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nOVEY AND CO.'S CATALOGUE OF 
PHORMIUM iTENAX VARIEGATUM. 
A vigorous and robust-growing form of P. tenax , with very long and broad leaves 
of a dark-green color, distinctly marked with broad stripes of yellow, more than 
half the leaf being of the latter color. 
Price, $10 each. 
PHORMIUM TENAX VEITCHII VARIEGATUM. 
This is a highly ornamental and noble plant. The leaves are three feet long and 
two inches wide, of a light glaucous green, with broad, clear, white stripes through¬ 
out their entire length. For either conservatory or garden decoration, or as an 
exhibition plant, it is one of the finest introduced. 
Price, $5 each. 
PHILODENDRON PINNATIFIDUM. 
A half-climbing variety, with very large, showy, deep-green foliage and highly 
ornamental, suitable for the store or conservatory. 
Price, $3 each. 
NEW TREE-P/£ONY, 11 GLORIAI BELGARIUM.” 
This new variety is the most remarkable of all the great number of kinds that 
have been produced since the introduction of the lhnony from China, It was raised 
by M. Gcethals, an amateur cultivator of Ghent, more than forty years ago; fiowered 
for the first time in 1836, and was so highly prized by the raiser that he would not 
part with a plant, although offered almost fabulous sums. He retained it in his own 
garden until his death, a few years ago, when the plants were sold, and the variety 
introduced to cultivation. It has been the wouder of the Belgian florists, and styled 
the “ Colossal Queen ” of Tree-Pa3onies. The flowers attain the enormous size of 
forty to forty-five inches in circumference, perfectly double to the very centre, and 
combining all the tints of red, crimson, cherry, and soft rose; it is also highly fra¬ 
grant. This variety flowered in our collection last year; and no description, or 
even colored plate, can do justice to the truly wonderful beauty of its magnificent 
blossoms ; only a very few plants are oflbred for sale. 
Price, $8 each. 
PTYCHOSPERMA ALEXANDRA. 
A beautiful Palm, similar to Seaforthia elegans, of vigorous and rapid growth and 
adapted to greenhouse or conservatory culture. 
Price, $5 each. 
PLATYCERIUM ALCICORNE MAJUS. 
A largc-foliaged and free-growing: form of the old Stag’s Horn Fern, but far sur¬ 
passing that kind in beauty and habit. Fine for baskets. 
Price, $5 each. 
PYLOGENE SUAVIS. 
This is a very beautiful twining plant, with the habit of the German Ivy, and 
leaves similar in shape though not so large. It grows with great rapidity, and is 
well adapted for covering trellises, arbors, or rustic work. The flowers are small, 
white, and fragrant. Price, 50c. each; $4.50 per dozen. 
RUDGEA MACROCEPHALA. 
A fine plant, with large, broad, thick, deep-green leaves, producing terminal, 
globular heads of pure white flowers, similar to the orange-blossom. 
Price, $3 each. 
