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three inches apart all over. Plant those you remove at the 

 same distance on another piece, A. Apennina, flowers blue, 

 in March. A. Carolinimia, flowers white, in May. A. coro- 

 naria, flowers various, in April. A. Jwrtensis, flowers rose, in 

 April. A. Japonica, flowers rose, in September. A. palmata, 

 flowers yellow, in May. A. pavonina, flowers red, in ApriL 

 A. Peimsylvanica, flowers white, in May. A. jmlsatilla, 

 flowerg pui-ple, in April. A. vernalis, flowers white, in ApriL 

 A. vitifolia, flowers white, in September. There are many 

 other species, all more or less desirable. 



ANGELONIA. [Scrophulariaceae.] Soft-wooded peren- 

 nials. Elegant stove plants, bearing their showy flowers in 

 long spikes. The leaves of most of the species have a 

 fragrant musky scent. Soil, peat and light rich loam. They 

 require, when established, plenty of pot room, and a good 

 share of water when growing, but the pots must be well 

 drained. Propagated by cuttings, which root very readily 

 in sandy soil, placed in a close frame, with moderate heat. 

 The young plants should be frequently stopped to induce a 

 bushy habit. A. angustifolia, flowers purple, in July. A, 

 yrandijiora, flowers puq^le, in July ; and there is a pretty 

 scarlet variety. 



ANIGOZANTHOS. [Haemodoraceae.] Greenhouse peren- 

 nial herbs, with sword-shaped leaves and tubular flowers, 

 remarkable for their velvety exterior surface. Soil, turfy 

 peat and loam, three parts of the former to one of the latter, 

 intermixed with enough sand to make it porous. In the 

 growing season they must be well watered, but must be 

 rather dry in winter. Propagated by division of the plant. 

 The best are A. coccinea, crimson ; A. flavidus, yellow ; A. 

 Manglesii, green and red : A. pidchernmus, yellow ; A. rufus. 



ANISANTHUS. [Iridace^.] Showy greenhouse bulbs. 

 Soil, deep sandy loam. Propagated by offsets. 



ANISEED TREE. See Illicium. 



ANCKCTOCHILUS. [Orchidace^.] Stove perennial 

 herbs. This is one of the groups of vegetation in which 

 insignificance, so to speak, in the blossoms is more than 

 compensated by the beauty of the leaves, the surface of 

 which has the appearance of the richest velvet, overcast 

 iis it were with a network of brilliant metallic colours. The 



