464 FOREST CULTURE AND 
This aromatic, somewhat woody plant, deserves to be 
established in our snowy regions. 
Artemisia Pontioa, Linné.—Middle and South Eu- 
rope, West Asia. More aromatic and less bitter than 
the ordinary wormwood. Many other species of this 
genus deserve attention of the culturist. 
Arundo Ampelodesmos, Cyrillo. — South Europe, 
North Africa. Almostas large as A. Gynerium. The 
tough flower-stems and leaves readily available for 
tying. 
Asparagus acutifolius, Linné.—In all the countries 
around the Mediterranean Sea, also in the Canary Isl- 
ands. Although a shrubby asparagus, yet the root- 
shoots, according to Dr. Heldreich, are collected in 
Greece, and are tender and of excellent taste, though 
somewhat thinner than those of the ordinary herba- 
ceous species. The shrub grows on stony rises, and 
the shoots are obtained without cultivation. A. aph- 
yllus, L., and A. horridus, L., according to Dr. Rein- 
hold, are utilized in the same manner, and all may 
probably yield an improved produce by regular and 
careful culture. 
Asparagus laricinus, Burchell.—South Africa. Dr. 
Pappe observes of this shrubby species that, with some 
other kinds of that country, it produces shoots of ex- 
cellent tenderness and aromatic taste. 
Astragalus Parnassi, Boissier. (A. Cylleneus, Held- 
reich. )—Greece. This small shrub furnishes there 
almost exclusively the commercial Tragacanth. It 
ascends to elevations of 7,000 feet; becomes therefore 
alpine. 
Atalantia glauca, J. Hooker. — New South Wales 
and Queensland. This desert - lemon is mentioned 
