AN ENCYCLOPAEDIA 
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OF HORTICULTURE. 385. 
AFRICAN LOTUS. See Zizyphus. 
AFRICAN MARIGOLD. Sce Tagetes erecta. 
AFRICAN OAK, and TEAK. See Vitex Doniana. 
AFZELIA (named after Adam Afzelius, M.D., Pro- 
_ fessor of Botany in the University of Upsal, in Sweden, and 
for many years resident at Sierra Leone). ORD. Legu- 
minose. 
sandy loam. Ripened euttings will root if planted in a pot 
of sand, and plunged in heat, under a bell glass. 
A. africana (African).* fl. crimson, disposed in racemes; = 
four (furnished with claws), upper one largest. June, 
ligneus, many-celled ; seeds black, with scarlet aril. 1. abruptly 
pinnate. h. 30ft. Sierra Leone, 1821, 
AGALMYLA (from agalma, an ornament; and hule, 
a wood; the species are great ornaments to the woods in 
which they grow wild). ORD. Gesneracew. A small but 
very handsome genus of climbing or radicant herbs, with 
simple alternate leaves and axillary fascicles of flowers, 
something like the blooms of a Gesnera. Corolla limb 
, , five-lobed, scarcely two-lipped. eo staminea, the 
3 gis generally cultivated species, is best grown in a basket, 
planted jn a compost of ange prain little leaf soil, fresh 
and nodules of charcoal. Give an abund- 
growing, which should be lessened 
after flowering, pes allow the plant to rest during winter. 
* It may be planted out on rockwork in the stove. Half- 
ripened cuttings will root freely in heat under a glass. The 
temperature in summer should not be less than 75deg. by 
day, and 65deg. by night. 
= tear (long-styled). fl. crimson. Java, 1873. 
mee (Cong: -stamened).* E scarlet, disposed in axillary 
g enen corolla tubular, incurve with a dilated throat. Summer. 
$ alternate, oblong, acuminated, denticulated, nearly equal at the 
base, downy beneath, and on the edges. Stem and petioles hairy. 
h. 2ft. Java, 1846. Stove species. 
AGANISIA (from aganos, desirable; in reference to 
the beauty of these neat little plants). ORD. Orchidaceae. 
Asmali genus of epiphytal orchids, requiring to be grown 
- upon a block of wood suspended from the rafters of the stove. 
A damp atmosphere, syringing the roots and leaves freely 
« when i in a growing state, and shade during very bright 
» are primary points to be observed in their culti- 
vation. Increased by dividing the pseudo-bulbs just pre- 
vious to starting into new growth. 
A. coerulea (dark blue).* fl. peduncles axillary, few flowered. 
“The colourte the icon A o Fida service, Th tat 
The wea darker bine blotches over the ‘flower, 
veiled middle : bailine a th, r 
beneath. two 
uadrate arms close to the ic hollow.” 1, 
duminata Pondo ulin suchou Seprasoovaa” ‘Brel 
A. fimbriata (fringed).* fl. white; ~~ blue. Demerara, 1874, 
This species has also a sacciform, fimbriate lip, but, when com- 
pared with the foregoing, its flowers, leaves, and bulbs are much 
com and the lip is not slit up to the apex, but the sac is 
round 
n graminos et leaved). A weedy looking species, of no garden 
value. Guiana, 1836. : 
A. ionoptera (violet- winged). The flowers, not very much larger 
than those of the lily of the valley, are white, with violet petals, 
sänd violet tips and streaks on the sepals. Peru, 1871. 
A. pulchella (pretty).* 7. white, with a blotch of yellow in the 
: centre of the ae the iiis is produced from the bottom of the 
- bulb. h, Demerara, 1838. It blossoms at different times of 
-the year, and lasts two or three weeks in perfection. This species 
isy oot. rare and pretty, and is best grown in a pot, with peat, and 
a ttet Eoi ; requires a liberal supply of water at the roots, and 
AGANOSHA (Crom aganos, mild, and osme, a smell; 
: ORD. Apocynacee. A genus of showy 
and terminal corymbs of large funnel-shaped flowers, the 
coronet of which is cup-shaped or cylindrical, “h its 
parts so united that they ig sites 
mouth of the cup.” 
worth cultivating. 
_ All the species mentioned are we 
ir They thrive best: dtr . of 
A pretty stove evergreen tree, thriving best in | 
y appear only as lobes around the 
: beating a. Ne eae 
Aganosma—continued. 
sand, and peat, in equal proportions. Propagated by cuttings 
c sand, under glass, and with bottom heat. 
acuminata (pointed-leaved).* freed tupet 
“petal linear, faloste, curled ; panicles afier airia 
eaves, scattered. 1. from oblong to broad irene noe ea R 
glabrous. Sylhet. Shrubby climber, 
A. Beagrie mage (clove-scented).* jl. pale yellow, tinged with 
red, deliciously clove scented ; corymbs terminal, October. l oval, 
acutish at both ends, tomentose beneath as well as the branches. 
India, 1812. Shrubby twiner. 
A. a Sara -flowered).* jl. small, whitish, fragrant ; 
and corolla hoary outside ; cymes terminal, shorter than 
leaves. J, elliptic, acuminated, Sylhet. Shrub, 
A. elegans (elegant),* fl. small mei Apne downy outside, as 
well as the pe cg Ea hoy md ; Sepals longer than the 
tube of the corolla; corymbs term on gamir l tic, short- 
acuminated, glabrous. India, Shrubby twiner. 
(bordered).* fl. numerous, large, white, fragrant ; 
ear, falcate; eae ER ol terminal, loose, corymbose, a 
Papen ry smooth. Sylhet. Shrubby climber. ela 
A. Roxburghii h’s).* - white, gear he fragrant ; 
a rg and Foroa hoary on outsi e; petals corymbs 
and shining are ree 1S 
peti Span ee, pale 
Shrubby twiner. 
a, hedeg r Ei (Wallich').* Si. terminal t; calyx and nue 
atone and pale pote h 
from last in veins Bog 
tudinal frown = bag di to the the Teayes being paral a te 
APANTHUS (from agape, love, ań anthos, a 
flower). ORD. Liliacew. African Lily. A genus, with 
numerous varieties, of very handsome greenhouse or con- 
servatory herbaceous plants. Flowers large, scapose ; 
perianth tubular, tube short; stamens six, having the 
filaments somewhat declinate. Leaves linear or lorate, 
arching, radical. They are of easy culture, and thrive 
best in strong turfy loam, leaf mould, decomposed manure, 
and river sand. They may be grown in large pots or tubs 
outside, to be removed in autumn, and placed under the 
stage in the greenhouse, or where they will be protected | 
from frost, and kept moderately dry. If pleased and left 
outside, the crowns should be well covered with cocoa-nut 
fibre in winter. During the summer, and especially in dry 
weather, the plants can hardly be over watered. They 
thrive admirably on the ins of Jakes or running 
streams, and few plants, alike in flower and foliage, are 
more effective. Clear manure water may be given pre- 
vious to or when the plants are in flower, and, after 
flowering, gradually lessen the quantity of ‘water, until 
they are stowed away for the winter. They increase very 
rapidly, by offsets, and, if necessary, the old plants may be 
divided in early spring, to any extent required. In the 
more southern parts of this country they are quite hardy. 
FIG. 39. AGAPANTHUS UMBELLATUS. os 
A, . umbellatus (um epee Éi "tlie shor perianth funnel- 
meek; Saye ian, 
ot ear sed ae 
ree age i 
