HORTUS VEITCHII 



AMAKANTHUS MELANCHOLICUS, Linn., var. EUBEE. 



Gard. Chron. 1862, p. 398 (advt.). 



A plant with striking blood-red foliage, introduced by the late John 

 Gould Veitch from Japan, selected from amongst several varieties as the 

 one most valuable for garden flower decoration, summer bedding, and 

 general ornamental purposes. 



AMAEANTHUS SALICIPOLIUS, Hort. Veitch. 



Gard. Chron. 1871, p. 1550, with fig. ; Fl. Mag. 1871, pi. 557 ; Fl. dea Serres, 1873, 



vol. xix. p. 3. 



Introduced from the Philippines by the late John Gould Veitch. 



This annual is of pyramidal form, 2 to 3 ft. high ; the leaves, from 5 to 

 7 in. long by in. wide, of a bright bronzy-green, change as the plant 

 matures to an orange-red. 



ANDEOSACE HENEYI, Oliver. 



Hooker's Ic. PI. t. 1973. 



Detected by the Eev. E. Faber on Mount Omei and by Dr. A. Henry in 

 the Province of Hupeh, from whose specimens it was originally described. 



A somewhat large species for the genus with reniform crenate leaves on 

 hairy petioles 4 to 6 in. in length, and umbels of pure white flower freely 

 produced. 



It was raised from seed collected in high ranges at elevations of 

 6,000-8,500 ft. 



APEEA AEUNDINACEA, Hook. f. 



Gard. Chron. 1897, vol. xxii. pp. 282, 283, fig. 84. 



A New Zealand grass raised from seed at Coombe Wood in January 

 1896, and flowered in October 1897 ; an unusually graceful plant. 



AETEMISIA LACTIFLOEA, Wall 



A strong-growing hardy herbaceous perennial from 4 to 5 ft. with 

 elegant lobed leafage and terminal panicles of milk-white flower, small 

 individually, showy in a mass. 



Sent from China by Wilson, flowered for the first time in 1903 at 

 Coombe Wood ; an unusually valuable plant. 



AEUM PALvESTINUM, Boiss. 



Bot. Mag. t. 5509 ; N. B. Brown in Gard. Chron. 1882, vol. xvii. p. 428. 



A singular Aroid discovered by the distinguished botanist and traveller 

 M. Boissier, near Jerusalem, and from this locality plants secured 

 flowered for the first time in 1865. 



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