' GARDEN FLOWERS. 4! 



gated by cuttings of the small unblooming shoots, inserted 

 in sandy soil under a hand-glass. When rooted, they may 

 be potted singly into pots and preserved in frames during 

 winter, ready to plant out in the following April. They 

 bloom very well in six-inch pots. The annuals may be 

 sown in pots in a frame in March, and planted out in May. 



A. asarina (asarina) ; half-hardy trailing herb ; flowers white, 

 in July ; Italy ; 1699. A . glandulosum (glandulous) ; hardy an- 

 nual ; 2 feet ; flowers red and yellow, in August ; California ; 

 1834. A. majus (common); hardy perennial; 2 feet; flowers 

 various, in July; England. A. molle (soft); half-hardy trailing 

 herb; flowers white, in July; Spain; 1752. A. Montevidense 

 (Monte Videan) ; hardy annual ; i foot ; flowers red, in July ; 

 Monte Video; 1829. A. sempervirens (evergreen); hardy per- 

 ennial ; 2 feet; flowers pink, in June ; Pyrenees ; 1821. 



Most of the species require frame protection during win- 

 ter in the Northern States. 



ANTWERP HOLLYHOCK. See ALTHAEA FICIFOLIA. 



APARGIA. [Composite.] The only species worth culti- 

 vating is A. aurantiaca, a hardy herbaceous perennial, grow- 

 ing one foot high, with orange-colored flowers in June ; in- 

 troduced from Hungary in 1816. 



APIOS. [Leguminosag.] A tuberous-rooted hardy climb- 

 ing perennial. The tubers have been recommended as a 

 substitute for potatoes. Rich loamy soil. The plants 

 flower better if left undisturbed. Propagated by division of 

 the tubers. 



A. tuberosa (tuberous); hardy climbing perennial; 6 feet; 

 flowers purple, in August ; very fragrant and pretty ; North 

 America ; 1640. 



APOCYNUM. Dogs-bane. [Apocynacese.] Acrid hardy 

 herbaceous perennials, of rambling growth, with small cup- 

 shaped flowers, not very showy. Common soil. Increased 

 by division. 



