ALLIUM. 
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ALOE. 
*A LaATE’/RNUS.—See Rua/MNus. 
Ausu'ca.— Asphodélee.— Pretty 
Cape bulbs, with white flowers re- 
sembling the Star of Bethlehem. 
For culture, see ORNITHA/GALUM. 
Aucuemr'LLa. — Rosdcee. — La- | 
dy’s Mantle—Hardy herbaceous | 
plants, chiefly natives of the middle | 
of Europe, of the easiest culture. | 
The most ornamental! species is A. | 
alpina, which seldom exceeds half | 
a foot in height, with leaves of a} 
deep green above, of a silky white- 
ness underneath, and with greenish 
yellow flowers. It is admirably 
adapted for rockwork, or growing 
in pots. 
Aue rris.— Hemerocallidacee.— | 
Colic-root.—A_ little queer-lookin 
perennial, with white flowers, from 
North America, about half a foot 
high, and requiring peat soil, and a 
shady situation. It is propagated | 
by offsets or seeds. 
ALEXANDRIAN 
Ruscvs. 
ALKEKENGI.—See NIcANDRA. 
AxismMa.—See Limnocuaris. 
ALKANET.—See Nonea. 
Aubama'npA. — Apocynécee. — 
Climbing steve shrubs, with splen- 
did yellow convolvulus-shaped flow- | 
ers. A. cathartica,a native of Gui- | 
ana, is the most common species. ; 
They require a light rich soil, kept | 
frequently watered; and they are: 
increased by cuttings. Where a! 
conservatory adjoins an orchideous | 
house, or stove, the Allamanda and 
other splendid stove-climbers may 
“be planted in the hothouse, and | 
trained through a hole in the back 
wall into the conservatory, in the | 
cool air of which the flowers will | 
be more brilliant, and more gener- 
ally seen, than in the damp hot air 
necessary for the roots. 
A’tuium. — Asphodélea. — The | 
Garlic and Onion tribe, of which 
there are above a hundred and fifty 
species in cultivation, natives of 
Europe and America, some few of | 
LaurEL. — See 
| which are considered ornamental, 
and one, A. oddérum, is sweet-scent- 
ed. Among the ornamental species 
are A. Moly, with yellow flowers; 
A, descéndens, with dark purple 
flowers; A. incarndtum, with red 
flowers ; and A. Cowani, A. Chame- 
moly, and A. neapolitdnum, with 
white flowers. All the species thrive 
in any common soil, and are in- 
creased abundantly by offsets from 
the bulbs. In a garden devoted ex- 
clusively to bulbs, the Alliums form 
a large and important group, from 
the great variety and different 
colours of the flowers; but they 
differ from almost all other orna- 
mental plants, as they do not admit 
| of being gathered, and put into nose- 
gays, on account of their unpleasant 
smell. 
ALLSPICE-TREE.—See CaLycaN- 
THUS. 
Atmonp.—See AMYGDALUS. 
Axror.—Hemerocalliddcee.—-The 
|name of Aloe is so frequently ap- 
plied in conversation to the Ameri- 
can Aloe, or Agave, that many per- 
sons are not aware that the true 
Aloe is not only quite a different 
genus, but belongs to a different 
natural order; the American Aloe 
being one of the Amaryllis tribe, 
and the true Aloe one of the Day- 
lily tribe. The qualities of the two 
jlants are also essentially different: 
he American Aloe abounds in 
starchy nourishing matter, while 
every part of the true Aloe is pur- 
gative. ‘The true Aloe also flowers 
every year, and the flowers are 
tube-shaped, and produced on a 
spike; while each plant of the 
American Aloe flowers but once, 
sending up an enormous fiower-stem, 
with candelabra-like branches and 
cup-shaped flowers. The true Aloes 
are succulent plants, natives of the 
Cape of Good Hope; and they 
' grow best in this country in green- 
houses, or rooms, the pots being 
well drained, and the soil composed 
