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AN ENCYCLOPAEDIA 
OF HORTICULTURE. 
AGRIMONIA (from argos, white; the cataract of the eye 
being white.. Once reputed to contain medicinal qualities). 
Agrimony. ORD. Rosacew. A genus of hardy herbaceous 
perennials, with interruptedly pinnate leaves, each accom- 
panied by a pair of stipules united to the petioles. Flowers 
i small, numerous, spiked ; calyx turbinate, involucrated by 
| bristles; petals five. They are all of the easiest culture, 
; growing in ordinary soil. Readily increased by root- 
1 division. The most showy species in cultivation are 
d described below. 
j A. Eupatoria (Eupatoria) fl. yellow, on an elongated spike. 
i. with elliptic-oblong, coarsely serrated leaflets, odd one stalked. 
h. lft. to 2ft. Britain. 
A. nepalensis (Nepaul). fl. ycllow, on erect, slender racemes. 
l. with ovate, serrated leaflets, odd one stalked, villous. h. 1ft. to 
2ft.. Nepaul, 1820, 
A. odorata (sweet-scented).* jl. yellow; spikes several. J, with 
oblong lanceolate, deeply crenate-toothed leaflets, hairy. h. 2ft. 
to 3ft. Italy, 1640. 
AGRIMONY. See Agrimonia. 
AGRIOTES. See Wireworm. 
AGROSTEMMA (from agros, a field, and stemma, a 
crown; alluding to the beauty of the flowers, which were 
formerly made into crowns or garlands). Rose Campion. 
ORD. Caryophyllaceæ. Hardy evergreen perennials and 
annuals, with broadish leaves, and one-flowered peduncles. 
Of easy culture, and well adapted for borders. They will 
all grow freely in common garden soil. Increased by 
: division of the roots, and seed. A. celi-rosa, and A. 
flos-Jovis are, perhaps, species of Lychnis, but the generic 
name which we have adopted is the most common one. 
All the species of this genus are exceedingly pretty free- 
flowering plants, and both annuals and perennials are well 
| worth growing. 
| A. coeli-rosa (rose of Heaven).* fi. delicate rose, white, or bright 
purple, solitary, terminal, Summer. Levant, &c., 1713. An annual 
species about lft. high, not tomentose; should be grown in 
| patches. Sow the seed in April. 
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FIG. 49. AGROSTEMMA CŒLI-ROSA FIMBRIATA. 
A. c-r. fimbriata (fimbri i i tals 
Known also as ph gre on See Fig ees oo ea 
A, Cor urple).* ' ing dark 
pagia es nat Btls a wih ae si having dar 
L coronaria (crowned).* /. white, with the middle red ; petals 
cmarginate, crowned, serrated ; posncien elongated, one-flowered. 
si moira ed 
K = mtn Kurope, 
adapted for naturalising on dry hill sides, and in the i 
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eathery ; plant woolly throughout. 
1806. ‘This apadien te Mini 
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Agrostemma— continued. 
Fic. 50. AGROSTEMMA COELI-ROSA PURPUREA, 
garden, There are several varieties seen in gardens with a great 
diversity of colour, oe my sh dark crimson, white, and sometimes 
double flowers. See Fig. 
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Fic. 51. AGROSTEMMA CORONARIA, showing Habit and Flower. 
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A. flos-Jovis.* Flower of Jove. f. purple or scarlet, in umbellate 
heads ; peduncles short, rather ‘branched. July. i lanceolate, 
: y, tomentose. 
y. 
stem-clasping, | silk h. 1ft. Switzerland, 1726 
Plant white from tomentum. See Fig. 52. 
Fig. 52. AGROSTEMMA FLOS-JovIS, showing Habit and Flower. 
AGROSTIS (from agros, a field ;, the Greek name for a 
kind of grass). Bent Grass. Oxp. Graminee. Annual or 
perennial grasses. Panicle loose ; spikelets compressed. 
Several of the species are very effective, and well worth- 
growing; and the spikes are pretty objects when dried, for 
