14 GARDEN FLOWERS. 



America ; 1755. A variety of this, siriatttm, must be increased 

 by grafting or budding, A. platanoides (plane-like) ; 50 feet ; 

 flowers green and yellow, in June; Europe; 1683. A. piata- 

 noides laciniatiim (cut-leaved) ; 30 feet ; flowers green and yel- 

 low, in June ; Europe ; 1683. Must be grafted or budded. A. 

 platanoides Lobelli (Lobels) ; 50 feet ; flowers green and yellow, 

 in May; Naples. A. platanoides variegatiivi (variegated); 30 

 feet; flowers green and yellow, in June ; Europe ; 1683. Must 

 be grafted or budded. A. pseiidoplatamis (the sycamore); 50 

 feet; flowers green and yellow, in April; Britain. A. pseudo- 

 piatamis piirpicreiim (purple-leaved) ; flowers purple, in May ; 

 1828. A. pseiidoplatamis siibobtiisimi (slightly blunt-leaved) ; 50 

 feet; flowers green and yellow, in May. A. pseudoplatanus 

 varicgatiwt (variegated) ; 50 feet ; flowers green and yellow, 

 in April; Britain. Must be grafted or budded. A. rtibrum 

 (red-flowered or swamp-maple). There are two varieties, one 

 with leaves variegated with white, and the other with yellow ; 20 

 feet; flowers red, in April ; North America ; 1656. A.sacchari- 

 nutn (sugar-maple) ; 40 feet ; flowers yellow, in April ; North 

 America; 1735. A. Tartaricuin (Tartarian); 20 , feet ; flowers 

 green and yellow, in May ; Tartary ; 1759. 



Achillea. Milfoil. [Composite.] Hardy herbaceous 

 perennials ; many of the kinds weedy, but some very pretty. 

 They are free-flowering, easily grown in common soil, and 

 propagated by division of the plant, by cuttings, and by seed. 



A. ClaveiincE (Clavenna's) ; hardy perennial ; 6 inches ; flow- 

 ers white, in June and July ; Austria ; 1656. A. ptannica flore 

 pleno (double Sneezewort); hardy perennial ; 18 inches ; flowers 

 white, in July; gardens. A. tcrmeiitosa (woolly); hardy peren- 

 nial ; 9 inches ; flowers yellow, in May ; England. 



There are some thirty other species; all, except one {A. 

 j^gyptiacce) hardy perennials. The flowers of all are white or 

 yellow. 



AcHYRANTHES. See Iresine. 



Acis. [Amaryllidaceae.] Hai^dy bulbs ; small, but very 



