NOTES AND ABSTRACTS. 



Abelia floribunda. By D. Bois {Rev. Hort. Dec. i, 1912 ; 

 p. 544 ; coloured plate). — A very beautiful shrub, bearing numerous 

 clusters of five or six long, pendent, trumpet-shaped, warm rose-coloured 

 flowers. Native of Mexico, and therefore not hardy, but well adapted 

 for a warm conservatory.— C. T. D. 



Aechmea spectabilis. By F. Borsos (Oestr. Gart. Zeit. vol. viii. 

 pt. iii. pp. 80-82 ; 2 figs.). — The sword-shaped leaves of Aechmea 

 spectabilis attain a length of 3J feet and end in thorns. The flower 

 stem is 4 feet in length ; the panicles are five or six weeks in developing. 

 The carmine-coloured flowers open one by one, and the flowering period 

 lasts two or three months. 



This Aechmea is propagated from side shoots. It is grown in a 

 mixture of coarse peat, charcoal, coarse sand, loam, sphagnum, and 

 a little coal-dust. Good drainage is necessary and a warm, moist 

 atmosphere (95°F.).— S. E. W. 



Agave disceptata (Bot. Mag. tab. 8451).— Central America? 

 Family AmaryUidaceae, tribe Agaveae. Succulent under-shrub. 

 Leaves fibrous. Scape 5 J feet high. Flowers on a loose spike. 

 Perianth-lobes greenish, with rosy-purple edges, \ inch long. — G. H. 



Agave Haynaldii {Bot. Mag. tab. 8481).— Mexico or Central 

 America. Family AmaryUidaceae, tribe Agaveae. Shrub, rosette 

 with 80 leaves. Leaves 3J feet long. Inflorescence 23 feet high. 

 Perianth pale yellowish-green, 1 inch long. — G. H. 



Agave Warelliana {Bot. Mag. tab. 8501). — Mexico. Family 

 AmaryUidaceae, tribe Agaveae. Shrub. Rosette, acaulescent, of 

 seventy-five leaves, 3 feet high. Leaves 29 inches long. Inflores- 

 cence 15 feet high. Spike dense, 9 feet high, 14 inches broad. 

 Perianth yellowish-green, mottled with brown or red. — G. H. 



Akania Hillii {Bot. Mag. tab. 8469) .—Australia. Family 

 Sapindaceae, tribe Sapindeae. Tree, 30-40 feet high. Leaves 

 unequally pinnate, 1-2 feet. Leaflets 6-15 on each side, 5-12 inches 

 long, coriaceous, margins spinulose-serrate. Flowers, petals 5, pale 

 rose, subreflexed. — G. H. 



Alaska {U.S.A. Exp. Sin., Alaska, Ann. Rep., 1910 ; 85 pages ; 13 

 plates). — This report describes the climatic conditions of the different 

 stations, the agricultural practices suitable to the peculiar conditions, 

 and the work which has been done in raising varieties of corn, fruits, 

 &c, best adapted to this northern country. The range of temperature 



