S. fern. A variety pee: the young 
fronds of a coppery-red hue 
Adiantum cuneatum, var. Gordoni 
(Y. G. 1888, p x 107.) Garden variety. 
Adiantum reginæ. (Veitch Cat. 1888; 
W. 1888, p. s ds beautiful 
maiden-hair fern, appro . Vic- 
tori tud ho do Siem: S ith the 
habit of. A.s 
Adiantum gus ophyll Moore. 
L'Hort. Int. Cat. suco 9, Py 45.) 
Garden variety of A, ze 
diantum versaillense. e and F. 
1888, v. 1, p. 376.) A crested form of 
Ca, eris. 
W. G. "es p. 432,) Bromelia A 
handsome plant, with a rosette of about 
12, spreading ceu rved 1l., 13 ft. or mor 
long, 2-23 in. broad, Eier down 
beneath ; bo h sides ae lepidote. 
he 
: se; 
iod. li in. long, bright blue. Ecua- 
dor 
Ainas See = Angrecum. 
eranthus RFA on, Rchb. 
CG. C. 1888, v. 4, p. 91; and H. G. 
1888, p. 398.) See Angrecum ophio- 
T RATM Era evee n f. 
1888, 
pP í and. tee "i du = ft 
linear, contracted at the bidentate; 
apex, „$in. broad. Fl. soli- 
tary, axillary, white, including the fili- 
^ ly 5 in. lon 
lanceolate, acute. Pet linear-acuminate. 
Lip broad, concave at base, acuminate 
at apex. Madagascar. 
Acrides DUE var. 
re compact form, with very thick stems, 
short broad 1., and short infi. 
Aerides Picotianum. (G. C. 1 88, v. 4, 
p- š 
the same as A. Houlletianum, 
Rchb. f. 
Æsculus turbinata, Blume. (R. H. 
1888, p. 496, p. 120-124 ; and G. and F. 
4 57455. 
ae v. : A 491.) eroe e = 
Æ. hip 
proce etes en but distinguishable 
at sight by the I. being pale greyish 
beneath. Fl. white. Fr. glo = e-tur- 
binate, without spines. about 
2 in each fr., with a very ‘ange hilum. 
Japan. Cultivated under the name of 
chinen 
Agav m e Baker. (G C. 188: 
T3. p. 392; and H. G. 1888, p. 230.) 
ida 
ran 
cluster of yellowish fl. Mexico? 
zum Bull C veg 888, p T3 PE jen: 
Int 88 T 
8-9, p Aracem 
S ‘aga plan [warf t habit, 
ith obliquely oblong-ovate, acuminate, 
dark green l. sparingly blotched. = 
grey. Spathes pointed, shining gree 
Jav 
Albuca Allenæ, Baker. (G. C. 1888, 
v.3, p. 10; and H. G. 1888, p. 125.) 
iüniele; A roi pitte: Zan 
Allamanda magnifica, Williams. 
—— - 1888, E 19). ae pocy- 
fine wering 
tier, with histeri aa d yellow 
fL, with a = ep bem aient throat, 
about 5 in. A variety of. 
A. Schotti. 
Allium parciflorum, Viv. (G. e 
e v. 4, p. 236.) Liliacem H., 
mall species, with an ovoid bulb, sito. 
ducing 1-3 slender iin; n in. high, 
2-4 filiform L, which 
are placed at from way up the 
stem, -e an umbel of 3-6 small purple 
fl. Cors 
Alnus aM 2. te (H. 
1888, p. 558.) ornamental 
tree similar to A. rubr ba "it branches 
rk 
too 
scent Beneath, on in 
