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ANTIRRHINUM AQUILEGIA. 



short and very hairy; corolla above 

 an inch long. Leaves, u arrow, lance- 

 shaped, smooth, entire. There are 

 many beautiful varieties. Mediter- 

 ranean regions, and abundantly 



naturalized elsewhere. Borders, 



margins of shrubberies, or naturaliza- 

 tion on old walls, ruins, and rocky or 

 stony places, in common soil. Seed 

 or cuttings. 



Antirrhinum rupestre (Linaria), 

 (Rock Snap-dragon). A pretty and in- 

 teresting prostrate kind, 6 to 12 in. 

 high. Flowers, in summer ; dull rosy- 

 lilac, in few-flowered loose racemes ; 

 spur awl-shaped, nearly straight, 

 shorter than the corolla. Leaves, 

 scattered, somewhat linear, acute. 



Native of the Caucasus. Rockwork 



or borders, in light soil. Seed. 



Aphyllanthes monspeliensis (Mont- 

 pettier A.) A rush -like plant, forming 

 dense, erect tufts, 1 ft. or more high. 

 Flowers, in summer ; deep blue, about 

 f in. across, with a membranous im- 

 bricated brown calyx, solitary, on 

 slender scapes as long as the leaves. 

 Leaves, very slender, pointed, with 

 membranous sheaths at the base ; root 



fibrous. South of France. Borders, 



in light soil. Division and seed. 



Apios tuberosa (Tuberous A.) An 

 interesting climbing perennial, with 

 a tuberous root. Flowers, late in sum- 

 mer ; dull brownish purple, sweet- 

 scented, in axillary racemes; corolla 

 like that of the Pea; calyx bell- 

 shaped. Leaves, unequally pinnate. 



Pennsylvania to Carolina. So far 



as I have seen, this is only suited for 

 a botanic garden, but my experience 

 with it has been on very cold soil. 

 Separation of the tubers. 



Apocynum androssemifolium (Border 

 Fly-trap}. A pretty and curious 

 plant, 2 to 3 ft. high. Flowers, late in 

 summer ; pale red with darker stripes, 

 freely produced in terminal and lateral 

 cymes ; tube of the corolla much 



longer than the calyx. The flowers 

 emit a grateful odour and entrap 

 numbers of flies. Leaves, oppo- 

 site, ovate, smooth on both sides 



pale beneath. North America. 



Borders and margins of shrubberies, 

 or naturalization in moist, slightly 

 boggy spots in woods. It does not 

 like a dry soil. Division. 



Aponogeton distachyon (Floating A.} 

 A very ornamental water-plant, the 

 leaves and flowers of which float on 

 the surface. Flowers, in spring, sum- 

 mer, and autumn ; deliciously fragrant. 

 The petals are wanting, but are replaced 

 by oval, entire, whitish bracts, ar- 

 ranged in a forked spike from 2 to 

 44 in. long. At the base of each 

 bract are produced from 6 to 12 sta- 

 mens and 2 to 5 pistils ; anthers 

 of a purple brown. Leaves, entire, 

 oblong, of a lively green, on stalks long 

 in proportion to the depth of the water. 

 It is a native of the Cape of Good 



Hope. To establish it, pot some 



plants in a small rough basket 

 allowing them to become strong in a 

 fountain, basin, tank, or water in 

 which they will not meet with acci- 

 dents. In spring these baskets should 

 be dropped into the desired positions 

 in ornamental water, if at first near 

 a spring, so much the better, in water 

 about 18 in. or 2 ft. deep. They will 

 soon root through the baskets into the 

 soil beneath. This plant is a lovely 

 object in a greenhouse or conservatory 

 tank, flowering abundantly during 

 the winter months. 



Aquilegia alpina (Alpine Columbine). 

 A beautiful mountain perennial 

 from 9 in. to 2 ft. high. Flowers, in 

 early summer ; blue ; stem leafy, two 

 or three flowered ; spur slightly in- 

 curved, half as long as the petals. 

 Leaves, biternate, segments deeply 

 divided into linear lobes. It is hand- 

 somest when the centre of the 

 | flower is white. Higher parts of the 



