768. HOYA JUNGLE GARDENS. This mutation was found in a Hawaiian garden. The 
3 inch leaves are linear-oblong, flecked with silver. The flowers are dark red. A very 
fine Hoya. 
Peperomia hederifolia 
p) ih 
To growers of African Violets and Episcias “we 
offer the following three choice gesneriads: 
770. KOHLERIA ERIANTHA (Isoloma erianthum) 
772. KOHLERIA BOGOTENSIS (Isoloma pictum) 
(I. bogotense) 3 
774. KOHLERIA x GIGANTEA (Tydaea hybrida) 
778. MARICA NORTHIANA. A _ tropical American 
novelty with flat iris-like leaves. The lovely flowers 
are 3 to 4 inchesrin diameter and delicate as those 
of an orchid: Withthé outer segments white and the 
inner a crisp :dark:-blue. We believe this plant to be 
hardy in the coastalsbelt of Southern California. Strik- 
ing in a wire:'basketsor raft! The long rhizomes will 
be pendent, :and the:irst plant will rapidly multiply 
its groups of six to eight fan-like leaves. 
780. MOLINERIA :RECURVATA  (Dryand.) Herb. 
(not Curculigo capitulata.) A tropical bedding plant 
grown for its ornamental leaf clusters that resemble 
those of juvenile palms. From Tropical Asia and Aus- 
tralia. 
784. MEDINELLA MAGNIFICA. A Philippine tropical shrub grown and admired inter- 
nationally for its bright, shocking pink bracts that sub-tend pendant racemes of small 
flowers. 
786. PEPEROMIA HEDERIFOLIA. The leaves are heart-shaped, deeply grooved at the 
veins. The color is metallic green overlaid with a platinum sheen. This beauty is at its 
best when grown in heavy shade. It should accompany every collection of African 
Violets. 
788. PEPEROMIA ORNATA. The leaves are narrowly ovate and leathery. The leaf 
stems are red. This color runs into the under leaf in five bright, feathered stripings. 
Pilea nummularia- 
folia 
790. PERISTROPHE SPECIOSA. This showy plant is cultivated in 
greenhouses for the profuse winter flowers that are produced 
in clusters of 2 to 3 in slender branches, violet-purple, 134 
inches long. Can be trimmed to become a bushy pot plant. India. 
PILEAS 
792. These plants are useful in every collection of tropical 
plants, either as around covers or as trailers from rafts or 
hanging baskets. They can be cleverly assembled with many 
kinds of potted plants. 
794. PILEA DEPRESSA. Thick, with small bright-green cupped 
leaves. 
796. PILEA BLACK-LEAF. The dark olive-green leaves are 
serrated and corrugated with deep veining. The under leaves are 
slightly purplish—the new leaves marked with reddish brown. 
798. PILEA SILVER LEAF. Like the last in appearance, except 
for coloration. The leaves are a pretty bluish-silver. 
800. PILEA NUMMULARIAFOLIA. We highly recommend this 
trailer as a ground cover or as an addition to a raft or hanging 
basket. 
802. PIPER ORNATUM. A lovely, delicate climber from the Celebes. The peltate, blunt- 
pointed leaves are prettily spotted with pink. The younger the leaves, the more intense 
is the coloration. 
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