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M. — Botanical Magazine. 



B. M, E. A^.— Bulletin da 



« r. 0.— Bullettino della E. 



Kakteen. 



Museum . ttt -n t-. i mu 



Society Toscana di Orticultura. Dytes, Ir/s— W. R D^kes. Ihe 



Genus Iris. Fedde, i?6j;erf,— Fedde, Repertorium specierum novarum 

 regni vegetabilis.' Gar^.— The Garden. G. 0.— Gardeners' Chronicle. 



Gil 



Gartenflora. G. M. 



/. of H. — Journal of Horticulture. 

 Nationale d'Horticulture de France. 



Ma 



le- Jard. — Le Jardin. 

 Journal de la Societe 



Journal of the 



H 



Royal Horticultural Society. 



X, B. — Bulletin of Miscellaneous 



Information, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew^ Lemov}w ,JJ aL—^Lemoine , 

 Catalogue. M. JD. G. 



Gesellschaft. M 



Mitteilungen ^.w. ^^^^..^^^^* .^^^ ^^ 



Mollers Deutsche Gartner-Zeituncr. M 



Monatsschrift fur Kakteenkunde. K 



Notizblatt des Konigl. 



botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Dahlem bei Steglitz (Berlin). 

 N. B. G. Edink—Note^ from the Royal Botanic Garden. Edinburgh. 

 0. G. Z.— Oesterreichische Garten Zeitung, O. E— Orchid Review. 

 Orchis. — Orchis, Beilage zur Gartenflora. 0. W. 



PL Wils. 

 Revue Horticole. 



W 



w 



H. 



Revue de I'Horticulture Beige. Sargent, 

 T. ({: 6\— Sargent, Trees and Shrubs. SpdtJh Oat.—L. Spath, 

 General Nursery Catalogue. 1\ //.—La Tribune Horticole- Veitch, 

 K IL P.— J. Veitch & Sons, New Hardy Plants from Western 

 China. 



The abbreviations in the descriptions of the plants are : 

 diam. — Diameter, ft, — Foot or Feet. G.— Greenhouse. H. — Hardy 

 HJI. — Half-hardy, in, — Inches. S^ — Stove. 



Abies concolor Schrammii. ( 



1913, 322, f.) Coniferae. 

 form of A, concolor violacea 

 the leaves are almost quite 

 instead of sickle - shaped, 

 2 series are so arranged as 

 '\ an acute angle with one 

 (Barnstorffe Parkanlage, 

 Germany.) 



M. D, G. 

 H. A 



in which 

 straight, 



and the 



to form 



anothei*. 

 Rostock, 



Abies recurvata* 



■ 265; PL Wils, 

 handsome 



D. 



G. 1913, 

 H. A 



to 



ii. 44.) 

 species growing up 

 130 ft. high, with a pyramidal habit. 

 ^ Leaves strongly recurved, shining 

 ' green on both sides or very glaucous 

 on the upper. Cones in clusters on 

 the topmost branches, oblong-ovoid, 

 2-4 in. long, intense violet-purple 

 when growing, grey-brown when ripe 

 and dry. Western China. (Arnold 

 Arboretum; H. A. Hesse, Weener, 

 Hanover.) 



*Acer Oliverianum. [Veitch, N. H, P, 



1913, 7.) Sapindaceae- H, Similar 

 to A. palmatum in habit, but it has 

 5-lobed pale green leaves. It grows 

 to a height of 15 ft. Central China, 



(J. Veitch & Sons.) 



♦Acer pictum mono. {Veitch, N. H. 



P, 1913, 7.) H. A distinct form. 



Leaves 3-5-lobed, with attenuated 

 apices, shining green above, covered 

 beneath with a soft velvety pube- 

 scence. Central China. (J. Veitch 

 & Sons.) \_=:A. pictum var. parvi- 

 florum f. tricuspiSf Rehder; M. D. G. 

 1913, 258.] 



Acer platanoides pendulum. (M. D. 



Q. 1913, 322.) H. A form with 

 pendulous branches. (W. P. Niemetz, 

 Temesvar, Hungary.) 



Aconitum Ackermannil. [G. C. 1913, 



liii. 53; liv. 180.) Ranunculaceae. 

 H. A garden form of A. Napelhis. 

 The plant ^rows about 2J ft. high 

 and flowers in August- Flowers blue 

 and white. (S. Arnott.) 



""Adenophora megalantha. 



G, Edinb. v. 175; Bees, 



(N. B. 



Cat. No. 

 41, 1913, 6, f.) Campanulaceae. H. 

 A perennial herb growing about 18 in. 

 high, remarkable in having the 

 leaves puberulous above and in 

 the very large pale porcelain-blue 

 flowers. Leaves obovate or obovate- 

 elliptic, 3-4 in. long, coarsely toothed. 

 Corolla nearly 2 in. long. Western 

 China. (Bees, Ltd.) 



Adiantum Rollantfiae. [R. H. 1913, 



391.) Filices. G, Garden hvbrid 



