Leaf plants, or those which are valuable chiefly on account of beautiful foliage, are still popular, and we have here one of the most beautiful additions that have been made for a long time. It was introduced by Messrs. Veitch of London, who give us the following account of it:

"A very distinct and handsome foliage plant discovered by our collector, Mr. Curtis, in North Borneo. The leaves are compound, each leaf consisting of 4 to 6 elliptic-oblong, sharply pointed, opposite leaflets and a terminal one; they are fully 6 inches long and 1 1/2 to 2 inches broad, with prominent midribs and numerous oblique symmetrical veins branching from them. When first expanded the leaflets are bright crimson tinged with a rich shade of brown and marked with a pale rose band along the midrib; when mature they are of a deep bronzy green shaded with brown, relieved by a broad silvery white central band which gives off short branches with every nerve. The novelty of the coloration of this plant and its striking aspect, cannot fail to recommend it to cultivators of ornamental stove plants, to whom it may perhaps be appropriately described as resembling a shrubby Cissus discolor.

4th NATURAL SIZE. Leea amabilis.