14 GARDEN FLOWERS. 



America; 1755. A variety of this, striatum, must be increased 

 by grafting or budding. A. platanoides (plane-like) ; 50 feet ; 

 flowers green and yellow, in June ; Europe ; 1683. A. plata- 

 noides laciniatum (cut-leaved) ; 30 feet ; flowers green and yel- 

 low, in June ; Europe ; 1683. Must be grafted or budded. A. 

 platanoides Lobelli (Lobels) ; 50 feet ; flowers green and yellow, 

 in May; Naples. A. platanoides variegatum (variegated); 30 

 feet; flowers green and yellow, in June ; Europe; 1683. Must 

 be grafted or budded. A . pseudoplatanus (the sycamore) ; 50 

 feet; flowers green and yellow, in April; Britain. A. pseudo- 

 platanus purpureum (purple-leaved) ; flowers purple, in May ; 

 1828. A . pseudoplatanus subobtusum (slightly blunt-leaved) ; 50 

 feet ; flowers green and yellow, in May. A. pseudoplatanus 

 variegatum (variegated) ; 50 feet ; flowers green and yellow, 

 in April ; Britain. Must be grafted or budded. A. rubrum 

 (red-flowered or swamp-maple). There are two varieties, one 

 with leaves variegated with white, and the other with yellow ; 20 

 feet; flowers red, in April ; North America ; 1656. A.sacchari- 

 num (sugar-maple) ; 40 feet ; flowers yellow, in April ; North 

 America; 1735. A. Tartaricum (Tartarian); 20 feet; flowers 

 green and yellow, in May ; Tartary ; 1759. 



ACHTLLEA. Milfoil. [Composite.] Hardy herbaceous 

 perennials ; many of the kinds weedy, but some very pretty. 

 They are free-flowering, easily grown in common soil, and 

 propagated by division of the plant, by cuttings, and by seed. 



A. Clavennce (Clavenna's) ; hardy perennial ; 6 inches ; flow- 

 ers white, in June and July ; Austria ; 1656. A. ptarmica flore 

 plena (double Sneezewort); hardy perennial ; 18 inches ; flowers 

 white, in July; gardens. A. toinentosa (woolly); hardy peren- 

 nial ; 9 inches ; flowers yellow, in May ; England. 



There are some thirty other species; all, except one (A. 

 sEgyptiaca) hardy perennials. The flowers of all are white or 

 yellow. 



ACHYRANTHES. See IRESINE. 



Acis. [Amaryllidaceas.] Hardy bulbs ; small, but very 



