February 3, 1897.] 



Garden and Forest. 



45 



1. Plant, about one-fourth natural size. 



Fig. 7. — Tillandsia Dugesii. — See page 44. 

 2. Upper portion of inflorescence, natural size. 3. A flower, natural size. 4. A petal, natural size. 



which at Kew is a most useful decorative plant for the tion is now published in The Gardeners' Chronicle, along 



conservatory. with a reproduction of a photograph of a fine specimen of 



Polygonum Baldschuanicum. — I drew attention to this it grown by Monsieur Lemoine, of Nancy, with whom it 



plant a few weeks ago when it was an attraction in the has grown exceptionally well, planted at the foot of a dead 



herbaceous collection at Kew. Some additional informa- Elm-tree, up which it climbed to a height of ten feet and 



