AESCULUS. 
j . | 
‘' Apo\n1s.—Ranunculacee.—Her- 
Ypaceous plants with showy flowers, | 
natives of Europe, of easy culture 
in any common soil. 
the spring-flowering Adonis, a per- 
ennial with bright yellow flowers, 
which is quite hardy, and is easily 
increased by division of the root; 
and A. autumnailis, the common 
annual Flos Adonis, or Pheasant’s | 
Eye, with dark crimson flowers. 
All the species will grow in any 
common garden soil; and the an-| 
nual kinds should be sown in au- 
tumn, as they will stand the winter 
in the open air,—or in February or 
March, as they are a long time be- 
fore they come up. The seeds will | 
keep good several years. 
#icrpium—A kind of fungus) 
which is sometimes found on the | 
leaves of plants belongmg to the 
genus Pyrus. 
AERIDE's.— Orchidaceae. — Stove 
epiphytes, natives of the East In-| 
dies, with whitish flowers that have 
the odour of the Tuberose. They 
should be grown on moss, and sus- 
pended from the rafters of a very 
damp hothouse. 
fEscuyna'ntuus, Jack.; Incar- 
VILLEA, Rox. — Cyrtandracee. — 
Stove parasitical shrubs, growing 
four or five feet high, natives of 
India, where they are found in moist, 
shady woods, hanging from tree to 
tree, and producing large bunches 
of their showy orange scarlet flow- 
ers. In England they should be 
grown in moss, or in vegetable mould 
and sand, and they should be allow- 
ed abundance of heat and moisture. 
They are very difficult to propagate. 
£i'scuLus.— Afsculdcee. — Most 
of the Horse-chestnuts are too large 
trees to be admitted into a work 
like the present ; but the red-flower- 
ed Horse-chestnut (4%. rubictinda) 
and its varieties are seldom above 
twelve or fifteen feet high, and they 
are therefore very suitable for a 
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The most. 
ornamental species are A. verndiis, | 
AGAPANTHUS. 
shribbery. The most beautiful vari- 
ety is Whitley’s Scarlet. These 
trees should be grown in a sheltered 
situation, or they will not flower 
well. For the yellow-flowered Horse- 
chestnut, see Pavia. 
Arrican Liny.—See Acapa’n- 
THUS. 
Arrican Maricotp.—See Ta- 
GE‘TES. 
Acapa’ntHus. — Hemerocallidd- 
'ce@a.—The Blue African Lily, A. 
'umbellatus, is a noble plant with a 
bulbous root, somewhat resembling 
‘that of a Leek; and it retains its 
leaves all the winter. There is a 
| variety with striped leaves. A. aibi- 
| dus has white flowers, but it does 
not differ from the common kind in 
any other respect. The African 
Lilies all require a loamy soil, en- 
riched with very rotten manure from 
an old hotbed loosely shaken down 
;in the pot, but not pressed; and 
| they should be fully exposed to the 
light. They should also have plenty 
| of water when they are in a grow- 
ing state ; and they should be shifted 
repeatedly into larger and larger 
pots, each only a little larger than 
the preceding one, taking off the 
offsets every time, if any should be 
found, till the flower-buds are form- 
ed. The plants are always very 
large before they flower; and whet: 
the flower-buds form, they should 
be in a large pot, so that the roots 
may have plenty of room; and they 
should be abundantly supplied with: 
water, taking care, however, not ti 
let any remain in a stagnant state 
about the roots. ‘Thus treated, and 
kept in a greenhouse or living-room, 
or under a veranda, this plant will 
frequently send up a flower-stalk 
| above three feet high, crowned with 
‘twenty or thirty heads of flowers, 
which will come into blossom in 
succession. When in flower, it may 
be placed in the open air, and forms 
a noble ornament to an architec- 
tural terrace, or a fine object on a 
