THE NURSERY LIST. I2 5 



Asteracantha. Acanthacece. 



Propagated by seeds sown in August ; and by divisions in 

 spring. 



Asteriscus. See Odontospermum. 

 Aster ocephalus. See Scabiosa. 

 Asteropterus. See Leyssera. 

 Asterostigma. See Staurostigma. 

 Astilbe. Saxifragece. 



Propagated by division in early spring, and by seeds if 

 they are produced. 



Astragalus (Milk Vetch). Leguminosce. 



Seeds should be sown in pots of sandy soil placed in a 

 cold frame, as soon as ripe, or early in the spring, as they may 

 lie a long time before germinati/ig. The herbaceous peren- 

 nials also increase by divisions, and the shrubby kinds slowly 

 by means of cuttings placed in a cold frame. 



Astrantia. Umbelliferce. 



Increased by seeds and root divisions in autumn or spring. 

 Astrapaea. Sterculiacece. 



Propagated by cuttings of young wood made in spring, 

 placed in a compost of loam and peat, or sand, under a bell- 

 glass, in heat. 



Astrocaryum, Phosnicophorum. Palmce. 



Increased by seeds sown in spring in a hot-bed ; or by 

 suckers, if obtainable. 



Astroloma. Epacridece. 



Propagated by young cuttings placed in sandy soil, under 

 a bell-glass, in a cool house. 



Asystasia. Acanthacei?. 



Increased by cuttings of young shoots, placed in sand, 

 under a bell-glass, with a strong bottom heat, in spring. 



Ataccia. See Tacca. 

 Atalantia. Rutacece. 



Propagated by ripened cuttings, which will root freely in 

 sandy soil under a hand-glass, in heat. 



Atamasco Lily. See Amaryllis. 



