ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW. 
BU L bE Teil 
OF 
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION, 
APPENDIX IIL—1904. 
NEW GARDEN PLANTS OF THE YEAR 1903. 
The number of garden plants annually described in botanical 
and horticultural publications, both English and foreign, is now 
so considerable that it has been hone desirable to publish a 
complete list of them in the Kew Bulletin each year. The 
following list comprises all the new introductions recorded during 
1903. These lists are indispensable to the maintenance of a 
correct nomenclature, especially in the rinftoe gaia estab- 
lishments in correspondence with Kew, which as a rule, 
only scantily provided with wherticultasal raioarale Such a 
list will also afford information respecting new plants under 
cultivation at this establishment, many of which will be distri- 
buted from it in the regular course of exchange with other 
botanic gardens. 
The present list includes not only plants brought into cultivation 
for the first time during 1903, but the most noteworthy of those 
which have been re-introduced after being — hee cultivation. 
Other plants included in the list may have bee gardens for 
several years, but either were not described or thei wi names had 
not been authenticated until recently. 
In addition to species and well-marked varieties, Rade 
whether introduced or of garden origin, have luded 
where they have" been described with “formal Gataasinad genes 
Mois cultural ne of well-known garden plants are omitted, 
for obvious reaso 
In every case id Aap is cited under its published name, 
although some of t names are doubtfully correct. Where, 
ae a correction sia appeared desirable, this is 
The name of the person in whose collection the plant was first 
otinaion or described is given where 
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