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which A. sipho and tomentosa are the best. There are also 

 six greenhouse and about twenty stove species. The flow- 

 ers of all are more curious than beautiful. 



A. Bcetica (Spanish) ; deciduous climber ; 6 feet ; flowers 

 purple, in June; Spain; 1596. A. Chilensis (Chilian); decid- 

 uous half-hardy; 6 feet; flowers purple and green, in Septem- 

 ber ; West Indies ; 1832. A. dematitis (clematis-like) ; herba- 

 ceous perennial; 2 feet ; flowers yellow, in July; Britain. A. 

 longa (long-rooted) ; deciduous trailer ; 2 feet ; flowers purple, 

 in July; south of Europe; 1548. A. pallida (pale-flowered); 

 herbaceous perennial ; 2 feet ; flowers white and purple ; Italy; 

 1640. A. pistolochia (pistolochia) ; deciduous trailer; 2 feet; 

 flowers purple, in July; south of Europe; 1597. A. sagittata 

 (arrow-shaped) ; herbaceous perennial ; i foot ; flowers purple, 

 in July; North America; 1819. A. serpentaria (snakeroot) ; 

 deciduous trailer ; i foot ; flowers dark-purple, in July ; North 

 America ; 1632. A. sipho (tube-bearing) ; deciduous climber ; 

 30 feet ; flowers yellow and brown, in July ; North America ; 

 1763. A. tomentosa (downy) ; deciduous climber ; 20 feet ; flow- 

 ers purple, in July ; North America ; 1799. 



ARMERIA. Thrift. [Plumbaginaceae.] Dwarf herba- 

 ceous plants, nearly all hardy. Soil, sandy loam. Increased 

 by dividing the crown, and planting the separate pieces as 

 cuttings under hand-glasses. ; They are fine rock-plants, 

 and also do well in pots ; .and some varieties of the com- 

 mon thrift, especially a deep rose and a white one, make 

 pretty edging to flower-beds. 



A. cepJialotes (headed) ; hardy perennial; 18 inches; flowers 

 deep rose-pink, in August; Europe; 1800. A. dianthoides 

 (pink-leaved) ; hardy perennial ; I foot ; flowers pale red, in 

 May ; Europe ; 1810. A. latifolia (broad-leaved) ; hardy per- 

 ennial ; 2 feet ; flowers pale-red, in June ; Portugal ; 1740. A. 

 plantaginea (plantain-leaved) ; hardy perennial ; i foot ; flowers 

 pale-red, in June ; Jersey. A. vulgaris (common) ; hardy per- 

 ennial ; 6 inches ; flowers pink, in June ; England. There is 

 a pretty white-flowered variety of this, called alba. 

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