January 25, 1893.] 



Garden and Forest 



41 



Fifr. 7. — Nymphsea gigantea, reduced one-third. — See page 40. 



Foreign Correspondence. 



The New Plants of 1892. — I. 



THE new plants of last year, although more numerous 

 than usual, do not include many of extraordinary merit ; 

 indeed, the number of really first-rate garden-plants among 



them is exceptionally few. I propose to deal now only 

 with the plants for which English horticulture is responsi- 

 ble, deferring the introductions of foreign establishments 

 for a subsequent letter. 



Orchids. — The new introductions among Orchids are 

 fewer than usual, and the really good acquisitions fewer 



