this plant under such conditions was at the Botanical Garden a 

 Cambridge, Mass., and was made the subject of an article by Dr 

 George Engelmann in the Gardeners' Chronicle for Decembei 

 30, 1882. This article was accompanied by an illustration of th( 

 plant in flower, made from a photograph sent to Dr. Engelmanr 

 by Dr. Asa Gray. This plant was secured by Dr. E. Palmer 

 the veteran collector, in February, 1880, near Monterey, ir 

 Mexico, the locality from which this agave was originally securec 

 some years earlier by M. Considerant. Dr. Engelmann state; 

 that the specimen had over two hundred leaves, and that it senl 

 up a flowering stem over ten feet tall and with a basal diametei 

 of about two inches, the upper six feet of which was densely cov- 

 ered with pale yellowish green flowers about one and a quartet 

 inches long, borne in clusters of three. 



different countries conferring upon it two names. One of these 

 names, and the one under which it is generally known, is Agavi 

 Victoriat-Reginae, given to it, with the express permission of Queer 

 Victoria, by Mr. T. Moore, in the Gardeners' Chronicle for Oc- 

 tober 16, 1875. Mr. Moore descriti.es the species, and among 

 other things remarks that the entire stock of the plant was se- 

 cured by Mr. J. T. Peacock, a lover of succulent plants, living 

 near London. A few weeks previous to this, in the issue of thai 



plants at Cologne, mention was made of this as one of the novel- 

 ties exhibited by M. L. de Smet, of Ghent, Belgium, and the 

 further assertion was made that the plant was unnamed. 



These remarks in the Gardeners' Chronicle inspired M. Car 

 riere to set forth what he considered the facts in the case, ir 

 Revue Horticole, under dates of November 1 and 16, 1875 

 The substance of his remarks is comprised in the following 

 paragraph : 



" The plant was originally secured by M. V. Considerant, ii 

 1872, in the cold regions in the vicinity of Monterey, on 1 

 mountain to the left of the road from that place to Saltillo. M 



