AILAXTHUS 



antiue. the ferti 



a young state. For stret 

 only should be used, beeaus.- the- uial.- i-xlial.-c a disa- 

 greeable odor when lloweriiiL:. iumI tin- [H.lli M i^ -,i].i to 

 cause catarrhal troubles. Ii L-mA- ii, ;,liii.,-t aii\ s,,il, 



what moist one, and stands dust 

 and smoke well. Var. erythro- 

 c&rpa {A. erythrocdrpa, Carr. 

 A. ricbru, Hort.). Lvs. darker 

 green above and more glaucous 

 beneath : fr. bright red, very 

 effective in late summer and 

 autumn. Var. penduIifbUa.Carr. 

 Lvs. very large, drooping. — The 

 Ailanthus foliage gives a tropi- 

 cal effect when the growth is 

 very strong. If plants are cut 

 back to the ground after they 

 have become established (in two 

 or three years after planting), 

 they will throw up very strong 

 shoots and make an excellent 

 screen, as shown in Fig. 55. 

 This practice may be repeated 

 year after year. Sumacs, pau- 

 lownias,basswoods, mulberries, 

 and other fast-growing things 

 may be treated in this way. 

 The Ailanthus foliage is very 

 like that of the Cedrela (which 

 see for illustration of differ- 

 ences). 



A. excelsa, Roxbg. Tall tree: lvs. 

 3 ft. long, abruptly pinnate; leaflets 

 20-28. teeth w-ithout glands. India. 

 Can be grown only in tropical re- 

 gions or in the hothouse. — A. fla- 

 vescena, Carr. = Cedrela Sinensis. 

 Alfred Eebder. 

 rek name for Darnel). Gramin- 

 tins containing delicate annual 

 gras-.( s. Willi -h iMli I-, h.Msf panicle-branches: spikelets 



gluiiii; ui uti'lv :; ilult. at the apex, bearing a slender 

 twisted awn below the middle. Eu., N. Afr. — This genus 

 is much confused with Agrostis by florists. Nat. from 

 Eu. and cult, for dry bouquets. 



caryophyllSa Linn (Agrdttis (Uqans Hort not 

 Guss ) A slender and elegant tufted annual 10 20 in 

 high bearing a very diffuse panicle of purplish and at 

 length silvery scanous spikelets 



^lagans Gaud {A(jrA\tis ilegans Hort not truss ) 

 A slender erect and very pretty annual from a few 

 inches to a foot high with widely spreading capillary 

 panicles of many small spikelets 



csespitosa — 4 creniJen 



AlKA 



A ccespitosa Lmn = Des hampsr 

 liinn = Molmia coerulea M nch — 

 chamosia flexuosi 



AIK-PLANT. In common speech, any plant which 

 grows on the trunk or in the top of another plant is 

 called an air-plant. The proper term is epiphyte (that is, 

 growing on a plant). In horticulture, the term air-plant 



AJUnA ■ ' ' -■ •;,. ' ... : l.ilabiate). LabiAUr. 

 Br-.i I .\ I I II 1 ,i..j.t-an perennials, 



err. pi: 11. ... lis. numerous, in 



wh.Tl-. .1,1. i.i r j..,i|..., .. iih rosy or white 



variulu... I'n.ii. Ivj iln i.siuu ur .-..id>. 



Genev^nsis, Lmn.( A . rugosa, Hort. A.alpina,^OT\..). 

 St. erect : cauline lvs. oblong-elliptic or obovate, nar- 

 rowed at the base ; lower ones petiolate ; floral lvs. ovate 

 orwedge-shaped, coarsely toothed, sparsely hairy : upper 



lower whorls distant. 



55. Ailanthus shoots 



jnflower plants. 



The expanded flowi 



pyramidaiis Linn St erect caulme lvs obovate. 



11 '.^t J r tr t It ovate or obovate, 

 1 t 1 in\ — V I H 1 11 fast spreading 



11 lit 1 1 \ HI II 1 1 es The topical 

 I nil I I lilt til m the following : 



I It Ml \ ilii 1 t r it dark purple lvs. 



■ tl \ ir vanegAta Hort Lvs splashed 



metailica var crlspa Hort mt by 

 Hender on 18J9 is described as dwarf 

 (4-5 m ) with curled metallic glossy and 

 blue fls in a pyramidal spike A bed- 

 ding plant, mt from Cermanj 



J B Keller ind W M. 



AE£EIA (from Aliht its Japanese 

 name) Berbuidctcea rnining glabrous 

 shrubs hs Ion., i ti lei Imitate coiia- 

 ceous fls mon i i mi itemes, 



pistillate at thi 1 t the end 



of the raceme ■ ling of 



( ne or more \ I erries 



with Tiimi 1 11 I 1 (les in 



I I 1 1 I 1 II \ 1 1 1 1 111 hardy 



hi I 11 I 1 t 1 I il I 1 nance, 



I 1 lU 1 I t 1 t 1 I I 111 which 



\ i\ 1 Tl h 1 1 II t w lit 1 They 

 n rjuire a sunn\ jc ition md wt 11 drained 

 soil also valuable m the cool greenhouse 

 for covering pillars and walls, f,rowing 

 best in a sandy compost of loam, leaf soil 



