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ANGELONIA 



seed requires to be well rubbed with the hand, either 

 amongst some sharp sand or finely-sifted coal ashes, to 

 separate the seeds. When the seed is sown, cover it 

 immediately with some sifted, light, sandy soil, half an 

 inch. It will soon come up, and should be frequently 

 watered in dry weather. Beds so made will flower the 

 same year ; mark the best, and preserve them for plant- 

 ing the next year. 



Time for planting is October, or early in November, 

 and the plants will come into flower in April and beginning 

 of May ; but if some are planted in the middle of Sep- 

 tember, and a second parcel towards the middle or after 

 end of October, they will afford a succession of bloom 

 from the beginning of April until the middle of May ; 

 and if a third plantation is made in February or be- 

 ginning of March, they will come into flower about the 

 middle of May, and continue until the middle of June. 



Spit and Site. The situation should be thoroughly 

 drained, and open to the south. Any common, mode- 

 rately light earth suits the anemone ; overmoist and stiff 

 soils rot the roots in winter. If necessary to make a soil, 

 proceed as described for the seed-bed. Take maiden loam 

 from the surface of a pasture, the top spit, turf and all ; 

 to every load of this add one of cowdung, and half a load 

 of sea or drift-sand ; blend the whole together, and form 

 it into a ridge, in which let it remain a year, at least, 

 turning it over once in two or three months. But, in 

 default of pasture-earth, a good compost may be formed 

 of common, light garden-soil and rotted cowdung, adding, 

 to every load of the former, half a load of the latter, and 

 about a quarter of that of drift or sea-sand ; and of 

 either of which composts the bed is to be formed. Make 

 it about twelve or fifteen inches in depth, and three feet 

 and a half broad. 



Planting in Borders. Plant five roots together, in a 

 patch of five or six inches in breadth, two or three inches 

 deep. 



Beds should be three feet and a half broad, with alleys 

 eighteen inches wide between bed and bed, and fifteen or 

 eighteen inches deep ; break the earth small, but do not 

 sift it ; elevate the beds three inches above the general 

 surface ; but if there is danger of moisture standing in 

 winter, double or treble that height is proper, working 

 the whole a little rounded, and after planting, rake the 

 surface smooth. 



Plant six rows lengthwise, the roots at six inches 

 distance in each row, and two inches deep. 



The autumn plantation comes in leaf in November ; 

 but, as the plants are hardy, nothing is needful to be 

 done till the bloom begins to appear, and then arch the 

 beds with hoops, to support mats, to protect them 

 from frost. 



Forcing. Double anemones, potted in September or in 

 October, in some compost, as above particularised, may 

 be placed in a cold frame or pit, and watered but sparingly 

 until the following spring, when they may be put into 

 a warmer place. They will not stand much forcing. A 

 second blooming may be obtained by planting more 

 roots, in a similar way, in December. 



Mildew. This disease first appears as pale spots on 

 the under sides of the leaves. These spots gradually rise 

 into tubercles, and a minute fungus bursts through. 

 This parasite is /Eci'dium quadri'fidum. Sea-sand, or a 

 little salt mixed with the compost of the bed, is a good 

 preventive ; and sprinkling with sulphur is the best 

 remedy. Anemones are liable to have distorted, swollen 

 leaves, the cure for which is to render the soil more free 

 from stagnant moisture. 



ANEMONO PSIS. (From anemone, and opsis, resem- 

 blance ; flowers similar to those of the Anemone. Xat. 

 ord. Ranunculaceae. A monotypic genus from Japan.) 



A handsome herbaceous plant resembling Anemone 

 japonica in habit, with purple-blue flowers, propagated 

 from divisions or seeds; rich, deep loam. A great 

 favourite in America. 



A. macTophy'lla (B. M., t. 6413). a to 3. Pale lilac. 

 Japan. 



ANEMOP^EGMA. (From anemos, the wind, and 

 paigma, sport.) Nat. ord. Bignoniacea. Attractive stove 

 climbing shrubs. For culture, see BIGNONIA. 



A. carrere'nse (Journal of Botany, 1898, 188). Pale 

 citron-yellow. Trinidad. 



