422 AMELLUS. 



THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



ANAGALLIS. 



selected some forms of the shad bush, 

 which bear better fruit than the common 

 form ; if they would bear it in our own 

 country it would make the bush more 

 valuable, but whether this prove so or not, 

 there is no prettier thing than a group of 

 this tree, which will grow anywhere we 

 choose to put it, on a rocky bluff or bank, 

 or even fight its way in a copse. It has 

 also the advantage of being raised very 

 easily from seed, and increases rapidly 

 by suckers, so that the grafting nuisance 

 is easily avoided in its case. 



AMELLUS A. annuus is a pretty 

 dwarf hardy annual, with Daisy-like 

 flowers, of a deep purple, but with white, 



take it up and pot it in winter. With 

 me it has stood the cold, rain, and 

 gales far better than the variegated 

 Maize and big Solanums. The flower, 

 though bright, is not large enough to be 

 effective." 



AMMOBIUM (Winged Everlasting. 

 A. alatinn is a handsome Composite 

 from New Holland \\ to 3 ft. high, bearing 

 white chaffy flowers with yellow discs 

 from May till September. In sandy soil 

 it is perennial, but on heavy and damp 

 soils must be grown as annual or biennial. 

 Seed. 



AMORPHA (Bastard Indigo}. Hardy 

 shrubs of the Pea order, thriving in ordin- 



A group of the Belladonna Lily. 



rose, scarlet, and violet varieties, which 

 are named in catalogues alba, rosea, ker- 

 mesina^ and atro-violacea. It forms a 

 compact tuft, suitable for groups or masses, 

 if sown in the open in April, flowering in 

 June. It makes a pretty ground or 

 "carpet" plant with taller plants here 

 and there through it. Cape of Good 

 Hope. Compositae. Syn. Kanlfussia 

 amelloides. 



AMICIA A .zygomeris is a quaint plant 

 from Mexico, occasionally used in the 

 sheltered flower garden. Mr. E. H. 

 Woodall praises it : " for those who like a 

 bold and distinct plant in a warm situation 

 in summer, and have means to protect or 



ary garden soil but requiring a sheltered 

 situation in bleak localities. Increased by 

 layers or cuttings in autumn, or from 

 suckers. A. canescens (the Lead Plant) 

 is a native of Missouri. It has clusters 

 of blue flowers and hoary leaves. A. 

 fruticosa (The False Indigo) comes from 

 California, and there are many forms of it, 

 differing but slightly, all having bluish 

 or dark purple flowers. 



Ampelopsis. See VITIS. 



ANAGALLIS (Pimpernel}. Usually 

 rather pretty and half-hardy annuals of 

 the Primrose family. The best-known is 

 the Italian Pimpernel (A. Monelli], with 

 large blossoms, deep blue, shaded with 



