4 GLENXYS HANDBOOK 



ACIS. [Amarjllidacese.] Hardy bulbs ; small, but very 

 pretty. Soil, light sandy loam. Propagated by offsets from 

 the bulbs, which should be carefully separated, aud planted 

 ^vhere they may not be disturbed. 



ACONITUM. Monkshood. [Ranunculaceae.] Hardy 

 perennials, with showy, curious, hood-shaped flowers. Soil, 

 any common loam. Propagated by parting the roots, which 

 is best done after the bloom declines in the autumn. Divide 

 the root into as many pieces as there are hearts to the plant, 

 with a portion of root to each, and plant them in nursery 

 beds, about a foot apart. The plants, however, need not be 

 parted for several years, for the larger they spread the more 

 showy they are. Once in three or four years is often enough 

 to disturb the plant, and even then, if it be too large, you 

 may cut away some all round to lessen it, without digging 

 the main plant up. A. autumnale, flowers deep blue, in 

 autumn. A. ochroleucum, flowers yellowish white. A. varie- 

 gatiim, flowers blue and white. 



ACROCLINIUM. [Composite^.] A beautiful half-hardy 

 annual. Sandy peat and loam. Seeds. This is one of the 

 most striking of the recently-introduced annuals. The flower 

 is very like that of FJwdanthe Manglesii, brighter, perhaps, 

 and more horny. It should be treated like Asters and Stocks 

 for out-of-door growth, and like Pihodanthe for pots. When 

 they are two inches high their tops should be pinched ofl* to 

 induce lateral shoots. If sown in the open ground about the 

 middle of April, it gi'ows about nine inches high, and the 

 blooms, which set on the tops of all the shoots, are seen to 

 advantage, whereas Rhodanthe hangs its head, and only shows 

 the backs of the flowers. 



ACROPHYLLUM. [Cunoniaceae.] Pretty greenhouse 

 shrubs. Soil, sandy peat, with a fourth part free loam. 

 Propagated by cuttings of the half-ripe shoots. The only one 

 to grow is A. venoswn, which flowers white, in June. 



ADAMIA. [Hydrangeacese.] Stove shrubs, related to 

 Hydrangea. Soil, a mixture of loam, leaf-mould, and sand. 

 Propagated by cuttings placed in a gentle heat. A. cyanca^ 

 flowers blue and white, and A. versicolor, blue. 



ADAM'S NEEDLE. See Yucca. 



ADDER'S TONGUE. See Ophioglossum. 



