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^SCULUS 



■versicolor,Di\>p. ^^E.octdmlraxPili'ia. Pi^via hybrida, 

 Spach. ^J. or P. Lf/oyii, Hort.). Intermediate between 

 A.ortandra and A.Pavia. Lvs. pubescent beneath: fis. 

 yellow, tinged with red or nearly red. 



Pavia, Linn. (PAvia rubra, Poir. P. Michaiixi, 

 Spach.). Shrub or small tree, 4-20 ft.: leaflets oblong 

 or elliptical, acute at both ends, finely serrate, smooth 

 or pubescent beneath : panicles 4-7 in. long, loose ; fls. 

 purplish to dark red ; petals very dissimilar ; stamens 

 mostly 8, nearly as long as the petals : fr. smooth. 

 May-June. N. Amer. B.R. 993. L.B.C. 13:1257. Var. 

 hilmilis {A. humilis, Lodd.). Low shrub, 2-4 ft.: 

 leaflets coarsely and unequally serrate, tomentose be- 

 neath : fls. red, tinsred with vellow ; calyx dark red. 

 B.R. 1018.- Many trar.l.-n f<iriM><. as var. c4mea, Hort. 

 Fls. flesh-colored. Nar. atrosanguinea, Hort. Fls. very 

 dark red. Var. Whitleyi, ll..it. Fls. brilliant rc-d. Var. 

 ptodula, Hort. (P. /.innihi. var. prndiila, Hort.). Dwarf 

 form, with pendulous branches : lvs. smooth. Some 

 forms with variegated lvs. 



BB. Fls. pure white, small; petals 4-5 ; stamens more 

 than twice as long as the petals. (Macrothyrsus.) 



parrUldra, Walt. (^. macrostichya, Michx. Piivia 

 dlba, Poir.). Shrub, 3-10 ft.: leaflets 5-7, elliptical or 

 oblong-ovate, nearly sessile, finely serrate, pubescent 

 beneath : panli'lps 8-lG in. long, narrow ; fr. smooth. 

 July-.\iiL-. S, .t:,t, -■. B.M.2118. Gng. 7:81.-One of 

 the'haiii! ' 'I ' ■ 'i:' fur a lawn clump. 



^. ('h>> I Mlicd to A. turbinata. Leaflets dis- 

 tinctly \'' ' .1 at the btise. China. — -E. Indica, 



Colebr. y~ iTMi' , ( (.. .i; Hippocastanum: lvs. obovate-lauceo- 

 late, distinctly in-tiul,-d. smooth. Himal. B.M.5H7.— ^.Pdrrj/t, 

 Gray. Similar to A. Califomica. Leaflets small, obovate, ea- 

 nescent-tomentose beneath: calyx 5-lobed. CalU. G.P.3:358. 

 Alfred Eehdeb. 



MT'B.VyStMk. (iiilho, scorch, and nema, filament; 

 probably referring to a]ppcaranoe of stamens). Cruclf- 

 enr. Dwarf shnilis for tbt- hanly herbaceous border or 

 rockery. Lrss fuiiimiiTi Tli.ni Ilioris. The genus differs 

 from Ihc 1" ii. I : ■^- - • " .. ■ , irils equal, and from Le- 



pidiuin II' I IIS longer, winged an cl 



tootli.-.L 1 I link and purple. W. B. 



Hemsl. ■-, III 



but 



in light, samly liiaiii, on dry ainl m v -l-;>. -. ihry are 



compact and branchy, and when "i. i i' < i hslied 

 will last for many successive yea T-~ , i. | .liiiiror 



renewal, while under the opposite inliii.ii- lin j.lants 



grow feeble and lanky, and may die after a year or two. 

 They keep fully as well as the Candytufts in water, and 

 can be cut with longer and straighter stems. Prop, by 

 seeds in spring or by cuttings in summer ; annual and 

 biennial kinds by seeds. j. b. Keller. 



coridildlium, DC. {Tberis jucilnda, Schott & Kotschy). 

 Branches numerous, thick, 4-6 in. high : lvs. crowded, 

 short, nerveless, linear or linear-oblong, acute or obtuse : 

 fls. smaller and later than in the next, in dense, short, 

 rounded racemes. Chalky summits of Lebanon and 

 Taurus. B.M. 59!)2. — Good for edging. A. pulchUUim 

 was sold under this name for many years. 



granditldrum, Boi^-^. & Hohen. Branches 1-lK ft.: 

 lvs. usually' l.Mi:;. r ttian in A. coridifolitini, more linear 

 and more a.iiH': lis. as large as those of Arabia alpina, 

 in slender, I'lniinatiil racemes; petals 4 times as long as 

 the sepals. I'crsia. Uu. 9:5. 



