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Two species, 

 twiners. Di- 



ASTEPHANUS. 

 Green-house evergreen 

 vision. Peat and loam. 



ASTER. One hundred and fifty-two 

 species. Chiefly hardy, but a few 

 green-house plants. Suckers or divi- 

 sion. Common soil. The time for 



come regular, the frames may be set 

 on ; and more earth be applied by de- 

 grees over the crowns of the plants 

 until it acquires a total depth of five or 

 SIX inches. 



The glasses must be kept open an 

 inch or two, as long and as often as 

 possible, without too great a redtiction ' thus propagating them is in autumn, or 

 o*" temperature occurring, so as to ad- ! early spring ; but many of the species 

 mit air freely and give vent to the va- are increased by cuttings of the flower 

 pours ; for on this depends the superi- stalks, planted in a shady border during 

 ority in flavour and appearance of the ' May or June. The varieties are numer- 

 ous. 



ASTEROCEPHALUS. Fifty-three 

 species. Mostly hardy annuals and 

 perennials. Seed or cuttings. Com- 

 mon soil. 



ASTILBE decandra. Hardy herb- 

 aceous. Division. Peat. 



ASTRAGALUS. One hundred and 

 eleven species. Nearly all hardy pe- 

 rennials and annuals; the first propa- 

 gated by division, the second by seed. 

 Common soil. 



ASTRANTI\. Six species. Hardy 

 herbaceous. Division. Common light 

 soil. 



ASTRAP^A. Three species. Stove 

 evergreen trees. Cuttings. Rich light 

 soil. 



ASTROCARYUM. 

 Palms. Stove. Seed. 



ASTROLOBIUM. 



Hardy annuals. Seed. 



ASTROLOMA. 



shoots. The heat must be kept up by a 

 lining of hot dung, and by covering the 

 glasses every night with mats, &c. 



The temperature at night should 

 never be below 50^, and in the day its 

 maximum at 62^. 



Gathering. — In gathering, for which 

 the shoots are fit when from two to five 

 inches in height, the finger and thumb 

 must be thrust down into the earth and 

 the-stem broken off at the bottom. 



Insects. — The foliage of this vege- 

 table is liable to be destroyed by the 

 Idrvac of two beetles, the Lemaasparagi, 

 or Asparagus Beetle, and the Lema duo- 

 d^cim punctata. The only remedy is 

 to pick off and destroy the affected 

 branches. 



ASPASIA. Two species. Stove epi- 

 phytes. Bulbs. Peat and potsherds. 



ASPEN, (Populus tremula.) 



ASPERULA, Woodroof. Twenty- 

 four species. Hardy herbaceous, ex- 

 cept A. hrevifolia, which is a half-hardy 

 evergreen. Division. Moist shaded soil. 



ASPHODELUS. Asphodel. Twelve 

 species. Hardy bulbs, except A. clava- 

 tus and intermedia. Offsets. Common 

 soil. 



ASPIDISTRA. Two species. Stove 

 herbaceous. Suckers. Common soil. 

 Flowers produced under ground. 



ASPIDIUM. Forty-nine species. 

 Ferns. Hardy, green-house or stove. 

 Seed or division. Loam and peat. 



ASPIDIOTUS. See Coccus. 



ASPLENIUM. Forty-nine species. 

 Ferns. Hardy, green-house or stove. 

 Seed or division. Loam and peat. 



ASSONIA. Two species. Stove 

 evergreen trees. Cuttings. Sandy 

 loam. 



ASTARTEA fascicularis. 

 house evergreen shrub. 

 Sandy loam and peat. 



ASTELMA. Ten species 



Five species. 

 Rich loam. 

 Four species. 

 Common soil. 

 Two species. 



Green- 

 Cuttings. 



Green- 



house evergreen shrubs, 

 tings. Sandy peat. 



Seed or cut- 



Greenhouse evergreen shrubs. Cut- 

 tings. Sandy loam and peat. 



ASTYRIA rosea. Stove shrub. Cut- 

 tings. Sandy loam. 



ATALANTIA monophylla. Stove 

 evergreen shrub. Cuttings. Rich 

 loam. 



ATAMASCO-LILY {Zephyranthes 

 Atamasco). 



ATHALIA spinarum. Turnip Saw- 

 fly, known popularly as the Black-cater- 

 pillar, Black-canker, Black-palmer, Ne- 

 gro, &c. 



Mr. Curtis observes, that "As early 

 as May, or sooner, the Saw-flies make 

 their appearance ; the female lays her 

 eggs on the under surface along the 

 margin of the leaf. These hatch in 

 about five days, and produce the Ne- 

 groes, which are not thicker than a fine 

 thread, and white, but after changing 

 their skins, they become black, and 

 eventually are three-quarters of an 

 inch long, when they are more of a 

 lead colour and yellowish-white be- 



