AN ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF HORTICULTURE. 



AGBJMONIA (from argos, white ; the cataract of the eye 

 being white. Once reputed to contain medicinal qualities). 

 Agrimony. OBD. Rosacece. A genus of hardy herbaceous 

 perennials, with interruptedly pinnate leaves, each accom- 

 panied by a pair of stipules united to the petioles. Flowers 

 small, numerous, spiked ; calyx turbinate, involucrated by 

 bristles ; petals five. They are all of the easiest culture, 

 growing in ordinary soil. Readily increased by root- 

 division. The most showy species in cultivation are 

 described below. 



A Eupatorta (Eupatoria). fl. yellow, on an elongated spike. 



I. with elliptic-oblong, coarsely serrated leaflets, odd one stalked. 



h. If t to 2ft. Britain. 

 A nepalensis (Nepaul). JL yellow, on erect, slender racemes. 



I. with ovate, serrated leaflets, odd one stalked, villous. h. 1ft. to 



2ft. Nepaul, 1820. 

 A odorata (sweet-scented).* fl. yellow ; spikes several. I. with 



oblong lanceolate, deeply crenate-toothed leaflets, hairy. A. 2ft. 



to 3ft. Italy, 1640. 



AGRIMONY. See Agrimonia. 



AGRIOTES. See Wire-worm. 



AGROSTEMMA (from agros, a field, and stemma, a 

 crown ; alluding to the beauty of the flowers, which were 

 formerly made into crowns or garlands). Rose Campion. 

 OBD. Caryophyllece. Hardy evergreen perennials and 

 annuals, with broadish leaves, and one-flowered peduncles. 

 Of easy culture, and well adapted for borders. They will 

 all grow freely in common garden soil. Increased by 

 division of the roots, and seed. A. cceli-rosa, and A. 

 flos-Jovis are, perhaps, species of Lychnis, but the generic 

 name which we have adopted is the most common one. 

 All the species of this genus are exceedingly pretty free- 

 flowering plants, and both annuals and perennials are well 

 worth growing. 

 A cceli-rosa (rose of Heaven).* fl. delicate rose, white, or bright 



purple, solitary, terminal, Summer. Levant, <fec., 1713. An annual 



species about 1ft. high, not tomentose; should be grown in 



patches. Sow the seed in April. 



FIG. 49. AGROSTEMMA CCELI-ROSA FIMBRIATA. 



A. c.-r. flmbriata (fimbriate). A form having flmbriated petals 



Known also as nana. h. 9in. See Fig. 49. 

 A c.-r. purpurea (purple).* A very pretty form, having dark 



purple flowers, and compact habit. See Fig. 50. 

 A. coronaria (crowned).* fl.. white, with the middle red ; petals 



emarginate, crowned, serrated ; peduncles elongated, one-flowered. 



July. I. lanceolate, very broad, leathery ; plant woolly throughout. 



A. 1ft to 2ft. South Europe, 1596. This species is admirably 



adapted for naturalising on dry hill sides, and in the wild 



Agrostemma continued. 



FIG. 50. AGROSTEMMA CCELI-ROSA PURPUREA. 



garden. There are several varieties seen in gardens with a great 

 diversity of colour, including dark crimson, white, and sometimes 

 double flowers. See Fig. 51. 



fiG. 51. AGROSTKMMA CORONARIA, showing Habit and Flower. 



A flos-Jovis.* Flower of Jove. Jl. purple or scarlet, in umbellate 

 heads ; peduncles short, rather branched. July. I. lanceolate, 

 stem-clasping, silky, tomentose. h. lift Switzerland, 1726. 

 Plant white from tomentum. See Fig. 52, 



FIG. 52. AGROSTEMMA FLOS-JOVIS, showing Habit and Flower. 

 AGR.OSTIS (from agros, a field ; the Greek name for 

 a kind of Grass). Bent Grass. Including Trichodium. 

 STN. Vilfa (of Adanson). OBD. Gramineas. Annual or 

 perennial Grasses. Panicle loose; spikelets compressed. 

 Several of the species are very effective, and well worth 

 growing ; and the spikes are pretty objects, when dried, for 



