January 8, 1890.] 



Garden and Forest. 



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Fig. 3. — Hydrangea vcsttta, var. jmbescens. — See page 16. 



seeds, tubers, bulbs, stems, etc., of all kinds of plants, as well 

 as his specimens for the herbarium and animals and birds. 

 The plants, etc., came to Kew, and many good and interesting 

 things were raised from them. 



In the following notes only those plants are noticed which 

 have been distributed or which have flowered and have been 

 noticed publicly in England. Many plants introduced this year 

 are in the collections at Kew and in other botanical gardens 

 and nurseries, but they cannot yet be looked upon as estab- 



lished. It will also be noticed that plants which have been 

 introduced a number of years, but have not flowered and been 

 authentically named until this year, are included as new. 



Plants not possessed of any value for horticultural purposes 

 are not included, though a few plants of economical import- 

 ance have been brought into notice during the year. Probably 

 the most valuable of these is the true Sisal Hemp (Agave ri- 

 gtda, var. Sisalana), which promises to be a source of consid- 

 erable profit where it can be cultivated on a large scale. 



