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Annals of Horticulture. 



disseminated were put upon the market*; of these, 24 are 

 introduced as fruit-plants, but 12 others which are introduced 

 as ornamentals have edible fruit. 



Some of the varieties were first sold in the fall of 1890 for 

 planting the following spring, and various ornamental plants 

 were introduced throughout the late fall and winter ; all these 

 are recorded as appearing in 1 890-1. 



Aberia caffra. Reasoner Bros. 



South Africa. 

 Abies bracteata. Orcutt.* 



A tall slender pyramidal tree of the Pacific Coast, reaching 100- 

 150 feet in height. . 



— magnifica. Orcutt. 



The Red Fir of the Pacific Coast; reaches 200 feet. 

 Abronia villosa. Orcutt. 



A trailing Californian plant, producing bright rose-purple flowers. 

 Abutilon. Future Fame. Dreer. 



Very deep rose shaded with crimson. 



— striata splendida. Dreer. 



Flowers bright orange, striped with rich crimson. 



— The Premier. Dreer. 



Deep rosy purple. 



Acacia. Fourteen new species from Australia and the gardens 



of Europe. Reasoner Bros. 

 Acanthomintha ilicifolia. Orcutt. 



A mint-like annual, a span high, of Southern Califoraia. Flowers 

 white and purple. 

 Actinolepis (or Baeria) coronaria. Orcutt. 



A low annual composite, with yellow flowers California. 

 Adenostoma fasciculatum, and A. sparsifolium. Orcutt. 



Evergreen Californian shrubs, belonging to the rose*family. The 

 former is the Chamisal. 

 Adiantum Lambertianum. Saul. 



— monochlamys. U. S. Nur. 



Finely denticulated pinnules 

 Agapanthus umbellatus var. albus. Reasoner Bros. 

 Africa. 



flore-pleno. Vick. 



Dark blue double flowers. Cape of Good Hope. 

 Agave deserti, A. Pringlei, A. Palmeri, A. Parryi and A. 

 Schottii. Orcutt. 



Agave from California and Arizona. 



*The plants catalogued by Mr. Orcutt are not all in cultivation, but he offers them for sale 

 and they must therefore be considered as introductions. 



