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Androcymbium. Liliacece. 



Increased by seeds and offsets. 



Andromeda. Ericaceae. 



Propagated by seeds, sown thinly as soon as ripe, in pots 

 or pans, in sandy peat soil. Place in a cool frame or green- 

 house giving plenty of air. The young plants should be 

 planted out in spring, if large enough, or pricked into boxes 

 if small. By layers which, if carefully pegged down during 

 September, will take twelve months to make sufficient roots 

 to allow of their being separated ; layerage is a common 

 method. 



Andropogon. Graminece. 



Increased by seeds or by division of the roots. 

 Androsace, including Aretia. Primulacece. 



Propagated by seeds, which should be sown as soon as pos- 

 sible, and raised in a frame ; also by divisions and cuttings. 



Androssemum. See Hypericum. 

 Androstephium. Liliacece. 



Propagated by seeds and offsets. The seeds should be 

 sown as soon as ripe in a cold frame. 



Andryala. Composite . 



Increased by seeds and divisions in spring. 

 Aneilema. Commelinacece. 



Propagated by seeds and root divisions. 

 Anemia. See Ferns. 

 Anemone (Wind Flower). Ranunculacece. 



Propagated by seeds, root divisions, or root cuttings in 

 autumn or early spring ; the seeds are better sown as soon 

 as ripe in pans, in a cold frame. 



Anemonopsis. Ranunciilar.ece. 



Increased by seeds, and by divisions of the root stock in 

 spring. 

 Angelica. Unibelliferce. 



Increased by seeds, which should be sown in September 

 or March in ordinary soil. 



Angelonia, Schelveria. Scrophularinece. 



Propagated by seeds which should be planted in spring in 

 hot-beds, and transplanted in the open in May. By cut- 

 tings of the young shoots in spring. These root readily 



