18 THE FLORIST. 



NEW PLANTS OF THE YEAR. 



(From " Edwards's National Garden Almanack," by permission of the 

 Proprietor.) 



Abies IJookerianj. \ Californian Conifers, forming large handsome evergreen 



Abies rattoiiiana. J trees. Mr. Murray. 



Abutilon insiijne. A large-growing handsome flowered plant, with large foliage : 

 flowers white, almost covered by rich carmine veining. New Grenada. Stove 

 evergreen shrub. M. Linden. 



Acacia Drummondii microphylla. A fine variety of a well-known handsome 

 yellow-flowered greenhouse evergreen shrub ; habit compact. Swan River. 

 Messrs. E. G. Henderson & Son. 



Acacia Neilli. A distinct greenhouse variety. German Gardens. 



^ckmea mucronijlora. A pine-apple-like plant, with scarlet bracts and yellow 

 flowers. Demerara. Stove perennial. Kew Bot. Gard. 



Albuca Gardeni. Dwarf, white Scilla-like flower spikes. Natal. Greenhouse 

 bulbous perennial. Kew Bot. Gard. 



Amphicome emodi. A beautiful half-hardy perennial ; flowers large funnel- 

 shaped, with an orange tube and pale rose-coloured limb. Northern India. 

 Kew Bot. Gard. 



Amygdalus pumula albo-plena [Primus Sinensis) . A fine novelty. German 

 Gardens. 



Andromeda formosa. A fine hardy evergreen shrub, with prodigious clusters of 

 white flowers. Messrs. A. Henderson & Co. 



Aphelandra Porteana. A very showy shrub ; bracts deep orange ; flowers 

 yellow ; leaves blotched with white near the centre. Brazil. Stove evergreen 

 shrub. M. Morel. 



Apheluhdra variegala. A fine stove shrub, similar but inferior to A. Porteana ; 

 bracts brilliant orange ; flowers yellow ; leaves variegated. Brazil. Stove 

 evergreen shrub. M. Morel. 



Aralia jatrophoffolia. A graceful greenhouse species. M. Linden. 



Aralia juglandifolia. A hardy ornamental foliaged plant. Belgian Gardens. 



Araucaria multiceps. Greenhouse variety. German Gardens. 



Bambusa nigra. A fine ornamental plant for open ground ; black stems. 

 French Gardens. 



Begonia natalensis. Neat, in the way of B. Dregii, but larger ; flower flesh- 

 coloured. Natal. Greenhouse tuberous perennial. Kew Bot. Gard. 



Begonia picta. An ornamental variegated foliaged plant for the stove. Messrs. 

 E. G. Henderson & Son. 



Begonia S2)lendida. A stove plant with ornamental foliage : striking and mag- 

 nificent. Messrs. Rollisson and Sons. 



Begonia urophylla. A fine species ; leaves large, cordate with a tail ; flowers 

 white, in large dense panicles. Introduced to Kew from the Belgian 

 Gardens. 



Billhergia Quesneliana. A handsome Bromeliaceous plant ; leaves externally 

 zoned with white ; bracts forming a densely imbricated spike, rose colour, 

 with scattered white wool ; the flowers violet. French Guiana. Stove per- 

 ennial. French Gardens. 



Billbergia viridiflora. A slender-growing pine-apple-like plant, with a long 

 pendent raceme bearing distant deep rose bracts, and green flowers. Stove 

 perennial. German Gardens. 



Billbergia Weiherelli. Showy ; pine-apple-like leaves, and a pendent spike of 

 deep blue flowers issuing from large rich scarlet bracts. Bahia. Stove per- 

 ennial. Kew Bot. Gard. 



BolbophyUum lasianthvm. Flowers nearly two inches long; dull purple, copiously 

 covered with long fleshy hair-pointed bristles. Manilla. Mr. Loddiges. 



Bougainvillea glabra. Interesting stove climber. French Gardens. 



Bouvardia Houtteana. A fine showy plant ; flowers orange red, in crowded 

 terminal corymbs. Central America. Greenhouse sub-shrub. M. Van 

 Houtte. 



