AMMOBIUM ANDROMEDA. 



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mould and sand, in which they would 

 attain a fine development, if placed 

 in sunny sheltered spots. Division. 



Ammobium alatum (Winged A.) 

 A handsome "everlasting," covered 

 with soft, silky, silvery hairs, 20 to 

 40 in. high. Flowers, from May to 

 September; white, with a yellow 

 conical disk about an inch across, 

 very numerous, in loose corymbose 

 panicles. Leaves, oblong - lance- 

 shaped ; those of the root in a tufted 

 rosette ; stem-leaves narrower. Stems 



winged. New Holland. Borders, 



in sandy dry soil, in which it becomes 

 perennial. On some heavy clay soils 

 it must be treated as an annual or 

 biennial. Seed. 



Amsonia salicifolia ( Willow-leaved 

 A.) An interesting but not showy 

 perennial, 20 to 32 in. high. Flowers, 

 in summer ; light blue, in terminal 

 corymbose cymes; corolla small, 

 funnel-shaped, with a rounded tube ; 

 throat whitish, bearded ; limb divided 

 into 5 spreading, almost oblique, seg- 

 ments. Leaves, smooth, alternate, 



lance-shaped, acute. Carolina. 



Borders, in peaty soil, in a half-shady 

 position in borders or fringes of shrub- 

 beries. It is scarcely suited for any 

 but large or botanical collections. 

 Division. 



Amsonia Tabernsemontana (Erect A .) 

 A plant of more erect habit than 

 A. salicifolia, 20 to 32 in. high. 

 Flowers, in summer ; pale blue, in 

 cymes ; corolla with lance-shaped, 

 acute segments, slightly hairy on the 

 outside; sepals also lance-shaped, 

 acute. Leaves, oval-lance-shaped, 

 acute, slightly pointed at the base. 



Carolina. Same soil and position 



as for A. salicifolia. Division. 



Anchusa hybrida (Hybrid Alkanet). 

 A showy perennial, 1 to 3 ft. high. 

 Flowers, in summer ; purple, in axil- 

 lary spikes a foot or more long ; 

 pedicels shorter than the bracts ; tube 



longer than the calyx ; calyx divided 

 to about the middle. Leaves, lance- 

 shaped, unevenly toothed, stiff, rough, 

 6 or 7 in. long, | in. broad at the top, 

 and about 2 in. broad at the base. 



Italy. Borders, margins of shrub- 



- beries, or naturalization in semi -wild 

 places, in ordinary soil. Division. 



Anchusa italica (Italian Alkanet). 

 A handsome vigorous and showy plant, 

 3 to 4 ft. or more high. Flowers, in 

 summer ; beautiful blue or purple, in 

 panicled racemes ; calyx divided nearly 

 to the base; lobes acute, shorter than 

 the tube of the corolla, spreading 

 when in fruit. Leaves, lance-shaped, 

 entire, shining; those of root some- 

 times 2 ft. long. France and Italy. 

 Borders and margins of shrub- 

 beries, or naturalization in copses, 

 in any soil. Seed and division. 



Anchusa sempervirens (Evergreen 

 A.} A British plant, H to 2 ft. high. 

 Flowers, in summer; rich blue, in short 

 axillary spikes, generally leafy at the 

 base; calyx very hairy. Leaves, broadly 

 ovate, stalked ; stem ascending or 

 erect. Britain and Western Europe. 



Scarcely attractive enough for 



general culture as a border plant, but 

 worthy a position in woods and semi- 

 wild places. Seed and division. 



Andromeda fastigiata (Himalayan 

 A.)Cassiope fastigiata. A remark- 

 ably neat little shrub, with its leaves 

 closely imbricated along the stems. 

 Flowers, in summer ; of a waxy white, 

 produced a<t the top of each little 

 branchlet, and turning down bell- 

 fashion. Leaves, small, closely over- 

 lapping each other, and having a white, 

 thin, chaffy margin, terminating in a 

 small point (which distinguishes it 

 from A . tetragona), and with a deep and 



broad keel. Himalayas. Kockwork, 



in a deep, moist, but well-drained 

 peat or very sandy loam, but carefully 

 guarded against drought in the warm 

 season. It also thrives in beds and 

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