ALLIUJI. 



, difficult to know v/liat plants belong 

 to each. The showy greenhouse 

 ' plant generally called Lychnis Bim- 

 ! geana, and the pretty little annual 

 I L. Lce'ta are now removed to Agro- 

 I stemnia ; while, on the contrary, A . 

 I CceVl-Fibsa and ^-i. Flos Jovis have 

 I been taken from Agrostemma and 

 I given to Lychnis. The Corn-cockle, 

 ! A. Gitfidr/o, is also now GUhdgo 

 j segetuui ; but the Kose Campion is 

 j still called Agrostemma coroadria. 

 ! All the species of the genus, both 

 ; annuals and perennials, are quite 

 hardy, and will grow in any com- 

 mon garden-soil. 

 I Air Plants. — See Orchideous 

 j Epiphytes. 



A'JUGA. — Lab lake. — The Bugle. 

 I — Well-known plants, generally with 

 j dark-blue flowers, always growing 

 j in dry soil, and increased by division 

 I of the roots. ^4. ChamLt'pitys, the 

 j Ground-pine, has yeUow flowers. 



Ake^bia. — A slender evergeen 



j shrub, a native of China, brought 



I to England by ]\Ir. Fortune. It is 



j remarkable for having two distinct 



I kinds of flowers on the same plant, 



j differing in size, shape, and colour. 



j Alate'rjjus. — See E,ha'mnus. 



j Albu'ca. — AspJiodelece. — Pretty 



j Cape bulbs, with white flowers, 



I resembling the Star of Bethlehem. 



I For culture, see ORXiTno'cALUir. 



j Alchemi'lla. — Rosdcece. — 



I Lady's Mantle. — Hardy herbaceous 



I plants, chiefly natives of the middle 



1 of Europe : of the easiest culture. 



I The most ornamental species is A. 



alplna, which seldom exceeds half 



a foot in height, Avith leaves of a deep 



green above, of a silky whiteness 



underneath, and with greenish-yeUow 



flowers. It is admirably adapted for 



rockwork, or growing in pots. 



Alexandrian Laurel. — See 

 Eu'scus. 



Ali'sma. — Plantagin ece. — A ge- 

 nus of aquatic plants, with orna- 



! mental flowers, several of which 

 : are natives of Great Britain. 



Alkanet. — The root of Dyers' 

 Bugloss {Anchusa tinctdria Lin.), 

 which has the property of giving a 

 fine red colour to oil, wax, and 

 I other similar substances. 

 i Alkeke'kgi. — See Nica'xdra. 

 i Allama^nda. — Apocyndceoi. — 

 1 Stove shrubs, with splendid yellow 

 ' convolvulus-shaped flowers. A. ca- 

 thdrtica, a native of Guiana, aclimb- 

 I ing plant, isthe most common species. 

 It requires a light rich soil, kept fre- 

 quently watered ; and it is increased 

 I by cuttings. Where a conservatory 

 I adjoins an orchideous house, or stove, 

 I this Allamanda and other splendid 

 i stove-climbers may be planted in the 

 ; hothouse and trained through a hole 

 , in the back wall into the conserva- 

 toiy, in the cool air of which the 

 flowers will be more brilliant, and 

 more generally seen, than in the 

 damp hot air necessary for the roots. 

 A. Schottii, a native of Brazil, intro- 

 duced in 1S47, and A. neriifdlia 

 differ from most of the other species 

 of the genus in being erect evergreen 

 shrubs, flovrering when about two 

 feet high. 



A'LLiUii. — Asphodelece. —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 

 which are considered ornamental, 

 and one, A.oddrum, is sweet-scented. 

 Among the ornamental speciesare ^. 

 Mbly, with yellow flowers ; A. des- 

 cendens, with dark purple flowers ; 

 A. incarnatu7)i-wiih. red flowers ; and 

 A. Cou-dni, A. Chamcemdly and A. 

 neapjolitdnum, with white flowers. 

 All the species thrive in any com- 

 mon soil, and are increased abun- 

 dantly by offsets from the bulbs. 

 In a garden devoted exclusively to 

 bulbs, the Alliums form a large and 

 important group, from the great 



