BOTANIC AND DOMAIN GARDENS. 
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of the Australian colonies in general, and the colony of Victoria in 
particular, it is my intention at an early date to compile a small work on 
the “Fibre Plants of Australia,” both indigenous and exotic. 
I have the ' honor to be, 
Gentlemen, 
Yours obediently, 
W. R. GUILFOYLE, 
Director Melbourne Botanic Gardens. 
The Commissioners of the 
Amsterdam International Horticultural Exhibition. 
f LIST OF PLANTS INTRODUCED INTO GARDENS SINCE MAY 1875, 
EITHER QUITE NEW TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OR TO RE- 
PLACE THOSE WHICH HAD BEEN LOST IN FORMER YEARS. 
Alocasia Marshalli 
Alpinia vittata 
ccerulea 
Ayerhoa Carambola, va- 
riety: — 
“Chow Ka” 
“ Quat Ink” 
“ Chin Ink” 
Achillea Gerberii 
Acer Negundo, variety 
variegata 
Alsomitra sarcophylla 
Ascyrum crux andrae 
Aucnba japonica, variety 
macrophylla 
*Aralia digitata 
Sieboldti, variety 
variegata 
Azalea hybrida, variety: 
Triomphe de May- 
ence 
Souvenir de Perony 
Lovely 
Augustus 
Clynia 
Azalea hybrida, variety : 
Dunbarii 
Eulalie 
Mars 
viscosa, variety vit- 
tata punctata 
Aphelandra nitens 
Liboniana 
Arenga Wightii 
Asparagus lucidus 
Arundina chinensis 
Amorphophallus variabilis 
Agave Americana, va- 
riety longifolia va- 
riegata 
Butea superba 
Borago laxiflora 
*Billardiera scandens 
Begonia — 11 varieties 
Brucea Sumatrana 
Bouvardia flava 
Yan Houttei 
Bauhinia arborea 
Croton (Codiseum) New- 
boldianum 
^Croton maximum 
aurea-maculatum 
Caladium hybridum, 
Prince Albert Ed- 
ward 
Ceanothus divaricatus 
Clethra arborea 
* Calamus Australis 
Camellia hybrida, va- 
riety: — 
Triomphe de Loddi 
Augustina 
Souvenir Emile Du- 
fresne 
Souvenir nova 
Verschaffeltii 
Sygno 
Vulcan 
Reine des Fleurs 
Reine des Beiges 
Walders alba 
Leopold I. 
Mathotiana, v, alba 
Romaniana 
centifolia, v. carnea 
Note.— The plants marked thus * have been re-introduced. 
t By referring to last year’s report it will be seen that 1,122 new species and 1,272 varieties of 
plants were added to the collection. 
