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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Agapanthus—continued. 
A. u. albidus (whitish):* fl. pure white, on aids full-sized 
umbels, smaller than those of the species, but very showy. 
Cape of Good Hope. This requires carefully drying off during 
the winter. 
. A, u. aureus (golden). A variety in which the leaves are marked 
longitudinally with yellow. 1882. 
A. u. flore-pleno (double-flowered).* Identical in all respects 
with the species, except that it has double flowers, share are 
therefore, much more lasting than the single ones. 
handsome variety. 
A. u. Leichtlinii (Leichtlin’s),* fi., perianth deep bright he 
thine blue, lłin. long; scape about Litt. long, with a more compact 
umbel than any other known form. June. i. similar in size 
to the species. - Cape of Good Hope, 1878. 
A. u. maximus (larger).* fl. bright blue, in immense umbels. 
This is larger in all its parts than the t , and when well grown 
is truly a noble plant. There is also a w ite-flowered form of this 
variety, which is most desirable, being equally as large. 
; A. u. minor (smaller).* This is smaller in all its parts, with 
narrow leaves, and slender scapes of deep blue flowers. A very 
elegant variety. 
A. u. Mooreanus (Moore’s).* f. dark blue. h. l4ft. 1879. A 
new variety, with shorter, narrower, and more upright leaves than 
the species ; it has a dwarf habit. Perfectly hardy.. © 
A. u. variegatus ig seg * Where variegated-leaved plants 
are desired, few could more useful than this; its leaves are 
almost entirely white, with a few or bands, but they are 
neither so broad nor so Jo ras in the type. It isan excellent 
subject for the domestic g ; 
AGAPETES (from Sie beloved ; in referenco to 
the showy character of the plants). ORD. Vacciniacee. A 
genus containing about eighteen species of warm green- 
house or stove evergreen shrubs. Flowers corymbose and 
racemose; corolla tubular. Leaves alternate, coriaceous. 
A very 
They are all worthy of cultivation, but only two or three - 
species are grown in England. Peat, turfy loam, and sand, 
in equal parts, is the best c for them; and young 
BS hardened cuttings will striko in sandy soil, under a hand 
glass, in stove 
A. buxifolia (box: we bright red, about lin. long, tub tubular, 
oe oaks poser Dy ‘twiggy. pee, 
ok red, about lin. long, tubular, numerous, 
: i: ere lateral car ge a racemes, farnlahad with bristly hairs. 
lanceolate. plies art ag on very short robust petioles. 
l scattered, 
‘Pundua Mountains, 1837. 
) fl. scarlet, about lin. long, tubular, 
ug teenie ae on short petioles, lanceolate, — 
denticulated, attenuated at the base, veiny. Khasia, 183 
AGARICUS (derived from Agaria, the name 2 a town 
_ in Sarmentosa). Mushroom. ORD. Fungi. The most 
Pe extensive genus known. It, however, contains but one or 
two species of cultural value. The most important ones 
are the common field mushroom, A. campestris (Fig. 44), 
` the Fairy Ring mushroom, A. pratensis, and A. vaginatus. 
- Familiar species are the Parasol mushroom, A. procerus 
 @ig. 43); St. George’s mushroom, A. gambosus (Fig. 42) ; 
and the deadly Fly Agaric, A. muscarius (Fig. 41). For 
actical purposes the majority of this genus are poisonous, 
and many-virulently so. Great care must be exercised in 
ing with unknown A iauang even by experienced 
fungologists. See | 
AGASTACHYS (from agastos, admirable, and stachys, 
a spike). ORD. Proteacer. A evergreen shrub, 
with four sepalled apetalous flowers, which are disposed 
in numerous spikes. It thrives in a compost of equal parts 
loam, sand, and peat. Cuttings of ripened wood will strike 
in pom of bases ore in a cool house. 
t).* ow, 
odorata (irs ‘oa a om is yell Bont scented, crowded ; 
thickish, about Sie long. h. cheat a. New Holland, 1826. 
~ the beauty of the flowers). ORD. Composite. Allied to 
_ Cineraria, and requiring the same greenhouse treatment. 
It makes a very pretty object for summer decoration in 
ee 
| A. ciliata a lin” A y f white; 
- AGATHÆA (from agathos, excellent; in reference to _ 
; ¢ dagger yes Toong ontiese root freely, in a gentle 
Agathæa—continued. 
A. cœlestis (sky-blue).* f/l.-heads blue; peduncle one-headed. 
June. l. opposite, ovate, naked. h. 14f ft. Cape of Good Hope, 
1 Herbaceous perennial. See Fig. 40. 
Fic. 40. AGATHHA CŒLESTIS. 
AGATHIS. See Dammara. 
AGATHOPHYLLUM (from agathos, | 
phyllon, a leaf; referring to the pleasant clove-like "smell 
of the leaf), Madagascar Nutmeg. 
A stove ev tree, of economic value 
fruit enclosed by the persistent calyx; 
and light rich loam. Of easy propagation by ct 
sand, with a moderate bottom heat. 
A. aromaticum (aromatic). f. white. 7. stalked, alterna 
T obtuse, leathery, entire, smooth. h. 30ft. M: 
AGATHOSMA (from aġjathos, pleasant, and osme, smell; 
the plants contained in this genus have a pleasant smell). 
Syns. Bucco, Dichosma. ORD. Rutacee. Beautifil small 
heath-like greenhouse shrubs, from the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers in terminal heads, or umbels; petals five, divided, 
with long claws, and scattered, short, narrow leaves, usu 
with revolute edges. They are of easy culture, thriving best 
in a mixture of sand and peat, with the addition of 
little turfy loam. Young cuttings will strike root free’ 
in a pot of sand, under a bell glass, in a cool house. 
They require to be shaded somewhat in the summ 
Winter temperature, 40deg. to 45deg. 
species are known. 
= violet ; calyces smoo0 
*clandular on terminal suben and ett n ‘April 4 eats, sma 
what an Coast: at length spreading. 
lft. to 
A. bruniades (Brunia-like).* Jf lilac or white, on terminal Sa 
isnod, Tinke trig awishapeí, dotted, and a little fringed + 
branches hairy. A. ome a” nite, ae: 
A. ar Ce oar cn iar na he w snell; dioan a 
mined Repeats gaea an keeled, 
cels smoothish; heads ter- 
lanceolate, 
pirine E edges, dotted benes Gir 
hairs on “the iddle nerve, becoming at length 
eae he o 
A. erecta (opris ht).* fl. pale violet, terminal, sub-umbellate 
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