38 Select Plants for Industrial Culture and 



Amelanchier Canadensis, Medicus. (A. Botryapium, De Candolle.) 



The " Grape-pear " of North-Eastern America; also called 

 " Shadbush." Cultivated in Norway as far north as 59 55' 

 [Schuebeler]. This handsome fruit-tree attains a height of 30 feet. 

 Wood extremely hard, heavy and tough. The purplish or almost 

 black fruits are small, but of pleasant subacid taste, ripen early in the 

 season, and are borne abundantly ; Mr. Adams, of Ohio, has calcu- 

 lated the yield at 300 bushels per acre annually, if the variety 

 oblongifolia is chosen; it is the Dwarf "June-berry" of North- 

 America. This bush or tree will live on sandy soil ; but it is one 

 of those hardy kinds particularly eligible for alpine ground ; it is 

 remarkably variable in its forms. 



Amelanchier vulgaris, Mcench. 



Countries at and near the Mediterranean Sea, ascending to sub- 

 alpine regions. The edible fruits of this shrub are a marketable 

 article in South-Europe [Naudin]. 



Amorphophallus Konjac, C. Koch. (A Hivierii, Durieu.) 



Cochinchina, but comes to perfection also in cooler countries; thus 

 cultivated in Japan for its edible tubers, which sometimes reach a 

 foot in thickness. 



Amphipogon strictus, R. Brown. 



Australia, particularly in the desert-regions. A perennial drought- 

 resisting grass of facile dissemination. Pasture-animals take to it most 

 readily. Thrives on stony and sandy soil [Alfred Cotton]. 



Anabasis Ammodendron, C. A. Meyer. (Haloxylon Ammodendron, 

 Bunge. ) 



The " Saxaoul." From the Ural and Altai to Persia and Turkestan. 

 The only aborescent plant in some of the drift-sandy deserts of that 

 region, recommended by Dr. von. Regel for naturalisation in other 

 sandy or saline arid tracts. It is leafless, and attains a height of 20 

 feet. Endures a soil temperature of half the heat of boiling water. 

 Wood hard, dense and heavy. Slow of growth but reaches an 

 age of over 100 years. A full account is given by Grisard and 

 Vilbouchevitch in the Journal of the Acclimatation- Society of 

 France, February, 1892. 



Anacylus Pyrethrum, De Candolle. 



Countries near the Mediterranean Sea. The root of this perennial 

 herb is used medicinally, chiefly as an anodyne for mastication, in 

 infusion against rheumatism ; even antiparalytic properties are 

 ascribed to it. The plant is recognised by many pharmacopeias. 