P^rsicum, Hort. Stout, erect, shrubby, dwarf. Fls. 

 deep rose. Best of dwarfs. Int. 1892, by J.W. Manning. 



puIch^Uum, Boiss. & Huet. Similarto J^. coridiMium, 

 but more diffuse and trailing. Fls. smaller and brighter- 

 colored; petals 2% times as long as the sepals. Persia. 

 Gn. 25:436. ^. jl. 



AGALM'^LA (agalma, ornament, and hide, wood; an 

 ornament to the woods in which they grow wild). Ges- 

 ner&cea. Tender climbers from Java, which may be 

 grown in a basket like jEschynanthus. 



.4 . !m,,jist!ila, Vn.rr., is considered a synonym of the next. R.H. 



1-.; j:ii I ^^'(,(w(,'/, lilume. St. rooting from the lower sur- 



: ' I -ill , with .-in abortive one opposite the base of 



'i |. . I - Ml. I.. HK : blade as long, ovate, serrate : fls. in 



:.- I ill la^riricsof 12-14; stamensexserted. B.M. 



AGAPAXTHUS 



AGANlSIA (Greek aganos, desirable). A small genus 

 of tropical American epiphytal orchids, little cult, in N. 

 Amer. Botanically allied to Warrea and Zygopetalum. 

 Need a humid atmosphere. Grown on blocks in high 

 temp. Prop, by dividing pseudobulbs. 



tricolor, N. E. Brown. Fls. in a raceme; sepals whit- 

 ish; petals light blue; lip in the form of a saddle, marked 

 with orange-brown. S. Amer. 



pulch^Ua, Lindl. Fls. white, blotched yellow on the 

 lip. ill :i I III- iii'i-L' spike from the base of the bulb, 



'1 iir.-theonlyones known to have been offered 



ini;,. \ J.. I ti,..; riuTeare5or6others. A.C(srtlif«,Reichb.f. 

 FN. III. I liiii,^ i"'luncles, blue-blotched, the lip bristled. Braz. 

 —.1. ci/itiita, Benth. & Hook, (not Reichb., which = Acacaulis 

 cyanea). Much like A. tricolor, the lip blue and undidate at the 

 tip. B.R. 1M5:28. as Warrea cinerea, Lindl.; also, W. cyanea, 

 Lindl. (see Rolfe., G.G. III. 6, p. 492). 



AGAPANTHUS ir-.;»/.. .Ii.Tcali.li;,,//-.- , lluv,, i i. /.II- 



lar: pod many-seeded; seeds dat, winged above : foliage 

 evergreen. 



In this country, Agapanthuses are usually grown in 

 tubs (the roots are apt to burst pots), and are flowered 

 in Into spring or early summer in the conseri-atory, win- 

 dow L'arili'ii. or livinir r-nini. The plant is kept dormant 

 diiriiiL' H iiit.r, as in a frame or li-ht cellar, onlv enough 

 life l.eiii-iii,iiniaiiie,l to prevent the lvs. from falling (the 

 \-.\r. itlliiihtx usually loses its liavesi. When in bloom, 

 give abundance of water. Plants will lil.ic.ni many years 

 ifgivenalargeenoughtub.net allewe.! ;.. tieeome over- 

 crowded in the tub, and supplied with manure water, 

 sending up many clusters ea-li vi .ii-. il 1 results can 



V'-'i- "■■ -;■'■ ■ n-.s break up 



ill stautl a few degrees — usually 10° or 



mant.theplal 

 less — of frost, 



umbeliatus, L'Her. African: Lily. Lilt of the Nile. 

 Fig. 44. Lvs. 2 ft. long and numerous, thick, narrow: 



44. Aeapanthus umbetlatus. 



scape rising 2-3 ft. from the leaf -rosette, bearing an um- 

 bel of 20-50 handsome blue fls. ; perianth funnel-shaped, 

 with a short tube. Cape of Good Hope. B.M. 500.— One 

 of the best known of half-hardy liliaceous plants. There 

 are white-flowered varieties (the best known is var. 41- 

 biduB); dwarfs, as var. minor and var. Mooreinus, both 

 with blue fls. ; giant forms, as var, m&simus ( both blue 



