Annals of Horticulture. 



memory of Charles Darwin, because of his deep interest ir 

 the variations of cultivated plants. 



The plants which have attracted attention in England dur- 

 ing 1 891, are discussed as follows by W. Watson, of Kew, in 

 Garden and Forest:* 



"Stove and Greenhouse plants. — Exclusive of orchids, the 

 best new stove and greenhouse plants introduced into cultiva- 

 tion last year must be credited to Kew. Few trade collectors 

 think it worth while to pay any attention to foliage or flower- 

 ing plants, other than orchids, for the reason that, as a rule, 

 ^ouse t ^ iere * s not mucn nioney in them. The botanical gardens in 

 plants, the colonies, and numerous correspondents in various parts of 

 the world, however, send to Kew various interesting and good 

 decorative plants, and these are eventually distributed among 

 nurserymen and others who desire to try them. Of the fifty 

 or so new stove and greenhouse plants recorded, the following 

 are of most promise horticulturally : 



"Alberta magna. — Mr. W. Bull offered this plant in his cata- 

 logue of new plants for last year. It has been in cultivation 

 several years at Kew, but, so far as I know, it has never yet 

 flowered in England. It is rubiaceous, closely allied to cin- 

 chona, which it resembles in habit and foliage ; the flowers, 

 which are small, are in dense panicles, and colored bright red. 

 It will most likely prove a good greenhouse plant, as it comes 

 from a high altitude in Natal. The treatment which suits lu- 

 culia ought to answer for the alberta. 



" Allamanda Williamsti, Hort. — Probably only one of the 

 many forms of the variable A. cathartica, but differing from 

 those previously known in gardens by its shrubby habit and 

 floriferousness. It has been brought into notice by B. S. 

 Williams & Son. 



" Aristolochia gigas var. Sturtevantii. Watson. — This came to 

 Kew from Mr. Sturtevant. It flowered freely in one of the 

 tropical houses, and, so far at any rate as Europe is concerned, 

 it was the most remarkable new plant of the year. It is named 

 in compliment to Mr. E. D. Sturtevant, of New Jersey, f 



" Brownea Crawfordii, Watson. — This is a hybrid between 

 B. grandiceps and B. macrophylla, which flowered at Kew last 

 year, and was named in compliment to the late W. H. Craw- 

 ford, of Cork, who raised it. In the size of the inflorescence 

 and color of the flowers, it is even superior to B. grandiceps. 



♦Garden and Forest, v. 40. fGarden and Forest, iv. 546. 



