Anthurium Veitchii is a very remarkable 
plant, and at once arrests the eye by its singu¬ 
lar structure. The outline of the leaf is peculiar 
from its elongated form, but what is more 
striking is the bullate surface, which is so de¬ 
veloped as to appear to be transversely corru¬ 
gated. The plant has a stoutish root-stock, 
from which spring up several leaf-stalks 1-^ ft. to 
2 ft. long, from the top of which the leaf-blade 
is deflexed. They are of an ovate-oblong form, 
greatly elongated, so that the points reach to 
the base of the stalk, deeply cordate where they 
join the petiole, and ending in an acuminate 
apex. The full-grown leaves reach 2 ft. to 3 ft. 
long, with a breadth of less than one-third 
the length. They are of a coriaceous texture, 
deep green in colour,'with a glossy metallic 
