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best sown where they are to bloom in the open border, as 

 they do not transplant well. The Cape species should be 

 sown in pots about July, and kept through the winter in a 

 dry frame or greenhouse. The soil for these should be sandy 

 loam. The best are A. Capensis, greenhouse biennial, flowers 

 blue. yl. ilf/ZZeri, hardy annual ; flowers pink. A. ochroleuca, 

 flowers pale yellow. A. j^'^niculata, hardy perennial ; flowers 

 blue. A. tinctoria (alkanet), perennial ; flowers purple. A. 

 Italic a, blue. 



ANDERSONIA. [Epacridaceag.] A pretty greenhouse 

 evergreen bush. Soil, sandy peat. Propagated by cuttings 

 of the tips of the young shoots in sand under a bell-glass. 

 A. sprengeli aides, flowers pink, in May. 



ANDROMEDA. [Ericaceae.] Beautiful evergreen 

 shrubs, principally hardy, but a few requiring a greenhouse 

 or stove : these latter are unimportant. Soil, good rich 

 moist peat, or peat with a third part loam. They are best 

 propagated from layers, put down in September, and taken 

 off the following autumn. The seeds are very small, and 

 require to be sown as soon as ripe, very lightly covered, and 

 set in a cool close frame ; but this is too tedious a process 

 except with very rare kinds. Perhaps A. fiorihunda maybe 

 set down as one of the most useful of all dwarf shrubs ; for, 

 like the Laurestinus, it looks well from the time the bloom- 

 buds first appear till they are dead, and that comprises one- 

 half the entire year. (See also Cassiope, Zenobia.) A. 

 (Leucothoe) acuminata, flowers white. A. (Leucothoe) 

 Catesbcei, flowers white. A. (Leucothoe) fiorihunda, flowers 

 white. ./4. ^^oZiJoZitt, flowers pink. North America, 1790. 



ANDROSACE. [Primulacese.] Elegant alpine plants, 

 related to the primroses, the hardiest of them well adapted 

 for sheltered rockwork, and all very interesting, grown in 

 pots. Soil, sandy peat and light turfy loam in about equal 

 proportions. Their greatest risk is from excess of moisture 

 about the crowns or roots ; and, from the dampness of our 

 winters, they are much more liable to sufl'er injury than from 

 the degree of cold. They ought to be kept in small pots, very 

 well drained ; and, in the application of w^ater, great care is 

 necessary at all seasons, but especially in winter. In our 

 summers they require a cool situation. The perennial, 



