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Talvecf, one-ccIlcd follicles : crintnining manP 

 %"ery small seeds, crowned with long down ; 

 the receptacle subulate, very Ions, rough, and 

 free. 



The specie? arc: 1. A. anih-oatpmifo/ii/m, 

 Tutsan-leaved Dogs-bane ; C. A. vanai'uiiim, 

 Hemp Dogs-hauo ; 3. j4. /lyfjciitijolium, St. 

 John's Wort-leaved Dogs-bane ; 4. yl. Vciwtnm, 

 Venetian Spear-leaved Dogs- bane ; 5. A.j'ru- 

 tesceiis. Shrubby Dogs-bane ; 6. A. reiiculatum, 

 Net-leaved Climbing Dogs-bane. 



The first has the stems about three feet in 

 height, and upright. The leaves are opposite ; 

 and these and the stems abound with a milky 

 juice, which flows out when they are broken. 

 The corollas are white, with the nectaries of a 

 purplish cast. But, accordmg to some, they are 

 pale red with a tinge of purple, the flowers 

 being pendulous. It is a native of Virginia, 

 and flowers from July to September. It is 

 perennial. 



The second species has the roots perennial, 

 iind creeping. The stems are brown, and about 

 two feet in height. The leaves are smooth, in 

 pairs, abounding with a milky juice, like the 

 former. Towards the upper part of the stem, 

 the flowers come out from the wings of the 

 leaves, in small bunches, and are of an herba- 

 ceous white colour, and small. It is admitted 

 for the sake of variety. It flowers as above; 

 and is a native of the same place. The stems 

 aflTord a hempy substance. 



In the third the root is likewise perennial, and 

 ■creeping. The stems annual, upright, round, 

 branched, a foot and a half in height, and filled 

 with a white pith. The leaves opposite, sharpish, 

 quite entire, subsessile ; the upper ones on the 

 extreme twigs petiolcd, not revolute. The pe- 

 duncles umbelled, and terminating. The flow- 

 ers small, ami inodorous. The leaflets of (he 

 calyx are oblong, concave, erect, and green. The 

 corolla white, and longer than the calyx. Be- 

 tween the filaments there is a roundish, green 

 gland. The whole plant is smooth, and abounds 

 with a milky juice. It is a native of North 

 America, and flowers in June and July. 



The fourth species has the root perennial, and 

 creeping. The stems about two feet high. The 

 leaves opposite and smooth. Tlic flowers grow- 

 erect, at the top of the stems in small umbels, 

 and are much larger tban in the iormer sorts. 

 It is a native of the islands in the Adriatic 

 ica, and flowers in July and Augu^l. 



There are varittits with purple, and with 

 white flowers. 



In the fifth the stem is woody, five or six feet 

 in height, dividing into several branches. Leaves 

 K'pposile, pctioled, tuiooth, (juite cjitiie. The 



pidnneles Irom the axils, opposite; biinp oj^po- 

 sitely branched. The corolla saivfr-sjiaped. 

 The flowers are in loose bunches, small, and of a 

 purple colour ; but never succeeded bv pods in 

 this country. It is a native of the East Indies, &r. 



The sixth species has a twinint? stem, by 

 which it rises to a considerable height. The 

 leaves are dark srrcen, very ^bining, with a beau- 

 tiful net of milky veins. It is a native of the 

 Last Indies, &c. 



Ciilliirc. — The four first species are capable of 

 being easily propairaied, bv dividine; their creep- 

 ing roots either m the earlv spnng months, 

 before they protrude their stems, or in the au- 

 tumn. The soil most proper for them is that 

 of the light drv kind, as, where there is much 

 moisture, they are apt to be destroyed in the 

 winter season by their roots becoming rotten. 

 In the second species the roots sometimes spread 

 in a troublesome manner. 



The luunh species requires a very drv, wami ex- 

 posure ; as it IS less hardy than the former. It 

 is best to remove it when necessary in the early 

 spring, when it is about to send forth its stems. 



The two last species are best propagated by 

 layers or cuttings from their young shoots, 

 which should be made durinsr the summer sea- 

 son, being dried in the siove some davs before 

 they are planted out. They arc likewise capa- 

 ble of being raised by seed, v, hen it can be pro- 

 cured, as they seldom aiford any in this climate. 

 In either method, pots of light sandy earth 

 should be employed. In the former, the layers 

 or cuttings, after being planted out in them, 

 should be placed in a mild hot-bed ; and io 

 the latter, after the seeds are sown, the pots 

 should be plunged into a tan-bed. When the 

 plants are up they must be watered sparingly, 

 and kept constantly in the tan, being changed 

 into larger pots as they advance in growth, great 

 care being taken not to over-pot them, as they 

 thrive best wher« their roots are a little con- 

 fined. Under gf)od management, they mostly 

 flcnver in the second year. 



The first kinds are sufliciently hardy to bear 

 the exposure of the open air ; but the latter 

 sorts require the constant protection of the 

 stove. The former are well adapted for pro- 

 ducing variety in the clumps and borders of 

 walks in pleasure-grounds; and the latter for or- 

 nament in the stove, where, from Uieir beautiful 

 •e\er-!rreen leaves, they have a flue appearance, 



AlMTJ-:-TRLE. See I'ynis Mnlus. 



APRICOT. See Puukus. 



AQUII.LCIA, a genus containing plants of 

 the hardy herbaceous perennial flowering tribe, 

 and Columbine kind. 



It belongs to the class and order Poii/aridria 

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