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flowers scarlet. A. coronaria, flowers rose or white, single, 

 or double. A. flos Jovis, flowers red, in July. 



AIROPSIS. [Graminacese.] Hardy annuals or peren- 

 nials. Light loamy soil. Propagated by seeds. A. pulchella 

 is one of the few grasses which may be considered ornamental. 



AJUGA. Bugle. [Labiatse.] Hardy perennials or 

 annuals, the latter of little interest in gardens : some of the 

 former are neat plants for damp rockwork, or for flower- 

 borders in a cool situation. Common damp garden soil. 

 Propagated by division. A. alpina, flowers blue, in May. 

 A. reptans, flowers blue, in May and June. 



AKEBIA. [Lardizabalacese.] A slender greenhouse or 

 half-hardy climbing shrub, with elegant foliage. Soil, rough 

 turfy peat and sandy loam. If kept in a pot it must have 

 one of considerable size. Propagated by cuttings planted in 

 sand, and placed under a hand-glass or in a mild hotbed 

 frame. A. quinata, flowers pinkish lilac. 



ALBUCA. [Liliaceae.] Greenhouse bulbous plants. 

 Soil, sandy loam and peat. Propagated by ofl'sets or suckers. 

 Most of them may be grown in a sheltered border at the foot 

 of a wall or building. 



ALISMA. Water Plantain. [Alismacese.] Hardy 

 water plants. The plants may be planted in the muddy soil 

 of the margins of ponds or lakes, or potted into large pots, 

 and the pots set into water deep enough to cover them. 

 Propagated by seeds or division of the roots. A. lanceolata, 

 flowers pinkish white, in July. A. jjhmtago, flowers blush, 

 in July. A. ranunculoides, flowers purplish, in August. 

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ALLAMANDA. [Apocynaceae.] Beautiful stove climb- 

 ing shrub, with brilliant yellow flowers, as large as a convol- 

 vulus. Soil, two-thirds loam and one-third peat. Cuttings 

 strike well in sandy soil under a bell-glass, with slight bottom 

 heat, and they may be potted ofl" as soon as they are rooted 

 into three-inch pots ; and, as these become filled with roots, they 

 may be shifted to others of a larger size. The plant, being 

 inclined to ramble, is best treated as a climber ; but it may 

 be treated as a shrub by stopping the ends of the branches 

 while short, and so encouraging lateral shoots.. A. neriifolia 

 is of a more shrubby habit than the others. A. cathartica, 



