HORTUS VEITCHII 



It was introduced from the South Sea Islands through the late John 

 Gould Veitch. 



AEALIA KEECHOVEANA, Hort. Veitch. 

 Gard. Chron. 1878, vol. ix. p. 430 ; Veitclis' Catlg. of PI. 1883. 



A graceful object for the stoves from the South Sea Islands, first 

 distributed in 1883. The leaves are digitate, composed of 9 to 11 

 spreading leaflets, making almost a circular outline. The plant is 

 dedicated to Count Oswald de Kerchove of Ghent, one of the most 

 distinguished patrons of Belgian horticulture. 



ABALIA OSYANA, Hort. Veitch. 



Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1870, p. 17, fig. p. 3, also col. pi. 



, A graceful free-growing stove plant, introduced from the South Sea 

 Islands through the late John Gould Veitch. 



The leaves are digitately compound, with 6 to 8 strap-shaped leaflets 

 divided at the apex, bright green in colour with chocolate-coloured veins 

 and tips. 



AEALIA VEITCHII, Hort. 



Veitchs' Catlg. of PL 1873, fig. p. 3 ; Fl. and Pom. 1874, p. 5 ; Nich. Diet. Gard. 



vol. i. fig. 143. 



A very elegant, universally-cultivated, slender-growing stove plant from 

 New Caledonia, unsurpassed, as a pot plant with ornamental foliage 

 for house decoration and for the exhibition tables. 



AEDISIA MAMILLATA, Hance. 



Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1888, p. 9. 



A stove plant from Southern China found by Mr. Charles Ford, late 

 Superintendent of the Botanic Gardens at Hong Kong, who also sent 

 plants to the Eoyal Gardens, Kew, about the same time. 



The specific name is derived from the teat -like processes or mamillae, 

 each surmounted by a bristle-like hair, thickly studded over the whole of 

 the upper surface of the leaf. 



The chief ornaments, however, are the rich coral-red berries which 

 follow the flowers, and remain in perfection through the winter months. 



AEDISIA OLIVEEI, Mast. 



Masters in Gard. Chron. 1877, vol. viii. p. 680, with fig. ; Bot. Mag. t. 6357 ; Veitchs' 



Catlg. of PI. 1878, fig. p. 7. 



This stove flowering shrub of great beauty, somewhat resembling an 



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