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Divi- 



Hardy liorbaceous perennials 

 ■ion. Pent and loam. 



ACTINOTUS. Two species. Green- 

 house herbaceous perennials. Division. 

 Sandy loam. 



A C Y N O S. Eleven species. All 

 hardy. Seeds. Dry sandy soil. 



AD AM I. \ cyanea. Stove evergreen 

 shrub. Cuttinsrs. Peat and loam. 



ADAM'S NEEDLE. Yucca. 



ADDKR'S TONGUE. Opioglossum. 



ADELIA. Three species. Stove 

 evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. Peat and 

 loam. 



ADENANDR.\. Thirteen species. 

 Green-house evergreen shrubs. Cut- 

 tings. Loam and peat. 



ADENANTHERA. Two species. 

 Stove evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. 

 Sandv loam and peat. 



ADENANTHOS. Three species. 

 Green-house evergreen shrubs. Cut- 

 tings. Sandy peat and loam. A.obo- 

 vata is best iVoin seed. 



ADENOCARPUS. Six species. A. 

 foliolosus and frankenl aides are ever- 

 green shrubs. Cuttings. Sandy loam. 

 The others are hardy deciduous shrubs. 

 Seeds. Common garden soil. 



ADENOPHORA. Sixteen species. 

 Hardy herbaceous perennials. Com- 

 mon garden soil. Peat and loam. 



ADESMIA. Eight species, of which 

 A. viscosa is hardy. The others are 

 green-house plants. A.visrosa and us- 

 pallatenais are propagated by cuttings. 

 The others from seed. All in sandy 

 loam. 



ADIANTUM. Maidenhair. Twen- 

 ty-nine species. All green-house or 

 etove plants, except /I. C(/p(7/«s veneris 

 and puhescens. They are hardy herba- 

 ceous perennials. Division. Loam and 

 peat. 



ADINA glnbijlora. Stove evergreen 

 shrub. Cuttings. Sandy loam and peat. 

 ADLUMIA cirrhosa. Hardy climb- 

 ing biennial. Seeds. Sandy loam. 



ADONIS. Thirteen species. All 

 hardy. Seed. Common garden soil. 



TEGIPniLA. Seven species. Stove 

 evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. Loam and 

 peal. 



7EGLE marmelos. Bengal Quince. 

 Stove evergreen shrub. Cuttings. 

 Loam. 



^CIIMEA. Three species. Stove 

 perennials. Suckers. Loam, peat, and 

 sand. 

 iEGOCHLOA. Six species. All hardy ; 



A G A 



Seeds. Light rich gardea 

 Stove 



annuals, 

 soil. 



iEOLLANTHUS suaveolens. 

 annual. Seeds. Sandy loam. 



iEONIUM Youngiannm. Green- 

 house. Cuttings. Sandy loam. 



.1':SCHYNANT1IUS. Two species. 

 Stove epiphytes. Cuttings. Peat and 

 potsherds, or wood. 



7ESCULUS. Horse-chestnut. 

 JE. glabra. (Grafts.) 

 yE. hippocastanum, Jlore plena. (Lay- 

 ers.) 

 jS. hippocastanum, fol. argenteis. (Lay- 

 ers.) 

 ^■E. hippocnstanum variegatum. 

 jE. ohiensis. 

 JE. fallida. (Grafts.) 

 JE. rubicunda. (Grafts.) 

 All hardy deciduous trees. The com- 

 mon European horse-chestnut jE. hip- 

 pocastanum, is a truly magnificent tree, 

 at once grand from its magnitude and 

 massy form, and beautiful when in 

 bloom from being covered with large 

 spikes of white and pink flowers, pro- 

 truding beyond its elegant digitate 

 leaves. Seeds (except where other- 

 wise described). Common garden soil. 



AERANTHES. Two species. Stove 

 epiphytes. Division. Peat and pot- 

 sherds, or wood. 



AF2RIDES, {air plant.) Nine spe- 

 cies. All stove epiphytes. Cuttings, 

 except A. cornutum, which is multi- 

 plied by root-divisions. Peat and pot- 

 sherds, or wood. 



iERUA. Two species. Stove her- 

 baceous perennials. Cuttings. Rich 

 moist soil. 



.^:SCYNOMENE. Eleven species. 

 JE. viscidula a green-house, and /J?. 

 hixpida a hardy annual, the rest stove 

 plants. Seeds. Sandy loam. 



yV/FHIONEMA. Six species. All 

 hardy. Seed or cuttings. Common 

 soil. 



^■ITHIONIA. Two species. Green- 

 house evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. 

 Common soil. 



AFRICAN ALMOND. Brahejum. 



AFRICAN FLEABANE. Tarcho- 

 nanthus. 



AFRICAN LILY. Agapanthus. 



AFRICAN MARIGOLD. Tagetes 

 Erect a. 



AGAPANTHUS. African Lily. 

 Three species. Nearly hardy bulbs. 

 Common soil. Offsets. 



AGASTACHYS odorata. Green- 



