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Ardisia — contin iied. 

 When the plants begin to grow again, they should be 

 removed to a lig-ht sitnation in the house ; and when the 

 pots are well filled ^-ith roots, a shift into Gin. pots may 

 be effected, water being given judiciously until well esta- 

 blished, and here they may remain to fruit. Until the 

 berries are coloured, clear manure water, given once or 

 twice a week, will be found beneficial. The plants arrive 

 at their best when about ISlu. or 2ft. high; after that, 

 they begin to get naked at the bottom. It will then be 

 wise to cut the worst plants down to within 2in. of the 

 pots, in early spring, allowing them to become dry at 

 the roots before this operation is performed. By giving 

 moisture to the roots when the cut has become dry, the 

 plants will soon break into growth again, when some of 

 the worst placed shoots should be rubbed off, leaving only 

 one or two of the strongest and best placed, calculated to 

 develop into a well formed plant. When the shoots have 

 grown 2in. or 3in., the plants should be turned out of their 

 pots, the soil shaken out from the roots, and the long 

 ends of the roots trimmed in a little with a knife ; they 

 must then be placed in a pot sufficiently large to hold the 

 roots without squeezing. The plants should now occupy 

 the warmest end of the house in which they are grown, care 

 being taken in watering until new roots are formed, when 

 they may have more air anu somewhat liberal supplies 

 of water. As soon as they are sufficiently advanced in 

 growth, they should be transferred to a larger-sized pot. 

 With proper treatment, they will flower and fruit the same 

 season as they are cut down, and form handsome plants. 

 Although most species of this genus are classed as stove 

 plants, they will succeed very well in a temperature that does 

 not fall below 45deg. in winter ; and, when so grown, 

 they are not so liable to become infested with large brown 

 scale and other insect pests. This is particularly the case 

 with A. crenulata, and cool treatment is also favourable to 

 the ripe berries hanging on the plants for a much longer 

 time than when grown in a stove. Moreover, they do not 

 suffer so much when removed for decorative purposes. 



A. acuminata (taper-pointed). Jl. nearly white ; petals small, 

 acute, dotteil ; panicles terminal and axillary, many-flowered. 

 July. I. entile, filal)rous, oblons:. acuminated, attenuated at the 

 base. h. 6ft. to 8ft. Uuian^^; 1803. 



A. crenulata (round-notched-loaved).* jl. red.iish violet ; panicles 

 terminal ; pedicels umbellate. June. Berries numerous, brifiht 

 corul-like. I. lanceolate-ovate, taperiuix at botli ends, repandly 

 crenulated, pilose, k. 3ft. to 6ft. iMt-xico, 1809. When grown in 

 a cool atmosphere, as previously alluded to, it is quite common 

 for one crop of berries to hanp: on the plants vmtil another crop is 

 ripe. This is a splendid plant, superior even to the red-berried 

 Solanums for decorative purposes, for which it is larcely grown. 

 See Fig. He. 



Ardisia — continued. 



A orispa (curled), ji.. smaU, droopimr, red ; cymes terminal, 

 usually solitary, often compound ; pedicels smooth, finely veined, 

 umbeDate, drooping. July. Berries red, size of peas. I. bluntish, 

 oblong-lanceolate, attenuated at both ends, with repandly crenu- 

 lated glandular edges, glabrous, h. 4ft. India, 1809. 



A. humilis (humble), yf. rose-coloured ; peduncles solitary, bear- 

 ing each a simple racemose umbel of many pretty, large, droi,»ping 

 flowers ; petals lanceolate, first recurved, afterwards revolute. 

 June. Berries size of peas, shining, black, juicy. I. oblong-lanceo- 

 late, acuminated at both ends, glabrous, veined, shininar. h. 4ft. 

 India, 1820. ^ - . & 



A. Japonica (Japanese).* Jt. white ; pedicels red, sub-umbellate, 

 secund, drooping ; racemes simple, axillary. June. I. nearly 

 opposite, or three to live in a whorl, on short petioles, cuneate- 

 obliing, acute, glabrous, serrated ; 4in. long. h. 1ft. Japan. 

 Perhaps the hardiest of all the species. 



A. macrocarpa (large-fruited).* Jl. fiesh-coloured, dotted ; petals 

 ovate, obtuse ; racemes terminal, corymbose, almost sessile, 

 slightly hairy. Berries vermilion coloured, as large as goose- 

 berries. I. oblong, acute, tapering downwards, glandularly 

 crenated, dotted, close together, leathery, 6in. to 8iu. long, paler 

 beneath, veinless. k. 5ft. to 6ft. Nepaul, 1824. A beautiful 

 shrub. 



