42 | THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Agave—continued. 
ensiform, diverging irr ly and often curving, 1}ft. to 3ft. long, 
2in. to Sin. (rarely 4in.) broad at the middle, narrowed gradually 
upwards, a slightly glaucous dead green, marked with a few 
darker green lines on the back, furnished with a broad continuous 
horny border and a few very large irregular hooked teeth, often 
_ united or collected in pairs, sin. to Zin. long, and gin. to żin. broad; 
terminal spine brown, pungent, lin. long. Mexico. A long- 
known, witety erod; and distinct species. SYNS. A. amurensis 
and A, Vanderdonckit. i 
A. x. hybrida is a aioe dwarf variety with vittate leaves, 
and smaller, more crowded deltoid-cuspidate prickles than in 
the = It is also commonly known as A. x. vittata and A. 
perbe 
Fig. 48, AGAVE YUCCEFOLIA. 
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(yneca-lea * fl. greeni 
cin, to inion ab 
Ageratum—continued. 
barely covering them. As soon as the young plants are 
large enough, prick them off into thumb pots, and keep 
in heat till they grow freely, then place them into a 
cooler house. Transfer into larger pots as soon as the 
others are full of roots, until they are finally shifted into 
10in. or 12in. pots. When these are full of roots, tho 
plants should be watered with liquid manure twice a week, 
and they soon bloom well, making fine specimens, During 
hot weather especially, they should be well syringed 
with clear water daily, to keep down red spider. The 
plants required for bedding (for which purpose the dwarf 
garden varieties are mostly used) should be raised about 
the same time, kept in small pots, gradually hardened off, 
and planted out in the middle or end of June. Cuttings 
of all the varieties strike readily in heat, treated like most 
soft-wooded plants, and, when rooted, may be managed as 
recommended for the seedlings. The following are the only 
two species in cultivation in England: 
Lasseauxii (Lasseaux's). /l.-heads rose-coloured ; capitules 
small, disposed in corymbose heads, Summer. 2. lanceolate- — 
elliptic. A. 14ft. to 2ft. Monte Video, 1870. A much branched 
plant, requiring greenhouse protection in winter, and suitable for 
planting out in summer. 
A. mexicanum (Mexican).* The commonest and most useful 
ee with a Bogner of lilac-blue flowers. h. 2ft. Mexico, 
. When used for bedding purposes it may be pesged down like 
the Verbena, or be allowed to grow its full height. Several ve 
dwarf varieties of it have fas easy under cultivation, whic 
su ding, the best of which are :— 
hee Ha is md EO dct a 
form, Sometimes grown for the sake of its pretty foliage. > 
AGGLOMERATE, AGGLOMERATED. Col- 
lected into a heap or head. | z 
AGGLUTINATED. Glued 
gether ; usually applied to the inflorescence. 
AGLAIA (mythological: from Aglaia, the name of one of 
the Graces, and given to this genus on account of its beauty 
and the sweet scent of the flowers). ORD. Meliaceew. Stove 
evergreen trees or shrubs having very small flowers, dis- 
posed in branched axillary panicles. Leaves alternate, tri- 
foliate, or impari-pinnate. There are several species, but, 
the undermentioned is the only one worth growing ye 
introduced. It thrives well in a mixture of turfy loam 
_ and peat. Young cuttings ripened at the base, and taken 
= at a joint, will root in sand under a hand glass, in 
eat. Beto. 
A. odorata (sweet-scented). fl. yellow, small, in axillary racemes, 
very sweet-scented, said to be used by the Chinese to scent their 
. February to May. l. pinnate, with five or seven glossy 
leaflets. A, 8ft. to 10ft. China, 1810, 9 E 
AGLAOMORPHA. See: 
AGLAONEMA (from ajlaos. 
thread; supposed to refer to the s 
blotches. A. lft. 
- maculatum. i 
| A. Mannii(Mann’s).* Jl, spathe 2in. long, whitish, with a spadix 
: qoe shied a prarig hga saret wy a scarlet intr 
elliptic-oblon rk green, ms thickish, erect. A, 
Victora Mountains, 1868. i Bee 
A. marantefolium maculatum (spotted), Synonymous with 
A, commutatum. — 
A. pictum (painted).* 7., spathe pale creamy yellow, folded round 
so as to appear spa 
re Rag Pe cx ing at top ; spadix ng, 
sAperet. ge? elliptic acumina Li ma etga green, iaa irre- 
with broadish angulate patches of grey. Stems sle 
h. lrt. to 2ft. Borneo. i 
