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resting on long foot-sialks, which have a good 

 eflect. It IS a native of Italy. 



Culturi'. — This plant is not difficult in its pro- 

 pagation, whicii may be cither by sowing the 

 seeds or by cuttings. In the lirst method the 

 business shuiild be performed in April on a 

 warm border, the seed being very ligiitly raked 

 in; but in the latttr it must be done in the 

 siinnner season, a shadv situation being clioseii 

 lor the purpose. In cither mctliod the plants 

 must be potted and placed in the house during 

 the \\ inter season. They require moving occa- 

 sionally into larger pots, which should always 

 1)C done with a hall of earth about their roots. 

 ^Moderate waterings arc likewise necessary. 



This is a plant which is employed for the pur- 

 pose of ornament in the green-house. 



ANAGVRIS, a sienus comprehending plants 

 of the hardy deciduous flowering shrubby 

 kind. 



It belongs to the class and order Decandrla 

 HloTiog!/nia, and ranks in the natural order of 

 Papilionacscp, or Ijfgumiuoice. 



Its characters are : that the calyx is a bell- 

 shaped perianthiuni, mouth five-toothed, the 

 upper pair of teeth being more deeply divided : 

 the corolla papilionaceous, standard obcordate, 

 straight, emarginate, broader than the other 

 petals, and twice as long as the calyx : wings 

 iivate-oblong, flat, longer than the standard, 

 keel straight and very long : the stamina ha\e 

 filaments parallel, distinct, rising: anthers sim- 

 ple : the pislilium is an oblong germ, the style 

 simple and rising : the sligma villose : the pe- 

 ricarpium an oblong, large, roundish, obtuse 

 legume, a little reflex : the seeds six or more, 

 kidney-shaped. 



The species cultivated are: 1. A. fwt'ida. 

 Stinking Anagyris, or Bean Trefoil ; 2. A. Crc- 

 tica, Cretan tiliuking Anacyris, or Bean Tre- 

 foil. 



The first is a shrub that usually grows to the 

 height of eight or ten feet. The leaves are oval, 

 and the flowers, which are produced in April or 

 May, are of a bright \cllow colour, butterflv- 

 shaped, hanging in long spikes from the sides 

 of the branches, somewhat as in the Labur- 

 num. It never ripens its seeds in this climate. 

 It is a native of the south of France, Spain, 

 and Italy. 



The second sort has the leaves longer, and 

 also the spikes of flowers. It also flowers later 

 in the summer, and never maturates its seed. 

 It is supposed by some to be only a variety. It 

 is a native of Candia. 



Cidlure. — These plants are capable of being 

 propagated, eitlier by means of layers or seed. 

 J he first method is adopted in order to obviate 



the defects of their not producing seed. In 

 ]H"rformiug the operation, the tender bianehei 

 ^hollld be chosen, and it is best done in the 

 spring season, when they should be tongued in 

 the same way as in Carnation^. In dry seasons 

 w ater should be given : a rather shady place is 

 best for the purpose. In the follow ing spring, 

 when the lavers have fully taken root, tliey may 

 be separated from the old i)lants just before they 

 bei;in to bud, and be then planted in warm 

 asjK'cts, as w hen much exjiosed they are apt i<> be 

 destroyed in severe winters. 



In raisinsr them from the seeds, which is pro- 

 bably the best method, as the plants become 

 taller and handsomer, the method is to sow 

 them in pots placed in a moderate hot-bed about 

 the begiuning of March. It may also be done 

 on a warm bcirder of line rich earth, covering 

 them well with sifted mould, and then protect- 

 ing them bv a glass frame. The seeds are nro- 

 cu'rcd from abroad. When the seed is good the 

 plants ajipear in the course of a month, when 

 they should be gradually habituated to the open 

 air, into which they may be brought about the 

 end of May, being put in sheltered warm situa- 

 tions : this can only be done with those in pots, 

 as they do not bear transplanting well till the 

 following: spring. They should be protected 

 under a alass frame in tiie nights the two first 

 winters, as they do not bear cold well. After 

 they have beeii kept exposed in pots for about 

 three years, they w ill be in a condition to plant 

 out w here they are to remain. The best season 

 for this is in April, just before they protrude 

 their leaves. They should be turned out of the 

 pots, or be taken up with good balls to their 

 roots, and immediately planted in warm situa- 

 tions, being protected in the winters by tanners' 

 bark about their roots, and coverings of mats 

 on their tops. The fourth year from sowing 

 they usually begin to produce flowers, and con- 

 tinue flowering annually afterwards. 



Thev are highlv ornamental, and extremely 

 proper for being niixed with other flowermg 

 shrubs of similar grow th in warm situations, in 

 shrubberies and other places. 



AKANAS. See Bkomklia. 



ANASTATICA, a genus including some cu- 

 rious plants of the low bushy annual kind, 

 known by the title of Hose of Jericho. 



It belonesto the class and order 7'(/»YH/y;/ffw/a 

 Si/iciifusa,^ aivi ranks in the natural order of 

 Si/i(/uo<!ce. 



The characters of which are : that the calyx 

 is a four-leaved . and deciduous perianthiuni, 

 leaflets ovale, oblong, concave,' erect and de- 

 ciduous : the corolla~is tetnipetalous and cruci- 

 fonn ; the petals roundish, flat, and spreading, 



