44 GARDEN FLOWERS. 



May; Switzerland; 1596. A. cozrulea (blue); hardy perennial; 

 6 inches; flowers pale-blue, in June; Switzerland; 1793. A. 

 lucida (shining) ; hardy perennial ; 6 inches ; flowers white, in 

 June; Hungary; 1790. A. petrcsa (rock); hardy perennial; 6 

 inches ; flowers white, in May ; Austria ; 1800. A. rosea (rosy) ; 

 hardy biennial ; 6 inches ; flowers rose, in April ; Calabria ; 

 1832. A. tindulata (wavy) ; hardy perennial ; 9 inches ; flowers 

 white, in May; south of Europe ; 18 10. A. venia (spring); 

 hardy annual ; i foot ; flowers purple, in May; France; 1710. 



There are pretty variegated varieties of A. albida, p?'cecox, 

 and lucida. There are some twenty other species. 



Aralia. [Araliaceae.] Hardy deciduous shrubs, and 

 tall-growing herbaceous perennials. They grow with erect 

 stems, and leaves comparatively large and very compound; 

 the herbaceous kinds being smaller. All desirable as speci- 

 men plants for the lawn or shrubbery. Common soil. 

 Propagated by cuttings of the matured stems, planted in 

 sandy soil under hand-glasses. There are some stove and 

 greenhouse kinds. Soil, loam and peat. Propagated by 

 cuttings. 



A. /iz'spida (lonatly) ; hardy deciduous shrub; 8 feet ; flowers 

 white, in July; North America; 1799. A. nudicaiilis (naked 

 stemmed) ; hardy perennial ; 3 feet ; flowers white, in June ; 

 North America ; 1731. A. Miihlenbergii (Muhlenberg's) ; hardy 

 perennial ; 2 feet ; flowers white, in July ; North America. A. 

 race7nosa (raceme-flowered) ; hardy perennial ; 4 feet ; flowers 

 white, in June; North America; 1658. A. spinosa (thorny); 

 hardy shrub ; 8 feet ; flowers w^hite, in September ; Virginia ; 

 1688. 



There are fifteen other species, mostly greenhouse plants. 



Araucaria. [Coniferae.] A genus of magnificent ever- 

 green trees, hardy south of Philadelphia. The best-known 

 species is A. imbrkata, the Chili Pine. A. excelsa, the Nor* 

 folk-Island Pine, requires greenhouse protection. 



