Smithiantha exoniensis—A particularly robust grower with beautiful foliage on 
the order of S. zebrina. Flowers a clear pinkish orange. 
Smithiantha Golden King—Velvety mottled leaves, flowers deep golden yellow. 
Smithiantha Rose Queen—Leaves green, mottled with purple, flowers rose. 
Smithiantha—Yellow hybrids—Mixed seedlings leaves all green or mottled, 
flowers in shades of yellow. 
Smithiantha zebrina—Beautifully mottled velvety leaves, flowers orange 
spotted with red. 
STREPTOCARPUS saxorum—Very distinct from other Streptocarpus. Bushy plant 
with many erect stems and small siightly hairy leaves in whorls of three. 
Attractive light blue ] ¥2"’ flowers on long thin stems. 
Trichosporum—See Aeschynanthus. 
Tydea—See Kohleria. 
MELASTOMACEAE 
Bertolonia and Sonerilla 
Bertolonias and Sonerillas are very choice miniature plants for the ex- 
perienced grower. They are little jewels of the plant world and are quite 
slow growing. 
Bertolonia maculata—Oval brown leaves covered with long downy hair. 
Pink flowers. 
Bertolonia Marmorata—Leaves olive green with broad silvery white longitud- 
inal bands. Pink flowers. 
Bertolonia marmorata aenea—Leaves almost black with velvety sheen. Pink 
flowers. 
Bertolonia pubescens—Slender pointed leaves bright green with broad choco- 
late band down the center. White flowers. 
Sonerilla margaretaceae var. Mme. Baxtele—Leaves smooth silvery gray, 
densely covered with small pearl spots. Pink flowers. 
CENTRADENIA floribunda—An attractive miniature shrub for the windowsill 
with a dense growth of tiny leaves, becoming covered with lots of small lilac 
tlowers. 
MEDINILLA magnifica—Large arching leaves in opposite pairs. Waxy pink 
flowers with showy pink bracts in panicles cascading to one foot. To quote 
Bailey's Cyclopedia of Horticulture ‘‘Medinilla magnifica is one of the most 
gorgeous tropical plants in cultivation.” 
Bertolonia maculata Piper magnificum Peperomia hederifolia 
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