ARALIA ARENARIA. 



white, in globose umbels, which 

 spring from the axils of the leaves, 

 and the summit of the stem, and 

 are united into simple or com- 

 pound racemes. Lower leaves, simply 

 pinnate, with 5 leaflets, or 3 -pinnate, 

 with divisions of 3 to 5 leaflets. Upper 

 leaves more frequently simple, with 

 stalked leaflets, having a roundish or 

 heart-shaped base, ovate, acute, 

 finely -toothed, downy; stem herba- 

 ceous, pubescent, spineless. Native 

 of Japan. Associated with peren- 

 nials grown for the effect of their 

 foliage, or isolated by wood-walks, 

 always in rich deep soil. Divi- 

 sion. 



Aralia nudicaulis (Naked-stalled A. ) 

 A vigorous perennial, 3 ft. to 

 4 ft, high, flowers, in summer ; 

 greenish- white ; stems bearing three 

 round umbels ; the pedicels slender. 

 Leaves, radical, the divisions pinnately 

 5- foliate ; leaflets oblong-oval, with a 

 long tapering point, serrate ; root 

 very long, horizontal. N. America. 

 Rich deep loam. Similar posi- 

 tions and treatment to those for 

 Aralia edulis. Division. 



Aralia racemosa ^Spikenard). A 

 vigorous, widely spreading perennial, 

 3 to 6 ft. high. Flowers, in summer ; 

 small, greenish-white, in numerous 

 small umbels, forming doubly com- 

 pound racemose panicles ; fruit small, 

 dark purple. Leaves, very large, de- 

 compound ; leaflets heart - shaped- 

 ovate, with a long tapering point, 

 doubly serrate, slightly, pubescent ; 

 root large and thick; the plant is 



strongly aromatic. N. America. 



Isolated tufts by wood-walks, or 

 grouped with vigorous perennials, in 

 rich deep loam, Division. 



ArctostaphylosTJva-ursi(ear5em/). 

 A neat evergreen mountain shrub, 

 1 ft. high. Flowers, in early summer; 

 delicate rose, in clusters at the ends of 

 the branches, of an oval-conical shape 



and divided into five blunt segments ; 

 producing berries about the size of 

 those of the Holly, and red when ripe 

 in autumn. Leaves, resembling those 

 of Box, leathery, entire, obovate. 

 Abundant in hilly places in Europe 



and N. America. Borders and 



rough rock work, especially for hang- 

 ing over the brows of rocks. It grows 

 in any soil, but prefers a moist one. 

 Division or layers. 



Arenaria balearica (Balearic Sand- 

 wort). A fragile creeping evergreen 

 herb, 1 to 3 in. high. Flowers, in 

 early summer ; white, freely produced, 

 1 on each stalk ; sepals ovate, bluntish, 

 much shorter than the petals. Leaves, 

 ovate, rather fleshy, shining, with 

 scattered hairs on the edges. Corsica 

 and the Balearic Islands. The rock- 

 garden, in which it runs over the faces 

 of the stones and rocks. Division. 



Arenaria ciliata (Fringed Sandwort}. 

 A procumbent, tufted, evergreen 

 herb, 2 or 3 in. high. Flowers, in 

 summer ; white, usually solitary, on 

 slender stalks \ to \ in. long ; petals 

 obovate, much longer than the sepals. 

 Leaves, small, ovate, fringed with a 

 few stiff hairs near the base. High 



mountains of Europe and Britain. 



Rockwork, in sandy loam. Division 

 or seed. 



Arenaria graminifolia (Grass-leaved 

 A.) A tufted, evergreen, grass- like 

 plant, 6 to 10 in. high. Flowers, in 

 summer; white, on erect stems ; petals 

 obovate, five or six times longer than 

 the blunt sepals. Leaves, long, thread- 

 like, rough on the edges. Caucasus. 



Rougher parts of rockwork, or on 



bare banks, in sandy loam. Division, 



Arenaria laricifolia (Larch-leaved A.") 

 A dwarf evergreen perennial, 6 in. 

 high. Flowers, in summer ; white, 1, 

 3, or 6 borne on rather rough ascending 

 stems ; sepals linear- oblong, 3-nerved ; 

 petals twice as long as sepals. Leaflw, 

 awl-shaped, denticulately ciliated. 



