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AN ENCYCLOPAEDIA 
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OF HORTICULTURE. 
Anagallis—continued. 
A. Webbiana (Webb's). fl. blue; petals with their tops slightly 
denticulated. June to August. J, several, verticillate. k. 4in. 
Portugal, 1828. , 
ANAGYRIS (from ana, backwards, and gyros, a circle ; 
‘the pods are curved backwards at theit extremities). ORD. 
Leguminose. An ornamental greenhouse or half-hardy 
shrub, having the two stipules placed opposite the leaves. 
It thrives in a mixture of loam, sand, and peat in equal 
proportions. Young cuttings should be planted in July in 
a pot of sand, and placed under a hand glass. 
A. foetida (fcetid). fl. yellow, hairy, like those of the Laburnum ; 
racemes short. May. 1. trifoliate; leaflets lanceolate, acute, 
entire. h. 6ft. to 8ft. South Europe, 1750. This shrub is fetid 
in every part when bruised. 
ANALOGY. Resembling a thing in form but not in 
function; or vice versi. Corresponding with a thing in 
“many points, but differing in more, or in points of more 
importance. S ira A : 
ANANAS (from nanas, the South American name 
for the Pine Apple). Syn. Ananassa. Pine Apple. ORD. 
Bromeliacee. Stove herbacďous perennials, having the 
> berries collected with the bracts into a compound fruit. 
Leaves rigid; edges spiny. The variegated form is a 
-useful plant for decorative purposes, and may be employed 
without the usual harmful consequences attending stove 
plants generally, but it must not be subjected to cold 
draughts. The soil should consist of two parts fibrous 
loam, one of peat, one of dung and leaf mould, and another 
of sand. ‘Those propagated from suckers, which should 
be laid by a day or two and then inserted in a strong heat, 
have, as a rule, longer and lighter-coloured leaves. Offsets 
are often produced at the base of the fruit, and make stout 
plants, with high-coloured foliage. When the plants are 
potted in spring, plunge them in bottom heat, to hasten 
their growth; but this is not absolutely necessary. Should 
_ it be desired to fruit the variegated form, the plants may 
f ‘ be submitted to the same pröcess of culture as detailed 
~ypeeunder Pine Apple (which see). 
A. bracamorensis (Bracamora). Brazil, 1879. 
+ ete (bracted). jl. crimson. April. h. 3ft. Brazil, 
A. ducida (shinifig). A. pink, April. h. 3ft. South America, 
A. macrodonta £ reddish, tinted buff ; om 
elongate-ovoid, with imbricating dentate bracts. fr. co. , 
„about 8in. long and 4in. wide, with conspicuous bracts, and highly 
aa perfumed. Z. with conspicuous teeth. 1878. SYN. Bromelia 
- undulata. : an 
A. Mordilona (Mordilona; native name). fr. large, with a fine 
— _. 1. distinguished in being without spines. Columbia, 
(large-toothed).* 
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A. Porteana (Porter’s).* Z armed on the margins with sharp 
spines, deep olive green, with a broad band of pale yellow running 
down the centre from base to apex. This species has a somewhat 
erect habit of growth. Philippines, 1865. 
A. sativa (cultivated). Pine Apple. For culture, see Pine Apple. 
A. s. variegata (variegated).* l. rosulate, finely arched, 2ft. or 
3ft. long, serrated on the edges ; centre bright green, sometimes 
with a few lines of white, broadly margined with rich creamy- 
yellow, tinged with red towards the margins, <A very elegant 
variegated plant for vases, &c. 
‘ _ANANASSA. See Ananas. 
ANANTHERIX (from a, without, and antheris, an 
an; thère are no horn-formed processes from the base of 
the leaflets of the corona, as in Asclepias, to which it is 
- Closely allied). Orp. Asclepiadew. Pretty hardy herba- 
per as 
soil, Increased by divisions of the root; or by seed, which 
ripen in abundance: There are six or more species of this 
genus known, only one of which is in cultivation. 
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A. viridis (green), A. purpli i corolle , 
. rplish green, large; corolla sub-cam- 
| pam res five pr Ea Ehe anicle 
ew flowered. Au ls from the stem, subpanicled, 
smoothish. “A. If gist Rp costs Sg obovate-oblong, pointed, 
AN } (from a, without, and rhin, a 
snout; corolla being without a spur, or furnished with a 
very short one). Orp. Scrophularinee. Elegant little 
plants, of easy culture in an open situation, and light | 
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Anarrhinum—continued. 
 half-hardy biennials or perennials allied to Antirrhinum. 
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Flowers small, drooping, in long spike-formed, twiggy, and 
interrupted racemes. Radical leaves usually in a rosette ; 
stem and branch leaves palmate-parted, or toothed at the 
apex; superior ones quite entire. They are of easy culture 
in ordinary garden soil; seed may be sown outside in 
spring, or they can be increased by growing cuttings, but 
they require protection during severe weather. 
A. bellidifolium (Daisy-leaved).* jl. white, or pale blue ; racemes 
slender, elongated. June. Jl. radical ones spathulate or obovate- 
lanceolate, deeply toothed ; branch leaves deeply three to seven- 
parted. h. 2ft. South Europe, 1629. 
A. Duriminium (Douro). A synonym of A. hirsutum. - 
A. fruticosum (shrubby). fl. white, without a spur. July, Z 
lower ones mostly tridentate at the apex ; superior ones oblong, 
quite entire. h. 2ft. to 3ft. South Europe, 1826. Shrubby. 
hirsutum (hairy). fl. whitish, a little larger than those of 
A. bellidifolium, of which it is, perhaps, only a downy variety. 
h. lft. to 2ft. Portugal, 1818. Syn, A. Duriminium. 
ANASTATICA (from anastasis, resurrection; plant ` 
recovering its original form, however dry it may be, on 
immersion in water). ORD. Crucifere. A very curious 
and interesting little annual, the leaves of which fall off 
from the plant after flowering, the branches and branchlets 
then become dry, hard, and ligneous, and rise upwards and 
bend inwards at their points. This plant has the remark- 
Fie. 85. Dry FRUITING PLANT OF ANASTATICA 
HIEROCHUNTINA. 
able property of resuming vitality on being placed in water, 
after being kept ina dry state for many years. Seeds should 
be sown in heat, in the spring, and the plants afterwards 
potted off and plunged again in heat to hasten their growth, 
