118 ATROPA 



ATBOFA (after Atropns, that one of the three Fates 

 •who cut the thread of life). SolanAcew. Belladonxa. 

 Calyx with 5 ovate leafy divisions, enlarging in fniit ; 

 corolla bell-shaped or funnel form. The purple ber- 

 ries are poisonous. The plant is used in medicine. 



Belladdnna. Linn. Plant low, spreading: Ivs. ovate, 

 entire, pointed: Ha. single or in pairs, nodding on lateral 

 peduncles; corolla dull purple. Eu. to India. 



ATTALEA. (ultalus, magnificent). Palmdcem, tribe 

 Gocoinece. Spineless palms, with a single, thickish 

 ringed or scarred caudex: Ivs. arising almost perpen- 

 dicular and the upper part arched, pinnately cut, 

 linear- lanci-ol;ite, acuminate, with the margins re- 

 curved a i til. I.I . ; |:.iii lie concave above; tls. yellow: 

 fr. ratlin : JO. Trop. Amer. The leaflets 



onthelii : . I ai'his hang straight down, and 



those on in. ii|.i..i |"iint straight up. The Attaleas 



are unpi'ij|[Ui,l.li- i.. kh'W as commercial decorative 

 plants, because they take too long to make good sized 

 plants from the seedling state. Perfect drainage, and 

 a soil having a mixture of leaf-mold or peat, with a tem- 

 perature ranging from G0° to 80° F., will be found to 

 suit them. Put the seeds about 2 in. deep in a box and 

 sink the box in a warm border out of doors in summer, 

 cover with a mulch of moss, and water frequently. 



A. Trunks becoming tall. 



exc61sa, Mart. St. 90-100 ft. high in the wild, 16-20 in. 

 In diam.i Ivs. erect-spreading: pistillate tls. solitary on 

 the branches uf the spadix: drupe obovate. Braz. 



lunifera. ^I ui, si. l-,;ii fi . s-l.l in. diam., smooth: 

 Ivs. as |..'. '. I. - with very long hang- 



ingflbii- , . . .1 mar-acuminate, in clus- 



ters of :'.-... .i i -i ri.i:. .ii .ii..- I 111. long- Braz. 



Cohiine, .Mart. St. tii-,".i) ft.: Ivs. erect, pinnate, the 

 dark gre.u |.iiiiia' .!ii-..(i and 18 in. or less long; petiole 

 flat abovi- and r.minlr.l below: drupe broadly ovate, 

 nearly .'1 in. Imi^'. with a very short beak. Honduras.— 

 Fruit used for .soap-iuaking, and exported from Cent. 

 Amer. for that purpose. Used for thatching. 

 AA. Without trunks. 



upper l'J-10 m., Ji in. will. , nau-. Braz. 



amygdallna, HBK. (.1. I' I i i.i. Stemless : 



Ivs., ->-(i ft. l"ii^', .n.wili il. ; I . - I ; -..uments 90-100 



on each m.I. . . n ii.i m, ,' l i i .- ali.ivc.with hairs along 

 theoui.rii .1 .. . I ■ .■, ft. long, about 1^4 in. 

 ■wide; pi I :. ii.in-ath. Braz. 



A. Gi'irl',, II i.i.!.. I.:. 11.. '■..■■.tr.-.mely long-leaved."— J.. 

 Mdripa. .Mart. (.t. .l/«r.>..v«, Hort.) .See Maximiliana. 



Jaked G. S>nTH and G. W. OLn-ER. 



AUBRlfiTIA (Claude Aubriet. French natural history 

 painter of last CPiiliirvt. <'rnvif> rii\ Pcrciinial, iiKire 

 or less evergreen n-atl.T- . ..m.-'I 1. nt t'..r r.i.'k ..i ..ri, ..r . .1-- 

 ings. Prop, by m . .' i I . . ^ 



is distinguished i I ' , ■ i 



at base, the short. ■! til.n i - t...iili. .1, ami tin. \ ..I i ^ ..f 



the silique convex and ii..t ribbed. Italy to Persia. 



deltoldea, DC. Lvs. oblong-spatulate, deltoid or rhom- 

 boid, with 1 or 2 ti-i-th on either side, grayish, narrowed 

 into a very short petiole : fls. in few-fld., lax clusters, 

 the violet or purple petals twice the length of thf cah x. 

 — Grows 2-12 in. high. Pretty spring blo<. in. r. Ilar.ly 

 in the north. Var. Bougainvlllei, Hort. Fl^. irj<i \ in- 

 let : dwarf and compact. Var. Cimpbelli, H.iri. Kh. 

 large, purple : plant large. Var. EJrei, H.nt. Fls. 

 large and long, deep violet. Var. Graeca, H..>rt. Dwarf 

 and compact, large-fld. One of the best. Var. Hinder- 

 soul, Hort., probably the same as Cniiipbelli. Var. 

 Letchtlini, Hort. Profuse bloomer, pink fls. Var. 

 Olj'mpica, Hort. Fls. large, violet, like var. Myrei. 

 Var. violicea, Hort. One of the largest forms. 



