May 23, 1894.] 



Garden and Forest. 



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Fig. 37. — Elliottia racemosa. — See page 206. 



A flowering branch, natural size. 2. Vertical section of a flower, enlarged. 3. A flower, the corolla and stamens removed, enlarged. 



4. A stamen, front, side and rear views, enlarged. 5. A cross-section of an ovary, enlarged. 



excitement, with which the development of these is 

 watched. At Kew we are now watching with interest the 

 rapid approach to blossoming of a large batch of Disas 

 raised from seeds obtained by crossing D. grandiftora, D. 

 racemosa, D. tripetaloides and the hybrid D. Veitchii with 



each other. Two of these crosses flowered last year and 

 were named D. Premier and D. Kewensis, both good and 

 handsome plants. Probably a hundred more will flower 

 here before midsummer. 



London. W. WalSOU. 



