ANTENN ARIA ANTIRRHINUM. 



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Leaves, mostly smooth on the upper, 

 silvery on the under side r lower ones 

 spoon-shaped; stem - leaves lance 

 or strap-shaped. Britain, Northern 

 Europe, and America. The varieties 

 called A. dioica rosea and A. d. minima 

 with rose-coloured flowers, are by far 



the best worthy of cultivation. 



Rockwork and tufts on the margin of 

 the mixed border, also as an edging 

 plant to beds of alpines, in well-drained 

 sandy soil. Increased by division of 

 the tufts in early spring. 



Antennariatomentosa (Hort.) (Silvery 

 A.) A very dwarf and very silvery 

 plant, scarcely 1 in. high. Flowers, 

 in summer ; small, insignificant, in 

 corymbs like those of a Gnaphalium. 

 The chief attraction of the plant is its 

 foliage, which is dwarf, dense, spread- 

 ing, and of a silvery whiteness, forming 

 a carpet of rare and exquisite beauty. 



Native of the Rocky Mountains. 



Rockwork, borders, edgings, or form- 

 ing silvery carpets in the flower- 

 garden. It thrives in most garden 

 soils, but perishes on cold clay ones in 

 winter. Division. 



Anthemis Chamomilla fl. pi. (Chamo- 

 mile). A dwarf perennial, 6 to 

 10 in. high. Flowers, late in summer ; 

 white, double, nearly 1 in. across. 

 Leaves, much divided into linear, 

 almost thread-like segments; stem 



slightly downy. Garden variety. 



Borders, in which it will prove as orna- 

 mental as the other double-flowering 

 composites. Division. 



Anthericum Hookeri (Hookers A.) 

 Chrysobactron Hookeri. A showy 

 perennial, with fleshy fibrous roots, 

 1 ft. to 20 in. high. Flowers, in early 

 summer ; bright yellow, nearly in. 

 across, freely produced in racemes, 

 3 to 5 in. long. Leaves, linear, 

 sheathing at the base, 8 to 12 in. long, 

 and 4 in. to rather more than 1 in. broad. 



New Zealand. Borders; thriving 



in ordinary soil, but only forming fine 



specimens in that which is deep and 

 moist. Division and seed. 



Anthyllis erinacea (Rushy A.) 

 A singular -looking, much branched, 

 tufted, spiny, almost leafless shrub, 

 about 1 ft. high. Flowers, in summer ; 

 few, purplish, closely set, so as almost 

 to form heads, stalked, and furnished 

 with bracts. Leaves, very few, oval 

 or oblong, scattered. Spain and Bar- 



bary. Borders and rock work, in 



ordinary sandy or calcareous soil. 

 Division or seed. 



Anthyllis montana (Mountain A.) 

 A dwarf, prostrate and very ornamen- 

 tal rock plant, about 6 in. high. Flowers, 

 in early summer ; pink, in close heads, 

 on long stalks, with a leafy involucre. 

 Leaves, pinnate ; leaflets 15 to 19 pairs, 

 oval-oblong, acute, small and entire, 

 silky and hoary on both sides. There is 

 a variety with white flowers, but it is 



rare. Southern Europe. Borders, 



rockwork, and naturalization on bare 

 banks, thriving in the worst and cold- 

 est soils, though it grows more freely 

 in deep sandy loam. Division and seed 



Antirrhinum Asarina (Heart-leaved 

 A.) A greyish clammy herb, with the 

 trailing habit of some of the Linarias^ 

 and the spurless flowers of theAntirrhi* 

 nums ; 3 or 4 in. high. Flowers, in sum- 

 mer ; pale yellow, tube longer than in 

 the Greater Snapdragon ; segments of 

 the calyx, linear- lance -shaped, acute, 

 hairy. Leaves, on long stalks, 5-nerved, 

 opposite, heart-shaped, crenated. S. 



Europe. Sunny borders, or sunny 



sheltered spots on rockwork, in warm 

 well-drained sandy loam. It is scarcely 

 ornamental enough for the select col- 

 lection. Seed. 



Antirrhinum majus (Great Snap- 

 dragon}. A well-known old plant> 

 the companion of the wallflower on 

 old walls and ruins ; 1 to 3 ft. high. 

 Flowers, nearly all summer ; varying 

 from white to deep red or purple, 

 in a many-flowered raceme ; peduncles 



