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A. roseum (rose-coloured).* fl. pale lilac-rose, largo, in umbels of Itatus i yea -leaved).*, fi. whitish, ‘about 2in, long, in 
ten or twelve; stems round, rather longer than the leaves. ary tufts.» August. Z. opposite, one is lin. to 2in, long, an 
- Summer, 7. strap- shaped, channelled, rolled inwards at the top, r “the other 6in.ste 9in. long, and 2in. wide, oblong, shortly acumi- 
% not hairy. A. 12in. to lóin. South Europe, 1752.. z * nate, roundéd, peltate at the base, and raised on stout foot- 
A. sativum vaten: Garlic. fi. white; umbel bulbiferons. . «stalks, lin, to Zin. long. A. lft. Costa Rica, 1877. à 
Summer. l. flat. h. 15ft. Sicily, 1548. For “culture, see Garlic. | A. r nhs (creeping). jl. yellow; corolla with curved tube, 
A. schcenoprasum (rush-leaved onion). Chives, fl urple p ` four lobed; sepals ovate, “spotted ; ‘peduncles axillary, solitary. 
umbel many-fiowered, globose, without bulbils. : June and July. _ February... 1, ovate, rather fleshy, serrate, on short petioles. St. 
l cylindrical, somewhat tapering towards the point; stem with one | © Martha, 1845... Plant downy ; an evergreen trailer, 
leaf, or naked. h. lft England, For cultivation, see Chives. | Aevittatus (striped). Jl, calyx crimson; corolla pale yellow; 
A. spherocephalum (globe-headed).* jl. densely pac ‘ked “in a C farerne fasciculate; surrounded by vivid red foliaceous bracts. 
subspherical head ; in a bud state the upper ones are-reddish- l. large, shortly-stalked, broadly-ovate, of a deep velvety greeny 
purple, the lier green. June. J, narrow, shorter than the long “having a broad greyish-green band down the centre, branching off 
terete stems. * h, 1}ft. to 2ift. South Europe, 1759, oe aan course of the principal veins, Stems erect, fleshy. 
A. stramineum (straw-coloured ellow, in deine lo ade * 
umbels. July. T, Aa t Rea te sims, “A . to zamorensis (Zamora).* jl. yellow ; sepals orange-red. h. 1ft. 
Siberia. E lumbia, 1875. æ 
A. striatum (striated). „See EE E E ` ORUS. See Pellea and Cryptogramma. 
A. triquetrum (three-cornered). jl. white, somewhat betshnpod, ALLOTMENT GARDENS. A system of 
. system of assigning 
with a narrow streak of pure green down each petal, in al 7 . 
2 slightly drooping ‘adel, On erent? triangular prs shorter than © small portions of land to be cultivated-by labourers after 
the leaves. Summer. l green, broadly strap-shaped, keeled in a .| their ordinary day’s work. 
sarap 78 manner, sometimes very long. h. 12in. to i8in. South_| «© The following are the most important rules to be carried 
out; “but, should occasion arise, other rules must be made * 
one-leaved). fl. bright rose. July. > 
ar TTI PNET A hands. from Calif ly. A Ut, to 2 
ornia, ome species, ornia, resem - 
A.” » but differing from pot N ap species by the circum- 
stance that its bulbs are develo at a distance from each other, 
and = Cn by at -like rhizome, jin. to lin. long. 
. Douglasti. ý 
Syn. A 
A, u A ‘scien ved Garlic; Ramson® fl. pure 
© white, oa rpg rianth Segments; umbel level at top ; 
` triangular. - Summer. l. one or two, radi 
stalked, ‘ares, bright green. h. 1ft. “England. See Fig. 59, 
A, g). jl, pure ea or rose-coloured, in large 
pa er s ing ts ain to Ait.. Figo el iin, broad, early! 
~ as long as the stem n. A retty new species f 
Oregon and California, 1881. gige er Aa 
A. Victorialis (Victovia’s). . 
spicate umbels. May. 
shorter than the stem. 
