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suckers, and the other species and 

 varieties by grafting on the common 

 Plum. What is generally known in 

 gardens as the double dwarf Almond, 

 is now called by botanists Ccrasus^ 

 or Priinus japonica. Whenever the 

 tree Almond is planted for its flowers, 

 care should be taken to let it have a 

 background of evergreens ; as other- 

 wise, from the flowers being produced 

 before the leaves, half their beauty 

 will be lost from the cold and naked 

 appearance of the tree. All the 

 Almonds will grow and blossom 

 freely in the smoke of London. 



Anaga'llis. — Primuldcece. — 

 The Pimpernel. — Trailingherbaceous 

 plants, natives of the middle and 

 south of Europe. The common wild 

 Pimpernel, -4. arvensis, is red; but 

 the exotic species vary to several 

 shades of purple, lilac, and blue. The 

 finest species is A . m onelli, which re- 

 quires the protection of the green- 

 house during winter, but which forms 

 a beautiful close covering for a flower- 

 bed in the open garden in summer, 

 producing its fine mazarine-blue flow- 

 ers from May to September. It is 

 easily propagated by cuttings, which 

 root immediately, in sand, under a 

 hand-glass, and it will thrive in any 

 light soil. 



Anchu^sa. — BoraghiecB. — Coarse- 

 growing plants, annuals and peren- 

 nials, natives of the south of Europe, 

 and in part of Asia and Africa, re- 

 markable for their intensely blue 

 flowers, in some cases varied with 

 red and white. The finest species is 

 A. 2'>o,nicidhta or itdlica, the Italian 

 Bugloss, which is common in gardens. 

 The flowers are in erect leafy spikes, 

 and are of a brilliant blue, with their 

 backs and buds of a reddish purple, 

 and the plant continues flowering 

 from June to September. The most 

 ornamental of the annual species are 

 now included in the genus No^nea. 

 Akdra'chne. — See A'iibutus. 



: A ndeo'med A. — Ericacece. — Low 

 j deciduous and evergreen heath-like 

 i shrubs, chieflynatives of North Ame- 

 ' rica, and some of which are very 

 ornamental. All the species are 

 generally grown in heath-mould or 

 peat, but they will also thrive in 

 very sandy loam. In whatever soil 

 they may be grown, the roots should 

 never be suflered to become quite 

 dry ; as, like those of all the haii'- 

 rooted plants, when once withered, 

 they cannot be restored ; and the 

 plant has seldom vigour enough to 

 send out a sufficient quantity of new 

 ones. All the kinds are propagated 

 by layers. 



Andeo'sace. — PrinuddcecB. — 

 Little insignificant plants, not worth 

 growing except for rockwork ; and 

 only suited for that purpose from 

 their feeble habit of growth, which 

 prevents them from spreading fast. 



Akdros.e'mum. — HypericindcecB. 

 — A handsome evergreen British 

 plant, with showy yellow flowers ; 

 very useful in covering the ground 

 in shrubberies. It prefers a moist, 

 shady situation, and is uninjured by 

 the drip of trees. The English name 

 of this plant is Tutsan. 



Anemo^xe. — Ranunculdcece. — 

 All the plants belonging to this genus 

 are beautiful and v^^ell deserving of 

 cultivation, from the little white wood 

 Anemone {A. nemordlis), to the large 

 Dutch varieties of A. corondria, 

 which have been sometimes known 

 to be six inches in diameter. The 

 common hardy kinds, including the 

 beautiful blue A. apennina, and the 

 Pasque-flower, A. PidsatiUa, or, as 

 it is sometimes called, Pulsatilla 

 vidr/dris, are of very easy culture. 

 They should be planted in a v/arm 

 dry border, in face of a south wall, in 

 a light soil, and they may be left in 

 the ground for several years without 

 taking up. Of the other kinds, A. 

 palmdta, with bright-yellow flowers, 



