NEW INTRODUCTIONS, ETC. 
ie 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 
Dretionary or GARDENING, as well as some older ones—worthy of being included—which 
have been omitted under their respective genera. 
Mr. J. Dovatas has undertaken the parts relating to Florists’ Flowers, &c., and his 
name is a guarantee that this section of the work will be thoroughly well done. 
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. rupestris grandiflora (large-flowered). #1. rosy-white, larger 
than those of the type. Whole plant more robust. A seedling of 
Italian origin. 
A. spathulata (spathulate). _/1. sessile, in pairs ona short, slender 
peduncle ; corolla white, with yellow blotches on the throat, 
nearly lin. long. April. /. 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.) 
ABIES. To the species described on pp. 1-2, Vol. I., 
the following should now be added: 
A. Eichleri (Hichler’s). This is closely allied to A. Nordmanniana, 
from which it may be distinguished by its cones, whichina young 
state are bluish-black instead of green, and at a corresponding 
stage are 24in, long and lin. broad, by the whiter or paler under 
surface 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). J. on the sterile branchlets 
either two-ranked or arranged more or less round the branches, 
linear, flat, retuse at apex, green above and searcely sulcate, 
below one-ribbed, with two white lines; those on the fruiting 
branches curved, ascending or erect. cones sessile, elliptic-oblong 
or cylindrical; bracts cuspidate, exserted, reflexed; scales reni- 
form from a shortly cuneate base. Branches horizontally 
whorled, the lower ones deflexed. Asia Minor. A tall tree, of 
pyramidal habit. (B. M. 6992; R. G. 699.) 
A. N. horizontalis (horizontal). A dwarf, compact-growing 
form, with horizontally spreading branches; it cannot be made 
to produce a leader, hence its peculiar habit. A chance seedling 
found in a nursery in the Vosges. 
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. sinuosa (sinuate). /. broadly ovate, pedately pinnatifid, on 
slender petioles. Madagascar, 1884. A pleasing species, of 
slender habit. 
GerorGEe NicHOoLson. 
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. Thompsoni flore-pleno (double-flowered). A garden 
variety with double flowers. 1885, Greenhouse. (R. H. 1885, 
p. 324.) 
Varieties. CHRYSOSTEPHANUM COMPACTUM, a pleasing shade of 
chrome-yellow ; a good variety for bedding out. MADAME JOHN 
LAING, rose, very large flowers. M. H. CANNELL, a very free- 
flowering hybrid from A. megapotamicum. 
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). /. numerous in a globular head, mostly 
five-parted ; petals yellow, united to the middle. May. J., phyl- 
lodia narrow, linear-lanceolate, acute, or obtuse with a small 
point, narrowed at base, 14in. to din. long. Branchlets pendulous, 
more or less glutinous. Australia, 1817. A tall shrub or small 
tree. (B. R. 1441.) 
A. lineata (lined). _/. ten to fifteen or more in a small, globular 
head, mostly five-parted; petals yellow, smooth. April. J, 
phyllodia linear, with a small, hooked point, usually sin. to jin. 
long. Branches pubescent or villous, sometimes slightly re- 
sinous. /.6ft. Australia, 1824. (B. M. 3346.) 
ACALYPHA. This genus comprises 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). J. obovate, green with creamy edges when 
young, changing with age to olive-green with pink margins, and 
tinally having a bronzy centre, and broad, rosy-crimson margins. 
Polynesia, 1884, An ornamental foliage plant. 