Al. greenish-white, in many-flowered, 
broadly ovate- oblong, à hannelled, 
Europe, 1739. 
h. 1ft. to 2ft. Southe 
This is conspicuous from its broad eaves, a | 
very rare in cultivation. 
ALLOPLECTUS (from allos, diverse, and pleco, to 
plait; the calyx appears as if it was plaited in diverse direc- 
tions), ORD. Gesneracer. Very handsome stove evergreen 
shrubs. Corolla tubular or club-shaped, straightish ; calyx 
coloured. Leaves opposite, one in each pair smaller than 
the other, petiolate, fleshy, scattered or decumbent, or erect, 
the under surface generally reddish; branches —. 
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Bin, 
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to meot particular cases :— 
Each’ Allotment should consist of a 
: ger to be let yearly at a rent of not aike than 10s. 
Allotment to be let for one year only, to be re-let 
to thessame occupier, provided his character has been satis- 
factory during the preceding year. 
` 8. The rent shall be considered due at Michaelmas! If it 
remains unpaid for one month after that date, the Allot- 
rood of land 
» ment shall be forfeited. 
_ 4. The Allotment to be cultivated solely by spade hus- 
bandry, and the same crop shall not be planted on the 
same part two years in succession, 
5. Separate Allotments shall be divided by a space not 
less than 18in. 
6. Any occupier trespassing on his neighbour's Allotment, 
or inf’any way interfering or damaging the same, shall not be 
allowed to hold his Allotment after the expiration of the year. 
ALLSPICE. See Calycanthus. 
ALLSPICE TREE. See Pimenta. 
ALMEIDEA (in honour of J. R. P. de Almeida, a | 
Brazilian, who was of great assistance to St. Hilaire while — 
on his travels in Brazil). Ory. Rutacew. Stove trees or 
shrubs with alternate, simple, entire, stalked leaves. 
Racemes terminal, divided at the apex into compound 
thyrse-like» panicles, The undermentioned species, the 
, ovate- ienesolate, } only one as yet introduced, will grow freely in a mixtire of 
loam, sand, and peat. Partly ripened cuttings will strike 
|. root if planted thinly in" pot of sand under a hand glass, 
in heat. : ” 
A. rubra (red). fl. pink; petals very blunt; racemes compound. 
September. Z. lanceolate, acute at the base. h, 12ft. Brazil; 1849, 
Evergreen shrub, _ ‘ 
ALMOND. See Amygdalus, 
ALNUS (from al, near, and’ lan, the bank of a river; 
general habitat of the genus). The Alder Tree. ORD. 
Betulacee. A genus. of deciduous trees and shrubs. 
Flowers moncecious ; barren ones in long drooping au- 
tumnal catkins, thsting through the ` winter; fertile 
ones, produced in spring, in oval catkins, resembling + 
-a fir-cone in shape, the fleshy scales of which become _ 
indurated and ligneous as they approach — maturity. 
Leaves stalked, roundish, blunt. Propagated usually 
Wo-coloured), ft. yellow, p 
le; corolla = 
ober one- flowered, June, 
patted ye ‘ovate, oblong, den: 
sy "ales above, downy beneath ; branches 
: ” a Grenada, 1840, Plant erect, rather 
A. capitatus (headed). £ capita te; sepals red, leaf RE 
s tergani middle S poluneles axillary, ” March. 
arge, ow reddish beneat St 
tetragonal, red. Zit, Soati Ane ee panes: Stem bluntly 
seeds, which are gathered towards the end of October; they 
require to be well dried, in order that the cones do not 
become mouldy. The- s8eds are sprinkled lightly on the a 
ground with the slightest possible covering. Towards the = 
end ‘of the year, the seedings will be about 10in. high. $i 
„heThey are then planted in rows 1}ft. apart, and 6in. from 
“each other, where they may remain*for two years, after 
which they can be placed out in the ‘situations where they a 
are intended to stand. Planting is best done in November _ a. 
A. di (two-eoloured). fl. pu 
i rple, yellow, axillary, crowded, 
nearly Aa e : eee entire, pubescent. Brazil, 
or March ; and, if it t on. to make a plantation 
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