24 GARDEN FLOWERS. 



20 feet; flowers in June ; south of Europe ; 1730. A. oblongata 

 elliptica (elliptic-lobed) ; 20 feet ; flowers in June. A. oxyacan- 

 thifolia (oxycanth-leaved) ; 20 feet ; flowers in June. A. puinila 

 (dwarf); 10 feet; flowers in June. A. rubra (red); 20 feet; 

 flowers in June. A. rugosa {ysx\v^^^\ flowers in March; North 

 America. A. serrulata (saw-leaved) ; 20 feet; flowers in June ; 

 North America ; 1769. A. Siberica (Siberian); Siberia; 1820. 

 A. subrottmda (roundish-leaved) ; 23 feet ; flowers in April. A. 

 undulata (wave-leaved) ; 20 feet ; flowers in June ; North Amer- 

 ica; 1782. 



Alonsoa. [Scrophulariaceae.] Greenhouse or half-hardy 

 evergreen sub-shrubs, with pretty scarlet flowers. Soil, sandy 

 loam and leaf-mould, equal parts. Propagated by seeds 

 sown in March in a hot-bed ; the seedlings pricked out when 

 large enough, and by the end of April potted separately into 

 small pots, and then hardened off in cold frames for planting 

 out. Cuttings planted in sandy soil, and put in a hot-bed in 

 spring, should be treated in the same way as soon as they 

 are rooted : during summer they will root freely under a 

 hand-glass, on a shady border. For pot blooming, strong 

 young plants should be selected in March, and shifted into 

 larger pots as they grow, the stronger branches being stopped 

 to make the plants bushy ; they should be grown in a green- 

 house, or a well-glazed frame. The plants require plenty of 

 air, and to be kept from frost in winter. 



A. acutifolia (acute) ; greenhouse sub-shrub ; 3 feet ; flowers 

 scarlet, from May to October ; Peru ; 1790. A. incisifolia (cut- 

 leaved) ; greenhouse sub-shrub ; 2 feet ; flowers scarlet, from 

 May to October ; Chili ; 1795. A. linearis (linear) ; greenhouse 

 sub-shrub ; 2 feet ; flowers scarlet, from May to October ; Peru ; 

 1790. A. Warczeiviczii ; greenhouse perennial; 18 inches; 

 flowers crimson scarlet, all summer ; Peruvian Andes ; 1854. 



Aloysia. [Verbenaceae.] A greenhouse shrub, which, 

 kept in a cellar in winter, succeeds well in the border in 



