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ADENANDRA. [Rutaceae.] Greenhouse evergreen 

 shrubs, with very handsome flowers, particularly A. fragrans, 

 pink, and A. speciosa, white and pink. Soil, turfy peat, mixed 

 with sand. Propagated by seeds, or by cuttings of the young 

 tops of the shoots, planted in sand under bell-glasses. 



ADENOCARPUS. [Leguminosae § Papilionaceae.] Hardy 

 and greenhouse shrubs, allied to Cytisus : all handsome. 

 Soil, turfy loam, lightened by the addition of a third part 

 rotted leaves, and some sand, if the loam is not of open 

 texture. Propagated by cuttings, planted in sandy soil under 

 hand-glasses, or by layers, or by seeds. The best are 

 A. foUolosus, greenhouse shrub, flowers yellow; A. intermedins 

 and A. Telonensis, hardy shrubs, flower yellow. 



ADENOPHORA. [Campanulacese.] Hardy herbaceous 

 perennials, allied to Campanula. Common soil. Propagated 

 readily by division. 



ADESMIA. [Leguminosse § Papilionaceae.] Green- 

 house shrubs, of somewhat trailing habit. Soil, a mixture 

 of loam and peat. Propagated by cuttings. The best are 

 A. Loudonia, A. microphylla, and A. viscosa, which flower 

 yellow. 



ADIANTUM. Maidenhair. [Polypodiaceae.] Hardy 

 greenhouse or stove ferns, of very beautiful appearance, pos- 

 sessing in their fronds the remarkable property of repelling 

 water. Soil, turfy peat, mixed with silver sand, and contain- 

 ing the proportion of one-half of broken lumps of charcoal 

 and soft freestone or brick, of the size of nuts and walnuts : 

 the pots must be well drained. Propagated by division of 

 the plant, generally with facility. They require a damp, close 

 atmosphere, and therefore, if in an exposed situation, should 

 be kept under a hand-glass even in a greenhouse, the 

 ordinary climate of which is usually by no means damp 

 enough for ferns. The stove species require a house damp 

 and shady, as well as hot. A. affine, greenhouse evergreen; 

 A. capillus Veneris, half-hardy evergreen ; A. cuneatum, 

 greenhouse or stove evergreen ; A. formosiim, gr-eenhouse 

 evergreen; A. hisjnduluyn, greenhouse evergreen ; A.pedatum, 

 half-hardy ; A. pubescens, greenhouse evergreen, are the 

 piincipal. 



ADLUMIA. [Fumariaceae.] A climbing hardy annual, 



