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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Agrostis—continued. 
window vases, &c. They are of easy culture, in ordinary 
garden soil. Sow seeds during spring in the open border, 
in tufts, among ferns, &c., or in pots for decorative pur- 
poses, 
A. clegans (elegant). h. 1ft. Russia, 1834. 
Fic. 53. AGROSTIS NEBULOSA. 
A. nebulosa = cloud).* Cloud Grass. fl. panicles resemble, when 
developed, a cloud resting over e ground. A. 1ft. Very light 
and elegant. Annual. Y fon Px 
ees y).* bandha ot with a more ri p habit than 
; Tiea mg B RR th ome | Jonas ti sive aaa. oe 
i efor ng, and for ve 
_h. 6in. to 12in. Russia. pa ea 
OA ti (windward icle 
: ang amn p een large, silky locking, 
ae ROT. See Pot-herb Mothsand Turnip Moth. 
AILANTUS (from ailanto, referring to its lofty 
= growth). ‘Tree of Heaven, ORD. Xanthozylacee. Tall 
- deciduous trees. The stove species will grow freely in a 
mixture of loam and peat; and the best way to increase 
_ these is by pieces of the roots, planted in a pot with their 
points above the ground, and placed in a hotbed, where 
gg testo will soon make fine plants. 
(tall). fl. whitish green, disposed similar to the 
my tn ng. out perce as 4 pinnate, 3ft. Som with ten to fourteen pairs 
of leaflets coarsely toothed at the base, without glands, R. 66ft. 
; India, 1800. A stove tree. 
A. glandulosa (glandulous whitish green, disposed in large 
- branched, oh terminal fancicled Fidos exhaling a disagreeable 
impari-pinnate ; leaflets coarsely toothed at. 
wise ands (The leaves on vigorous young trees are 
oe ength.) A. 60ft. China, 1751. This tree grows 
woe Jot aed for pre first ten or twelve years, in favourable 
Si ts growth is much slower. It is quite 
hardy, 1 thrives i in nerk any soil, though one that is light and 
l and a sheltered situation, suits it best. It is a 
le tree for ee or to stand singly on lawns, 
increased by slips of the roots 
SA (in honour of Dr. Whitelaw Ainslie, 
work on Indian drugs). ORD. Composite. 
of recent introduction. Although, 
no doubt, both species will prove tolerably hardy, they 
should have slight protection during winter. They thrive 
in light rich soil. £ by divisions of the root. 
an s ; 
A. Walkeræ (Mrs. Walkera tisk slender, 
stalked, borne in erect or somewhat nodding 
white et and the red one sare anthers make a- 
a bout lft. Hong A bite’ rare { 
AIRA (from aira, applied by the Greeks to Lolium 
temulentum). Hair Grass. ORD. Graminaceæ. Chiefly 
hardy grasses, of agricultural value. Panicle loose; spike- 
let compressed, with two perfect flowers, and sometimes a- 
neuter. Of easy culture, in ordinary garden soil. Sow 
seeds in spring. 
A. flexuosa (waved).* The Waved Hair ‘Grass. fi. shining brown; 
panicle erect, spreading, with waved angular branches and flower- 
stalks. Z short. Stem upwards of lft. high, erect, smooth. 
England. A very pretty and graceful perennial. 
Fig. 54. AIRA PULCHELLA. 
* fl. panicles loose, lelicate and grace- 
“idl i veya l. very short. hag Gs ra Sii- Benih Rurope. and dogit plant, 
tafiod ply me par enpr ten beck r pad aeee 
poked grasses. See Fig. 
 ATR-PLANT. See Aerides, also Epiphytes. ie 
AITONTIA (in honour ne eet Gers 
| usually procumbent or 
cena | ferous. 
dener at Kew). ORD. Meliacee. A small and rather inte- 
rosting greenhouse evergreen cet Good 
Hope, and thriving well in an equal 
and peat. Young cuttings will root in sand, under a bell 
glass, with bottom heat. The cuttings must not be put in — 
very close together, and the glass should be wiped frequently, 
as they are apt to damp-off. | P 
A. capensis (Cape). ty pink ; petals four, shorter than the pro- 
Poe a stamens, A tt. 1777. 
AIZOON siv aei, always, and zoos, alive; tenacious 
| of life). ORD. Portulacaceœ. Greenhouse annuals, bien- 
nials, or evergreen shrubs. Flowers apetalous; calyx five- 
cleft, coloured on the inner surface. The under-mentioned 
species is the only one worth growing. It requires no : 
a dry atmosphere, and light sandy soil. Propagated by 5 
seeds and cuttings. 
entosum entose nish, sessile. Summer. 
a 
r vi 3 -flow $ wO 
rather villous, three-flowered at the apex. oe ties tah 
are bracteated, and spring from the sides 
rae -shrub, erect, diffuse glabrous, 
| AJAVA SEED. See Ptychotis. 
AJAX MAXIMUS. See Narcissus. 
AJOWAN. See Ptychotis. 
AJUGA esik E aE Daon, a yoke; in reference — 
to the calyx being equal, not bilabiate). Bugle. ORD. — 
Labiate. Hardy annual or perennial herbaceous plants, — 
ng, sometimes stoloni- 
-—Whorls two or many flowered, dense, sometimes — 
all axillary, when the floral leaves conform to those of 
the stem; sometimes the superior whorls are approxi- 
mate into spikes, then the floral leaves are small, and 
of a different form from the stem ones. All the species 
are of easy cultivation in ordinary Perennials 
