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hardy in England and Scotland. Figures of the cone and bark are 

 given at p. 52. — G. S. S. 



Acer Negundo vap. aureum odessanum. "Anon." (Bull. d. 11 



Soc. Tosc. Ort. 1, p. 28 ; January 1901). — Rothe, of Odessa, has obtained 

 a sport of A. Negundo, whose leaves are of a crimsoned white edged with 

 brown, and elegantly variegated with yellow, and are capable of resisting 

 the injurious effects of the sun's rays. Described in Le Moniteur 

 d' Horticulture. — W. C. W. 



Adiantum modestum. By Prof. I'nderwood, of Columbia University 

 {Amer. Gard. xxii. 321, p. 112; IG 2/1901) .—Discovered recently in 

 New Mexico by Prof. F. S. Earle. It appears to be closely related to 

 A. cainllus-vencris of Europe. — C. C. H. 



Adiantum, vars. (Rev. Hort. Beige; February 1901). — Many re- 

 markable varieties of .4. cuneatum are described. — G. H. 



^Chmea Weilbachii. By V. de Conene (Die Gart. 14, p. 158; 

 two figs.). — A meritorious flowering plant for autumn and winter. — A.H. K. 



Agapetes (Thibaudia) macrantha (Garden, p. 90; 9/2/1901; 

 fig.). — Although introduced from Moulmain by Messrs. James Veitch in 

 1851, it is rarely seen in gardens. A plant was shown at R.H.S. on 

 January 15, 1901.— £r. /. C. 



Agave Peacockii (AmaryUidecB), C. Mexico (Bot. Mag. tab. 7757). 

 — Leaves sharply toothed, with green flowers and anthers. Flowered in 

 the Palm House, Kew, December 1899 ; the fiowering-scape being 14 ft. 

 high.— (7. il. 



Algae, New (Bei. Bot. Cent. bd. 10, ht. 3, p. 179).— Professor W. 

 Schmidle, Mannheim, describes five new fresh-water Alg^e from the Rhine 

 districts. These are Oscillatoria Lauterhornei, 0. initrida, Aplianothece 

 luteola, Coelosph^riuin liolopediforme, and Porphyridium Schinzi. 



G. F. S.-E. 



Allium Erdellii. By W. E. Gumbleton (Gard. Chroii. p. 287 ; 

 fig. 104 ; 4/5/1901).— Recently introduced. Described and figured. ' 



G. S. S. 



Allium OstPOWSkianum (LiUacece), W. Turkestan (Bot. Mag. 

 tab. 7756). — It bears large umbels of rose-red flowers ; from open 

 border at Kew. — G. H. 



Almonds and Peaches, Ornamental. By ^Y. J. Bean (Gard. 



Mag. 2477, p. 243; 20/4/1901).— A full account of all the species and 

 varieties comprised in the section Amygdalus of the large genus Prunus. 



TF. G. 