L. H. B. 



AXrCtTB A (its Japanese name). ComAcem. One ever- 

 green shrub, with glossy, often variegated lvs., enduring 

 smoke and dust: fls. .small, dioecious, 4-merous, in pani- 

 cles: fr. a 1-seeded drupe. Hardy S. In the N. states, Au- 



AURICULA 



cubas are grown in coolhouses— those adapted to azaleas 

 are excellent — and they are kept evergreen by keeping 

 them in a pit linring winter, or by holding them cool and 

 partially .Iry in tin- house. They will stand 5 or G de- 

 grees iif ifii^i in a pit. From cuttings of half-ripened 

 wood, i;.....! s|,i-.iiT]cn plants may be had in 2 or 3 years. 

 Fruiting plants, with their numerous bright scarlet ber- 

 ries, are exceedingly attractive, but as the plant is 

 dioecious, there must be male plants with the female 

 ones. If grown in pots and under glass, the plant must 

 be fertilized by shaking the flowering male plant over 

 the female, or by applying the pollen with a camel's 

 hair pencil. If the male plant flowers earlier, the pollen 

 mav be collected and kept dry until the female plant is 

 in flower ; it remains effective for some weeks. In the 

 open, Aucuba grows well in any good, somewhat moist 

 though well-drained soil, in a half-shaded position. In 

 pots, it will thrive in a sandy loam with suflicient drain- 

 age, and requires plenty of water during its growing 

 period. Fruiting plants should not have too large pots. 

 Prop, very easily by half-ripened greenwood cuttings at 

 nearly any time of the year, under glass, and by seeds 

 sown soon after maturity ; the varieties are sometimes 

 grafted on the common form in early spring, under glass. 



Japdnica, Thunb. Shrub, 4-15 ft. : fls. usually ovate, 

 3-8 in. long, remotely and coarsely dentate, acuminate, 

 shining : berries scarlet, rarely white or yellow, usually 

 oblong. Prom Himal. to Jap. B.M. 5512. I. H. 11:399. 

 Var. Himal&ica, Dipp. (A.HimaUica, Hook. & Thom.;. 

 Lvs. ovate-lanceolate, more dentate : panicles more 

 pilose: fr. orange to scarlet. Himal. F.S. 12:1271. I.H. 

 C: 197. -There are many garden forms, mostly with 

 variegated lvs.. which are more cultivated than the 

 green forms. Handsome variegated varieties are: albo- 

 yariegita, airea, aureo-macul4ta (Flor. Mag. 10:527. 

 Flor. World 1876:353), bicolor, latimaculita, lim- 

 bita, mSdio-variegita, picturMa, punctata, variegata 

 (B.M. 1I!I7. F.M. .-.:277l. Tlit- full..»iiii.' forms have 

 green lvs.: angustifblia, dentita, macrophylla, ovita, 

 salicifdlia, pygmaea. A. v,-nniii>lia. once offered in 

 Amer. trade, is probably a form of A . Japunica. 



Alfred Re-hdeb. 



AUDIBfiRTIA [Af. Audibert, of Tarascon, Provence). 

 Labiitip. Perennial, hoary, aromatic herbs from Calif., 

 with rugose, sage-like lvs. 



grandifldra, Benth. St. villous, glandular, 1-3 ft. 

 high : lvs. woolly beneath ; lower lvs. hastate, obtuse, 

 3-8 in. long, coarse ; bracts crowded, conspicuous : fls. 

 l-lVjin. long, red or crimson-purple, in dense, showy 

 glomes or clusters. — Prized for bees. 



AUBtCUIA (Primula Auricula, Linn.). Fig. 171. A 

 European perennial, sending up short scapes, bearing 

 fls. of many colors. It is one of the most famous of 

 florists' flowers, but it has never received the attention 

 in this country that it has in Europe. Our summers are 

 i-rn. r:iHvtno hotforit. In this country generally treated 

 I. , . I Tihouse plant ; but it is hardy, and in the Old 

 W , i -rown largely in frames. See Primula. 



\ . lias may be propagated bv seed for general pur- 

 [i.i-i . an. I for the pniductiun of new varieties, but to 

 perpetuate very choi... Mumii- -. n i- necessary to propa- 

 gate either by oft's.is i i i the plants. Seed 

 should be sown in slm 1 inch pots early itt 

 March, so that tin- s. i : i ill <•■■ well developed be- 



f.na- v.'rv warm -.m ; i i~ in. 'i'lie soil used in the 



s, , il pans -i. ill. li-lit and sandy, the surface 



slmiiM Ii.. imi.i . . 1 1.- seedsthenpressedlightly 



iiiii. III.. -Ill I ; I 1 1 L'tit covering of sand should 



Ih-i- I.I I II :. .1 in a temp, of 60° until they 



li:i\ I I I.I 11 y takes from three to four 



w. . I I . removed to a light position, 



.slnii I ; 1 1, in a rather lower tempera- 



ture. I. 111. Ill' a ~i... I.;, ;-i..«th. As soon as the seedlings 



a mixture of three parts leaf -mold and one part sifted 

 loam and clean silver sand. Watering should be care- 

 fully attended to, and everything done to promote active 

 growth, so that, if possible, the plants may be large 

 enough to require a second shift into other boxes, simi- 

 larly prepared, by the end of June. Auricula seedlings 