A, Oliveri (Oliver's).* Jl. rose pink, white eye ; corolla rotate, Mn. 

 across ; lobes obtuse ; heads terminal, consisting of a number of 

 stalked, many-flowered corymbs ; pedicels about twice as long as 

 the flower. July. l. nearly sessile, entire, glabrous, 6in. to 8in. 

 long, by 2in. in the broadest portion ; oblanceolate, acuminate, 

 tapering towards the base. Costa Rica, 1876. 



A paniculata (panicled).* ri. rose-coloured ; panicles terminal, 

 composed of many alternate compound branches, large and ele- 

 gant ; petals and sepals ovate. July. Berries red, smooth, size of 

 a pea, juicy. /. glabrous, cuneate-oblong, almost sessile, reflexed, 

 6in. to 20in. long, and from Sin. to Sin. broad, crowded at the 

 ends of the branches. /(. 8ft. to 10ft. India, 1818. 



A punctata (dotted). /. greyish white, sub-campanulate, secund, 

 lieset with dark dots, and the pedicels with dark lines ; peduncles 

 umliellate, terminal, and axillary ; umbels involucrated by 

 deciduous bracts. June. I. glabrous, lanceolate, leathery, re- 

 pandly crenated, tapering to the base. h. 6ft. to 10ft. China, 

 1822. 



A. serrulata (finely serrated).* Jl. deep red; petals ciliated; 

 calyces and pedicels coloured ; panicles terminal ; pedicels umbel- 

 late. July. l. glabrous, lanceolate, acuminated, wrinkled, ser- 

 riUated, beset with rusty dots beneath ■ branches downy, h. 2ft. 

 to 3ft. China, 1820. 



A* yillosa (hairy). Jl. whitish , umbels axillary and terminal, very 

 villous. October. Berries villous. I. lanceolate, acuminated, 

 villous beneath, crenulated, Sin. to 7iji. long, tapering to the 

 base, copiously dotted. China. Ail tlie upper parts of the plant 

 are densely beset with hairs. 



A V. mollis (soft).* Tliis variety has very fine red berries, and is 

 superior to the type. 



A. Walllchii (Wallich's). jt. red, in loose racemes ; 

 peduncles axillary, one-half shorter than the leaves, and 

 are, as well as the pedicels, pilose. July. /. obovate, 

 acute, or obtuse, narrowed into the marginate petioles, 

 repandly crenulated, 4in. to 5in. long, and 2iu. broad, 

 thickish. h. 2ft. India. 



ARDUINA (in honour of P. Arduini, curator 

 oi the Economical Garden of Padua, in the time 

 of Linna3us). Ord. Apocynacece. A singular and 

 pretty greenhouse evergreen shrub, of easy culture 

 in carefully drained pots of peat and loam, mixed 

 in equal proportions. Propagated by cuttings 

 in sand, under a glass. The winter temperature 

 should not be allowed to fall below 40deg. 

 A. bispinosa (two-spined). Jl. small, white, sweet- 

 scented, terminal, corymbose. March to August. Berry 

 red. I. cordate-ovate, mucronate, nearly sessile, dark 

 gi-een, larger than those of Box. Spines twin, simple, 

 but usually bifid ; in this last case, one of the clefts 

 poiuts downwards, and the other upwards, k. 3ft. to 

 5ft. Cape of Good Hope, 1760. SVN. Carissa Arduina. 

 ARECA {Areec is its name in Malabar, when an 

 old tree). The Cabbage Pahu. Ckd. PalnuMe. 

 This genus is now broken up into several, and 

 many species formerly here arranged are now found 

 under Acanthophcenix, Euterpe, Hyophorhe, Kentia, 

 Onrospertna, Phamcophoru in. Very ornamental 

 and graceful stove palms, with a branching spadix, and 

 double spathe, which incloses the flowers. Flowers 

 unisexual, borne upon the same spike ; female flowers 

 having sis rudimentary stamens, and male flowers a six- 

 cleft perianth. Fruit one-seeded. They thrive in a com- 

 po.st of loam, peat, and leaf soil, in equal parts, with a 

 liberal addition cf sand; but when they aru fully f^rown, 



