NEW 



INTRODUCTIONS, 



ETC. 



THIS Appendix contains all the new plants of any horticultural interest which have 

 been introduced to British gardens during the progress of the publication of the 



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Dictionary of Gardenikg, as well as some older ones — worthy of being included — which 

 have been omitted under their respective genera. 



Mr. J. Douglas has undertaken the parts relating to Florists' Flowers, &c., and his 

 name is a guarantee tliat this section of the work, will be thoroughly wall done. 



George Nicholson. 



ABELIA. This genus embraces about half-a-dozen 



species, natives of the Western Himalayas, China, Japan, 



and Mexico. To those described on p, 1, Vol. I., the 



following should now be added ; 



A. mpestris grandiflora (large-flowered). /. rosy-white, larger 

 than those oi the type. Whole plant more robust. A seediin^f of 

 itaiiau origin, 



A* fipathulata (spathnlate). fl. sessile, in pairs on a short, slender 

 peduncle ; corolla white, with yellow blotches on the throat, 

 nearly lin. long. April. L about 2in. long, elliptic -lanceolate, 

 obtusely acuminate, sinuate-toothed, glabrous above, pubescent 

 beneath, edged purple. Japan, 1883. A free-flowering, much- 

 branched, evergreen shrub. (B. M. 6601.) 



, To the species described on pp. 1-2, Vol. L, 

 the following should now be added: , 



A» Eichleri (Eichler's). This is closely allied to ^. Nordmanniana, 

 frotti which it may be distinguished by its cones, which in a young 

 state are bluish-black instead of green, and at a corresponding 

 stage are 2|in. long and lin. broad, by the whiter or paler under 

 surTace of its mature leaves, and by the blue-green colour of its 

 young shoots. Caucasus. (W. G. Z. 1882, No. 2.) 



A. Nordmanniana (Nordmann*s). I on the sterile branchlets 

 either two-ranked or arranged more or less round the branches, 

 linear, flat, retuae at apex, green above and scarcely sulcate, 

 below one-ribbed, with two Avhite lines ; those on the fruiting 

 branches curved, ascending or erect, cones sessile, elliptic-oblong 

 or cylfudrical ; bracts cuspidate, exserted, reflexed ; scales reni- 

 form from a shortly cuneate base. Branches horizontally 

 whorled, the lower ones detlexed. Asia Minor. A tall tree, of 

 pyraniiJal habit. (B. M. 6992 . B. G. 69a) 



A* N, hori^ontalis (horizontal). A dwarf, compact-growing 

 form, with liorizontally spreading branches; it cannot be made 

 to produce a leader, hence its peculiar habit. A chance seedling 

 found in a nursery in the Yosges, 



ABROMA. The two or three species embraced in this 

 genus inhabit tropical Asia and Australia. To those de- 

 scribed on p. 3, Vol. I., the following should now be added: 



A, Blnnosa (sinuate). I. broadly ovate, pedately pinnatifid, on 

 slender petioles. Madagascar, IBM. A pleasing species, of 

 slender habit. 



A garden 

 (R. H. 1885, 





ABUTILON". A genus of about seventy species, dis- 

 tributed over the warmer regions of the globe. To the 

 species and varieties described on pp. 4-5, Vol. I., the 

 following should now be added : # 



A« Thompsonl flore-pleno (double-fiowered). 

 variety with double flowers. 1885, Greenhouse. 

 p. 324.) 



V^arieties. Chrysostkphanum compactum, a pleasing shade oi 

 chrome -yellow ; a good variety for bedding out. Madame JoHii 

 Laing_, rose, very large flowers. M. H. Cannell, a very free- 

 floweriiig hybrid from A. wegapotamicuw^ 



ACACIA. Leaves bipinnate ; leaflets often small and 

 many-jugate, or reduced to a filiform petiole (phyllode). To 

 the species described on pp. 5-7, Vol. I., the following 

 should now be added: 



A* leprosa (leprous). Jl. numerous in a globular head, mostly 

 five-parted ; petals yellow, united to the middle. May. L, phy|' 

 iodia narrow, linear-lanceolate, acute, or obtuse with a small 

 point, narrowed at base, IJin. to 3in. long. Branchlets pendulous, 

 more or less glutinous. Australia, 1817. A tall shrub or small 

 tree. (B. R. 1441.) 



A, lineata (lined). Jl. ten to fifteen or more in a small, globular 

 head, mostly five-parted; petals yellow, smooth. April- /•* 

 phyllodia linear, with a small, hooked point, usually Jin. to Jm. 

 long. Branches pubescent or villous, sometimes slightly w* 

 sinous. h. 6ft. Australia, 182^. (B. M. S546.) 



ACAIiTPHA. This genua comprisea about 220 species, 

 broadly dispersed over the warm regions, a few being 

 extra-tropical American. Leaves alternate, often ovate, 

 more or less toothed, three to five-nerved or penniveined. 

 To the species described on p. 7, Vol. I., the following 

 should now be added; 



A* obovata (obovate). I. obovate, green with creamy edges when 

 young, changing with age to olive-green with pink margins, ana 

 finally having a bronzy centre, and broad, rosy-crimson margins- 

 Polynesia. 1884. An ornamental foliage plant. 



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