34 THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Allotments—continued. 
may let to one person an allotment or allotments exeeeding 
one acre; but in the case of compulsorily hired land it 
must not exceed four acres of pasture or an acre of arable 
and three acres of pasture. By the Allotments Compensa- 
tion Act holders are, moreover, compensated for growing 
crops, labour, and manure expended in anticipation of a 
crop; and where the previous consent of the landlord has 
been obtained for fruit-trees, bushes, drainage, and such 
buildings as are allowed to be erected. This Act applies 
alike to cottage gardens and to holdings under two acres 
cultivated as a garden or as a farm, or partly as a garden 
orasafarm. Another point for which provision is made 
is to relieve holders of allotments from being assessed for 
sanitary purposes at a higher rate than other lands under 
cultivation. At one time England only was included in 
the Act, but now Scotland also participates. 
ALMEIDIA. Syn. Aruba. 
known, all natives of Brazil. 
ALNUS. Including Clethropsis. About fourteen 
species, broadly dispersed over Europe, Central and North 
Asia, North America, and the Andes of South America, 
are here included. The only British species is A. glu- 
tinosa. 
The gold and silver-leaved varieties may be increased 
by grafting in the open air in March on stocks of the 
common species (Alnus glutinosa), which should have 
been inserted the previous spring, as the plants should 
be firmly established before the scions are put on. The 
latter should be of well-ripened wood and about 4in. in 
length. 
To the species, &c., described on p. 50, Vol. I., the 
following should be added: 
A. acuminata (taper-pointed). barren catkins cylindrical, sessile 
or pedicellate, often racemose and terminal, rarely axillary. 
Jertile catkins ovate-oblong, racemose, usually axillary. J. ovate 
or roundish-ovate, usually acuminate, rarely acute, rounded at 
base, irre; tly or doubly toothed. Mountains of tropical 
America, &c. 
A. a. Mirbelii (Mirbel’s). 7. unequally toothed, glaucous beneath, 
the nerves and veins pale ferruginous-pubescent. Peru, &c. 
A. cordata (cordate). A synonym of A. cordifolia. 
A. glutinosa acutifolia (acute-leaved). 7. obovate or oblong, 
almost acuminate at apex, wedge-shaped at base. SYN. 
A. oblongata. 
A. ineana hirsuta (hairy). 
on both surfaces. 
A. i. pendula nova (pendulous, new). 
variety, adapted for moist places. 
A. i. pinnatifida (pinnately cleft). 7. pinnatifid. 
A. i. sibirica (Siberian). 1. elliptic-orbicular, glabrescent, heart- 
shaped at base, rounded at the apex. 
A. japonica (Japanese). catkins ellipsoid, obtuse, sin. to Zin. 
long, nearly or quite sin. thick. 7. elliptic or elliptic-ovate, 
acuminate, serrated, acute at base, 2in. to 4in. long, lin. to 2in. 
broad. Japan, 1886. Tree. (G. & F. 1893, p. 345, f. 53.) 
A. Mirbelii (Mirbel’s). A variety of A. acuminata. 
A. nepalensis (Nepaul). barren catkins 4in. to 10in. long, in 
te oping panicles. fertile catkins tin. long, pendulous 
in flower. /fr., spikes in lateral, erect panicles. 1. elliptic-lanceo- 
late, acute, entire or nearly so, Jin. to 7in. long, 2in. to 4in. broad, 
slightly glaucous beneath ; petioles tin. to 2in. long. Temperate 
Himalayas. Syn. Clethropsis nepalensis. 
A, nitida (shining).* #1. appearing after the leaves ; barren catkins 
2in. long. in terminal, erect racemes; fertile catkins lin. to 2in. 
long. Jr., spikes solitary or in erect racemes. J. elliptic-ovate or 
elliptic-acuminate, 4in. to 8in. long, sometimes 3sin. broad, 
obscurely crenate or entire, cuneate or rarely rounded at base. 
Branchlets pubescent. Trunk sometimes 15ft. in girth. h. 100ft. 
Temperate Himalayas. (B. M. 7654.) 
A. oblongata (oblong). A synonym of A. glutinosa acutifolia. 
A. oregana (Oregon). A form of A. rubra. 
A. orientalis (Eastern). catkins, young ones of both sexes 
glutinous, pete: 1. ovate-elliptic or ovate-oblong, rounded 
or rarely almost cordate at base, the margins simply or doubly 
crenate-toothed. Orient, &c. 
A. pubescens (downy). A hybrid between A. glutinosa and 
A. incana. 
A. rhombifolia (rhomb-leaved).* 7. ovate or oyate-oblong, 2in. 
to din. long, obtuse or acute, cuneate at base, irregularly glan- 
dular-toothed, smooth above, slightly pubescent beneath. 
About ten species are 
7, almost orbicular, obtuse, downy 
An elegant, weeping 
Alnus— continued. 
California, 1888. An ornamental tree, similar to A. rubra, but 
having slenderer branches, the dark brown bark scarcely dotted 
with white, and the nutlets with a thickened margin, not winged. 
(Sargent, Silva of N. America, p. 456—California, &c.) 
