ACONITUM AGAPANTHUS 3 



blossoms. Sow in gentle heat in March, transplanting to 

 border when the weather is settled. Boots may be divided 

 if desired, but best results are to be expected from seed- 

 lings. A. Nopellus is the commonest one. The plants are 

 very poisonous if eaten. Bloom in early summer. 2-3 ft. 



Acroclinium. A low -growing everlasting an- 

 nual flower, white, violet, or rose in color. Seeds should 

 preferably be started in a hotbed or window, and planted 

 out when danger of frost is past ; the flowers should be 

 gathered when half expanded and hung 

 in the shade to dry. Half - hardy. 



_, , i < /-N i n i r [^ff Adlumia cirrhosa 



Plant 1 foot apart. Grow 10-15 in. 

 high. See Everlastings. 



Adlumia. MOUNTAIN FRINGE. 

 ALLEGHENY VINE. One of the daintiest 

 of climbers, making a very rapid growth, 

 and when once established seeding itself 

 and thriving for years, growing 10 or 

 15 feet in a season. Give rich, rather 

 moist soil. It is biennial, blooming the 

 second year. Flowers like those of the 

 bleeding heart and other dicentras. It is native. 



Adonis. A low -growing hardy annual or per- 

 ennial of the easiest culture. It makes a fine mass effect, 

 as the flowers are a striking dark scarlet or crimson color, 

 and the plants are very free and continuous bloomers. 

 Sow early in the spring where wanted. The perennial 

 yellow-flowered sorts sometimes bloom the first year from 

 seed. Adonises are very neat in habit, and the foliage is 

 fine and interesting. 10-15 in. 



Agapanthus. AFRICAN LILY. A tuberous - 



rooted, well known conservatory or window plant. It lends 

 itself to many conditions and proves satisfactory a large part 

 of the year, the leaves forming a green arch over the pot, 

 covering it entirely in a well grown specimen. The flowers 



