PART II. 



SPECIAL ANNALS. 



§1. Introductions of 1893. 



A RECORD OF ALL THE VARIETIES OF ORNAMENTAL PLANTS, 

 FRUITS, AND VEGETABLES INTRODUCED INTO PUBLIC 

 SALES IN NORTH AMERICA DURING 1893. 



The introductions for the present year are considerably 

 less in number than for the two preceding years. The total 

 number of novelties in 1891 was 884; in 1892, 716; and in 

 the present year 649. From the list of this year, also, twenty 

 varieties should be subtracted, as they were introduced in 1892 

 or 1891 (as specified in the list), but were missed in the census 

 of those years (13 ornamentals, 15 fruits, 2 vegetables). The 

 inventory of the present year is remarkable for the very large 

 proportion of fruits and vegetables which it contains. The 

 649 entries are distributed as follows : 343 plants grown for 

 ornament or curiosity; 153 fruits; and 153 vegetables. How 

 many of these novelties may be old varieties reintroduced, it is 

 no part of this census to ascertain ; the present inventory aims 

 only to enter the names which are new to American trade this 

 year. 



Acalypha Hamiltoniana. John Alocasia Watsoniana. John Saul, 



Saul, Washington. Washington. 

 African Box Thorn, Lycium horri- Amarantus superbus. Thorburn, 



dum. Germain Fruit Co., 

 Cal. 



Henderson. 

 Anemone, Double White Whirl- 

 wind. Vick. 

 Apple, American Blush. Green's 

 Nurs. Co., Rochester, N. Y. 

 — Downing's Winter Maiden's 



Allamanda magnifica. John Saul, 

 Washington. 

 — violacea. John Saul, Wash- 

 ington, 



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