A. rubra (red). catkins ovate-elliptic. jfr., nutlets winged. 
1. ovate-elliptic, obtusely lobulate or crenate, large. pedcin, 
acute or obtuse, glaucescent and prominently reddish on the 
nerves beneath, highly glabrous on both sides. A. 20ft. Van- 
couver Island, &c. A. oregana is a form of this species. 
A. serrulata (slightly serrated). tarren catkins elongated, 
drooping. fertile catkins ovoid, shortly pedunculate. January 
to March. J. obovate, obtuse or abruptly pointed, 2in. to 4in. 
long, thickish, usually pubescent beneath, acute at base, shortly 
aie ; Stipules oval, obtuse. h. ft. to 12ft. North America, 
A. sibirica (Siberian), of Fischer. A form of A. incana. 
A. sibirica, of gardens. A synonym of A. glutinosa. 
A. virescens (greenish). A handsome Alder, allied to A. incana. 
Colorado, 1897. 
ALOCASIA. In addition to the score of species, 
natives of tropical Asia, the Malayan Archipelago, &c., 
there is now a good selection of hybrid Alocasias. To 
those described on pp. 50-1, Vol. L, the following should 
be added : 
A. zequiloba (equal-lobed). ., spathe shining green, the tube 
ljin. long, the fimb pee) long, oblong, acute, reflexed, with 
revolute margins; peduncle Sin. or more in length. J. hastate- 
sagittate, the terminal lobe 7in. to 12in. long, 3in. to 6in. broad, 
shortly cuspidate at apex, the basal lobes 64in. to ok long, 
liin. to 2}in. broad. German New Guinea, . Plant 
glabrous. 
A. albo-violacea (white and violet). A synonym of Yantho- 
soma maculatum. 
A. argyrza (silvery). J. hastate-lanceolate, very large, dark 
green, with a silvery sheen, and having a prominent midrib. 
A. argyroneura (silvery-nerved). 
Schomburgkii. 
A. Augustiana (Auguste Linden’s). J. peltate, repand, green, 
the primary nerves paler, as is also the under-surface; petioles 
lft. to 1sft. long, Zin. to ljin. thick at base, terete, rosy, with 
brown hieroglyphic spots. 1886. (I. H. 1886, 593). 
A. Chantrieri (Chantrier’s).* /. about 1ft. long and 6in. broad, 
oblong-sagittate, peltate, with undulated margins, deep olive- 
green above, the veins narrowly bordered wetipeealviie white ; 
under-surface deep violet-red; petioles slightly dilated, with 
sheathing base, cylindrical, green, lightly barred with olive. A 
hybrid between A. metallica and A. Sanderiana. (I. H. xxxy. 
t. 64; R. H. 1987, p. 465.) 
A. coriacea (leathery). /. dark green, with clear green ribs; 
petioles rose-coloured when young, then rosy-white, marbled 
with green. 1893. 
A. Curtisii (Curtis’s). ., spathe pale yellow, 6in. long ; spadix 
yellow, as long as the spathe; peduncle lft. long. 7. lift. long, 
lft. broad, with long basal lobes, light and dark green above, 
porple on the lower surface ; petioles about 2ft. long. Penang, 
A synonym of Caladium 
A. denudata (denuded). #. on a long, slender peduncle. 
1. triangular-sagittate, shortly acuminate, about one-third as 
broad as long, the basal lobes nearly as long as the anticous, 
the cost marginal. India and Singapore. 
A. Dussii (Duss’s). i large, olive-green, with brownish-red 
nerves and petioles. 1893. 
A. eminens (eminent). i., spathe tube light green, lsin. long, 
the lamina greenish-white, veiny, 34in. to 4in. long, Teleaad : 
spadix light green and creamy-white, 34in. to 44in. long; 
peduncles in pairs (? always), lft. to lift. long. 1. peltate, 
ovate-sagittate, 20in. to 22in. long, Qin. to 104in. broad, dark 
green above, the under-surface purple, with very pale midrib 
and primary veins; petioles 35ft. to 44ft. long, terete, lin. 
thick at base, olive-green, with a coppery hue, and barred 
blackish-green. Malaya, 1887. 
A. erythrzea (red). A synonym of Caladium Schomburgki 
Schmitzit. é 
A. Gaulainii (Gaulain’s). 7. cordate, dark green above with a 
violet hue along the nerves, beneath light violet with blackish 
nerves. 1890. A robust plant. 
A. gigas (gigantic). 1 5ft. high, of an intense green above, 
Mi Ree ay cut; poses pale green, mottled. 1897. 
A handsome plant, remarkable for its size. 
A. grandis (large).* /l., spathe white, marked with carmine lines 
a ins outside, having a short, mottled green tube; peduncles 
about 10in. long. J. ovate-sagittate, 1éft. to 2ft. long, lft. broad, 
bright green above, blackish-green beneath; petioles blackish, 
3ft. to S4ft. long. East Indian Archipelago, 1 A noble and 
ornamental plant. 
A. —— imperialis (imperial). 7., spathe white, spotted 
red on the tube, /, elliptic-sagittate, acute, lft. to .14ft. long, 
