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“Our illustration of this most distinct of the many varieties of Croton is also taken from a photograph, and is a most faithful illustration. We need scarcely say that it is one of those many fine varieties discovered by Mr John Gould Veitch in the South Sea Islands. The leaves, as will be observed, are very irregular in shape, oblong, spathu-late, tapering at the base, and contracting in an irregular manner at the centre. They attain a length of 8 to 9 inches. "The young leaves are of a light-green blotched with yellow, but turning with age on the upper surface into a glossy green, puckered and irregularly blotched with yellow, reddish yellow, and red; the midrib is crimson, the secondary veins yellowish, the under surface being red," and from this great diversity of colouring it received the name Multicolor.”
NOTE: The above illustration referred to is found in foto #6 below.
REF: This section is from the book "The Gardener V1", by William Thomson
“Introduced from the South Sea Islands throught the late John Gould Veitch.”
REF: Veitchs' Catlg. of Pl. 1871, p. 15, fig. p.4 ; Fl and Pom. 1872, p. 89, fig
(Two photographs)
REF: Brown, B. Frank 1995 Crotons of the World p.78
01-02-03-04 First up are 4 close-ups for Ana. NOTE: Ana…there are a total of 11 fotos in this pictorial that can be considered “CLOSE-UPS” for your enjoyment and/or edification.
NOTE: The above illustration referred to is found in foto #6 below.
REF: This section is from the book "The Gardener V1", by William Thomson
“Introduced from the South Sea Islands throught the late John Gould Veitch.”
REF: Veitchs' Catlg. of Pl. 1871, p. 15, fig. p.4 ; Fl and Pom. 1872, p. 89, fig
(Two photographs)
REF: Brown, B. Frank 1995 Crotons of the World p.78
01-02-03-04 First up are 4 close-ups for Ana. NOTE: Ana…there are a total of 11 fotos in this pictorial that can be considered “CLOSE-UPS” for your enjoyment and/or edification.
