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differing only in the mode of propagation, wliich in the per- 

 ennials is by division, and in the others by seeds. 



A. carUtata (keeled) ; hardy perennial ; 3 inches ; flowers 

 yellow, in May; North America; 1826. A. ^«r;^^rt; (flesh-col- 

 ored) ; hardy perennial ; 3 inches ; flowers flesh-color, in July ; 

 Switzerland; 1768. A. C/iamcs/as7/ie (h3.st2Lrd-j2.sm.ine) ; hard}' 

 perennial ; 3 inches ; flowers pink, in June ; Austria ; 1 768. 

 A. lactea (milk-white) ; hardy perennial ; 6 inches ; flowers 

 white, in June; Austria; 1752. A. lactiflora (milk-flowered); 

 hardy biennial ; 6 inches ; flowers white, in June ; Siberia ; 

 1806. A. lanuginosa (woolly) ; frame perennial ; 6 inches ; flow- 

 ers rosy-lilac, in August ; Himalaya ; 1841. A linearis (linear) ; 

 hardy perennial ; 3 inches ; flowers white, in May ; North 

 America; 1826. A. maxima (greatest); hardy annual; 6 

 inches; flowers white, in May; Austria; 1797. A. septentri- 

 onalis (northern) ; hardy annual ; 6 inches ; flowers white, in 

 May; Russia; 1755. ^. ■z/z/Z^'j'^ (villous) ; hardy perennial ; 3 

 inches ; flowers pink, in June ; P)Tenees ; 1790. 



Andros^emum. [Hypericaceae.] A woody-stemmed her- 

 baceous perennial, growing in the shade in common soil, 

 and increased by division. 



A. officinale (officinal) ; i foot ; flowers yellow, in August ; 

 England. 



Andryala. [Compositae.] A genus of composite plants 

 of little beauty, comprising annuals, biennials, perennials, 

 and greenhouse plants. Soil, garden loam. Increased by 

 seed or division. 



Anemone. [Ranunculaceae.] A fine genus of hardy and 

 half-hardy herbaceous perennials, many having tuberous 

 roots, flourishing in rich light loam. Propagated by offsets, 

 division, or seed sown in July, from which plants will bloom 

 the next year. A. Japonica, a fine autumnal blooming kind, 

 makes a fine bed, and is propagated by every little fragment 



