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bcllule, which is hcnii>phencal : the petals in- 

 curved, shorter than iIk- siaimns, icrrugiuous 

 without, purple withm : the reccptaelc ami sta- 

 mens trreen : the scctls convex and three-keeled. 

 It is a native of North Anu-riea. 



Culture. — The propagation in all the sorts 

 niav be easily efl'eetcd by means of the seeds. 

 The first sort suceeeds the best in such soils as 

 incline to moisture. The proper time of sow- 

 insr is in the auimnn, soon after the seeds have 

 become perfectly ripe, as when sown m the 

 spring they seldom answer well, the vegetative 

 power being nnich destroyed. The sowing is 

 usually performed in the broadcast method, lie- 

 ing afterwards well raked in. When the plants 

 liave attained the growth of six or seven inches 

 in height, they are in a proper state to be trans- 

 plantecl, which should be done to a considerable 

 distance, as tuenty inches or two feet or more. 

 They grow well on the banks of ponds. 



In the tlrst year after planting leaves .are only 

 produced ; but in the second they run up to 

 stem, flower, and perfect tlieir seed. If it be 

 the intention to continue the plant, the stems 

 must be cut down in the spring, by which they 

 may be perpetuated for three or four years. 

 Where the object is seed, new plantations must 

 be annually made, as in seeding the plants are 

 only biennial. 



A plant or two may be proper in pleasure- 

 grounds, fc.r the sake of variety. 

 ANGELICA-TREE. See Aualia. 

 ANISEED TREE. See Illikiu.m. 

 ANNONA, a genus comprehending plants 

 of the deciduous and evergreen tree, and shrubby 

 kinds. The Uuanabus, or Custard-apple, and 

 Papaw-trce. 



h belongs to the class and order Polyarulria Po- 

 ly gynia, and ranks in the natural order of Coadu- 

 natce. 



The characters arc : that the calyx is a three- 

 leaved small perianthium : the leaflet cordate, 

 concave and acuimnate: the corolla consists ot 

 six petals, cordate and sessile : the three alter- 

 nate interior ones less : the stamina have scarcely 

 any filaments : the anthers are very numerous, 

 placed on the receptacle : the pistlllum is a 

 roundish germ, placed on a roundish receptacle ; 

 no styles : the stigmas obtuse and numerous, 

 covering the w hole germ : the pcricarpium is a 

 very large, roundish, one-celled berry, clothed 

 with a scaly bark, or a compound berry: the 

 seeds ver)' many, hard and ovate-oblong, being 

 placed in a rmg, nestling. 



The species of most importance are: l.v^. re- 

 ticulata. Netted Custard-Apple ; 2. yl. viuri- 

 caia, Rough-fruited Custard Apple, or Sour 

 Sop; 3. ^. squamosa, Undulated Custard- 



Apple, or Sweet Sop; i. A. tr'tpetala, Rroad- 

 leavcd Custard Apple ; 5.-7. p«/«j/ri5, Shining- 

 leaved Annoiia, or Water- Apple ; 6. A. liUoba, 

 Tliree-truited Annona, or I'apaw-Tree; l.A. 

 Asititicu, Asiatic C'ustard-Apple. 



The first is a tree which grows to the height 

 of twenty-five feet or mine, with spnaduig 

 branches : thebaik is smooth and ot an a?h co- 

 lour : the leaves are of a light green colour, .tnd 

 have several deep transverse ribs, ending in acute 

 points : they are alternate in two rows, elon- 

 gate, broad, rounded at the base, acuminate 

 with a blunted tip, entire about the edge, veined, 

 smooth on both sides : the petioles gibi)ou>, 

 short, excavated .uul smooth : the flowers three 

 or four close together, peduncled, noddin«r, 

 whitish, the same size as in the third : the petals 

 three, linear, thick, three-cornered, blunt, un- 

 equal .ind brown on the outside, yellowish white 

 within, spotted with dark purple, excavated at 

 the base : the nectary consists of three very 

 minute, oblonsr, blunt petals, at the base of the 

 genuine petals : the body of the stamens and pis- 

 tils is roundish, minute and whitish : the truilis 

 roundish, heart-shajied, the rind sometimes re- 

 ticulate, thick, brown, sliining. It is of a co- 

 nical form, according to Miller, and as large as 

 a tennis-ball, of an orange colour when ripe, 

 having a soft, sweet, yellowish pulp, the con- 

 sistence of a custard, whence the name. It 

 is a native of both the East and West In- 

 dies. 



The second species is a middle-sized tree, 

 rarely above twelve or fourteen, or at most 

 twenty feet high : trunk upright, with stiff", 

 round, smooth branches, and a brownish ash- 

 coloured bark ; leaves petioled, alternate, sparse, 

 oblong, acuminate, entire, shininti, firm and 

 stitlish : the petioles short : the petiuncles axil- 

 lary, solitary, thick, longer than the petioles, 

 one-flowered : the flowers coriaceous and yel- 

 low : the calyx one-leafed and triangular : the 

 corolla three-petalled : the petals acuminate, 

 thick, concave, coriaceous, smooth, scabrous 

 on the outside, and pale green : the nectary 

 thTce-lcaved : the leaflets alternate with the pe- 

 tals, only half the size, subcordate, smooth, 

 convex and yellow- : the filaments scarcely any : 

 the anthers rather pedicelled, subclavate, bivalve 

 and whitish : the styles very short, and crowded 

 together into a conical form : the stigmas ob- 

 lique and hirsute after flowcring-time : the berry 

 diflbrni, cordate-oblong, muricate with prickles 

 bowed back and fleshy : the seeds oblong, Idack, 

 with a lateral scar of a dift'c-ent colour, and 

 placed in a ring. It produces a large succultnl 

 fruit. It is a native of the West Indies. 



The third specie* is a small tree, about eight 



