54 GARDEN FLOWERS. 



ennial; 6 inches ; flowers white, in June ; Barbary; 1811. A. 

 Monspessulanus (Montpelier) ; hardy perennial ; i foot ; flowers 

 purple, in July; France; 1710. A. odoratus (sweet); hardy 

 perennial; i foot ; flowers yellow, in June ; Levant; 1820. A. 

 onobrychis (Saintfoin); hardy perennial ; 18 inches ; flowers pur- 

 ple or white, in June ; Austria ; 1640. A. Ponticus (Pontic) ; 

 hardy perennial ; 2 feet ; flowers yellow, in July ; Tauria ; 1820. 

 A. stipulatus (stipuled) ; hardy perennial ; I foot ; flowers yel- 

 low, in June ; Nepaul ; 1822. 



There are more than a hundred other species. 

 ASTRANTIA. [Umbelliferse.] Elegant herbaceous plants, 

 quite hardy. Common garden soil. Increased by division. 



A. Gzr;/z0//d! (Carniolian) ; hardy perennial ; i foot; flowers 

 striped, in May; Carniolia; 1812. A. Caucasica (Caucasian) ; 

 hardy perennial ; 3 inches ; flowers pink, in June ; Caucasus ; 

 1818. A. major (greater); hardy perennial; 2 feet ; flowers 

 striped, in June ; Europe ; 1596. A. maxima (greatest) ; hardy 

 perennial ; 2 feet ;, flowers pink, in July ; Caucasus ; 1804. 



ATRAGENE. [Ranunculaceae.] Hardy deciduous climb- 

 ers, resembling Clematis. Soil, rich garden loam. Prop- 

 agated by cuttings in sand under a bell-glass, or by layers. 



A. Americana (American) ; hardy climbing shrub ; 10 feet ; 

 flowers purple, in June ; North America ; 1797. A. Austriaca 

 (Austrian); hardy climbing shrub; 12 feet; flowers blue, in 

 June; Austria; 1792. A. Siberica (Siberian); hardy climbing 

 shrub ; 12 feet ; flowers white, in June ; Siberia ; 1753. 



AUBERGINE. See SOLANUM, EGG-PLANT. 



ATJKRIETIA. [Cruciferse.] Very pretty dwarf evergreen 

 herbaceous perennials, growing in common garden soil, and 

 well suited to rock-work. Propagated by seeds and division, 

 or by cuttings under a bell-glass in sand. 



A. deltoidea (three-angled) ; hardy perennial ; 3 inches ; flow- 

 ers purple, in May; Levant ; 1710. A. hesperidiflora (hesperis- 

 flowered) ; hardy perennial ; 3 inches ; flowers purple, in May ; 