A. clemati'deum. See PITHECOCTENIUM CLEMATIDEUM. 

 ,, racemo'sum. Buff. September. Brazil. 1879. 



ANE'THUM. (From ano, upwards, and theo, to run ; 

 in reference to its quick growth. Nat. ord. Umbellifers 

 [UmbellifersB]. Linn. $-Pentandria, z-Digynia.) 



A genus of useful plants, succeeding well in any 

 common garden-soil ; all hardy, readily increased by 

 seed or root division. Now referred to Peucedanum. 



ANNUAL. 



A. So'wa (Sowa). i. Yellow. July. E. Ind. 1810. 

 See PEUCEDANUM GRAVEOLENS. 



BIENNIALS. 



A. grave' olens (strong-smelling, or dill). 3. Yellow- 



July. Spain. 1570. 



,, piperi'tum (peppered). 6. Yellow. July. Italy. 

 1824. See FCENICULUM PIPERITUM. 



PERENNIALS. 



A. faeni'culum (fennel). 6. Yellow. August. England. 



See FOBNICULUM VULGARE. 



du'lce (sweet). 4. Yellow. August. Italy. 

 See DILL and FENNEL. 



ANGADE'NIA. (From aggos, a vessel, and aden, a 

 gland. Nat. ord. Apocynaceae.) 



Evergreen climbing stove shrub. Cuttings in sand in 

 a close case, with bottom-heat. Loam, peat, and sand. 



A. ni'tida (shining). 15. Yellow, with vermilion band 

 on tube. Trop. S. Amer. 1909. 



ANGE'LJCA. (In reference to its fabled angelic virtues 

 in medicine. Nat. ord. Umbellifers [Umbelliferae]. Linn. 

 5-Pentandria, 2-Digynia.) 



Common water-side perennials, of not much beauty 

 as garden-plants. The only species requiring notice here 

 is toe common Ange'lica. 



A. ArchangSlica (archangel). 4. July. Green. England. 



See ARCHANGELICA OFFICINALIS. 

 ,, songorrica. White. Central Asia. 1879. 



The stalks of this are cut in May for candying. For- 

 merly, the stalks were blanched for eating, like celery. 

 Soil and Situation : Grows best in moist situations, such 

 as the banks of ponds and ditches. Sowing : Sow soon 

 after the seed is ripe, about September, being almost 

 useless if preserved until the spring. Cultivation : Sow 

 thin, in drills a foot asunder, and half an inch deep. 

 When five or six inches high, the plants must be thinned 

 to a distance of at least two feet and a half from each 

 other. In May, or early in June of the second year, they 

 flower, when they must be cut down, which causes them 

 to sprout again ; and if this is carefully attended to, 

 they will continue for three or four years ; but, if per- 

 mitted to run to seed, they perish soon after. 



ANGETLICA-TREE. Ara'lia spino'sa. 



ANGELO'NIA. (From angelon, its local name in South 

 America. Nat. ord. Figworts [Scrophuariaceae]. Linn. 

 i^-Didynamia, 2-Angiospermia. Allied to Hemimeris.) 



Pretty stove herbaceous plants ; seed in heat, sown in 

 February ; division of the roots of several kinds, and 

 cuttings of young shoots in April, inserted in sand and 

 loam in close frame ; must not be kept too damp ; loam 

 and peat. Summer temp., from 60 to 70; winter, 

 55 to 60. 



A. angustifo'lia (narrow-leaved). ij. Deep violet. 



June. Mexico. 1846. 

 ,, corni'gera (horn-bearing). i. Purple. August. 



Brazil. 1839. 

 ,, floribu'nda (many-flowered), i. Purple. August. 



Brazil. 1839. 

 ,, Gardne'ri (Mr. Gardner's), i. Purplish- white. May. 



Pernambuco. 1838. 

 ,, grandiflo'ra (large-flowered). i. Purplish-white. 



May. Pernambuco. 1838. 

 ,, minia'ta (crimson). i. Purplish-white. May. 



Pernambuco. 1838. 

 salicariczfo'lia (willow-leaved). X. Light blue. 



August S. Amer. 1818. 



