A U T 



A Z A 



elrtt, beech, Span'mh chestimt, korse-chestnut , white 

 p'-plar, sycamore, maple, ualniit, wild cherrij, 

 is.c. all of which being of lofty growth, wlicn 

 di^posi-'d in a proper inanni-r, have a fine ellect. 

 Sontetimes e\er>ireeiiS are used amons these : 

 where this is intended, the most proper sorts 

 arc the various pecies ot the pine, including all 

 the ditTercnt varieties of the (ir, most of which 

 attain a great heisiht and niagnitudL-, with beau- 

 tiful spreading heads, that are extremely orna- 

 mental and pleasing. 



But in forming avenues of the more rural 

 kinds, such as common wavs or roads through 

 parks or other pleasure-grounds to habitations, 

 they should be continued either in direct lines or 

 carried round in a moderate sweep, or the course 

 directed in two, three, or more very gentle 

 bends, or easy serpentine turns, each side being 

 ornamented with ditTercnt sorts of trees thinly 

 dispersed, some singly, others in ckunps or 

 groups of two, three, or more together, exhibit- 

 ing them variously, some breaking forward, 

 others standing more backward ; and for still 

 greaier diversitv, a clump of tall flowering 

 shrubs may be here and there introduced, having 

 the whole so considerably detached as to adnut 

 a full prospect of the adjacent lawns, fields, or 

 plantations, in the whole extent. 



This is the most modern method of forming 

 and planting avenues; but it cannot be practised 

 with full efleet, except where the situation is of 

 ■considerable extent. For walks and confined 

 situations the row method is mostly to be pre- 

 ferred, as having a better effect. 



AUTUMNAL Flowers, such as attain per- 

 fection in the autumnal season. 



Autumnal Plants, are such as attain per- 

 fection in autumn, either in their growth, or 

 their flowering, Sec. 



Autumnal Season, that from the latter end 

 of August to the end of November, in which 

 various operations in gardening are to he per- 

 formed, such as sowing, planting, and propa- 

 gating difl'erent kinds of seeds, plants, trees, and 

 shrubs; and the putting in various sorts of escu- 

 lent plants to stand the winter for the ensuing- 

 spring and summer, such as cahlages, caidi- 

 Jiowtri, carrots, lettuces, Spanish onions, &c. in 

 the more early part; and in the latter leans, 

 peril, colc/vorts, and earl/j cabbage-plants ; like- 

 w(-c canllfiowtrs, some to remain under hand- 

 and bell-glasses, others in frames, to stand till 

 spring ; also lettuces on warm borders and in 

 frames, to stand the winter, and celenj'xw shallow 

 trenches, for spring use ; and for the making 

 and spawning of mushroom-beds, for winter 

 and spring. It is also the proper period to in- 

 erease difterenl sorts of fibrous- rooted tiower- 



plants, by dividing or parting their roots, parti- 

 cularly in the months of September, Ocl')ber, 

 and November, when the Sower-stems decay, 

 the slipped or divided parts mo^ily flowering the 

 following year. 



And from the middle of September to the 

 middle or latter end of November is the proper 

 time for tKUisplanting from one place to another 

 difierent kinds of hardv fibrous-rooted j)ere'.i- 

 nials, as directed under their proper genera. 

 Most sorts of bulijous Hower-roots, that were 

 taken up in summer, arc now planted, in order 

 to exhibit an early spring and summer bloom in 

 the follow ing year. The seeds of many sorts of 

 flowers are likewise at this time to be sown, 

 which do not grow so freely u hen sown at other 

 seasons, as is shown undei the.r proper heads. 



In the latter part of this season it is necessary 

 to plant cuttings and make layers, for the pro- 

 pagation of various trees and shrubs of the hardy 

 kind. The seeds of many sorts of hardy trees 

 and shrubs may also be sown. BLsides these, 

 many other parts of garden culture are particu- 

 larly necessary to be executed at this season. 



AUKANTIUM, Orange Tree. See Citkus. 



AUfilCULA UHSl, Auricula, or Bear's-Ear. 

 See PiiiMi'LA. 



AZALIA, a genus containing plants of the 

 hardy deciduous flowering shrubby kinds. The 

 Upright American Honeysuckle. 



It belongs to the class and order Pentandria 

 Monogynia, and ranks in the natural order of 

 Bicornts. 



The characters of which are : that the calyx is 

 a five-parted, acute, erect, small, coloured, per- 

 manent perianthiuiii : the corolla is monopeta- 

 lous, bell-shaped, semiquinqnefid ; the sides of 

 the divisions bent in : the stamina consist of five 

 filiform filaments, inserted into the receptacle 

 and free : the anthers are simple : the pistillum 

 is a roundish germ : the stvle filiform, the length 

 of the corolla, and permanent: the stigma is 

 obtuse : the pericarpiuni is a roundish capsule, 

 five- celled and five-valved : the seeds many and 

 roundish. 



The species chiefly cultivated are -.LA. nudi- 

 fiora. Naked- flowered Azalia; 2. A. viscosa. 

 Viscid-flowered Azalia. 



The first in its native situation often rises to- 

 the heit!;ht of fifteen feet, but is here never more 

 than half that height. It sends out several stems 

 from the root. The leaves are oblong, smooth,, 

 alternate and pctiolcd. The peduncles are axil- 

 lary, long and naked, supporting a cluster of 

 red flowers, which are tubulous, swelling at 

 their base like those of the hyacinth, and con- 

 tracted at their neck ; they are divided at the top. 

 into five equal segments^ which spread open» 



