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ANTHYLLIS 



APHANANTHE 



montana, Linn. A foot or less high, silky-hoary; Ifts. 

 numerous: fls. purple. Herbaceous. Eu. L. B.C. 6:578. 



Barba-Jovis, Linn. JUPITER'S BEARD. Glasshouse 

 Silky evergreen, 3-8, or even 12 ft. high, with several 

 to many pairs of narrow, pointed Ifts. : fls. straw-colored 

 or whitish, in clover-like heads. S. Eu. B.M. 1927. -In 

 frostless countries, endures sea-winds and salt spray. 



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AN TIGRIS toxicaria, Lesch. Urticacece. UPAS TREE 

 of Java. The juice and gum are virulently poisonous, 

 and it was once supposed that no life could exist in the 

 neighborhood of the tree, but this is false. The tree has 

 been grown in botanic gardens. See Hooker, in Com- 

 panion to Botanical Magazine. Gn. 12, p. 407. 



ANTIDlSSMA (Greek, for nd band, the bark of A. Bii- 

 nius being used for cordage). Juphorbid,cece. Tropical 

 tree or shrubs, with simple, entire Ivs. and inconspicuous 

 unisexual fls., in spikes: fr. a 1-seeded little drupe. 



Bunius, Spreng. A tree with dark green foliage and 

 small, round berries of a subacid taste, much used for 

 preserves: the bark yields a fiber. Adapted to S. Calif, 

 and S. Fla. Malay. -Cult, in S. Calif. 



ANTIGONON (name from the Greek). Polygonacece. 

 Tropical tendril-climbers: sepals 5, colored and petal- 

 like, the 2 interior ones narrower; stamens 8; styles 3, 

 and ovary 3-angled: Ivs. alternate and entire: fls. in 

 racemes, which end in branching tendrils. 



leptopus, Hook. & Am. MOUNTAIN ROSE. ROSA DE 

 MONTANA. SAN MIGUELITO. Probably the only species 

 cult, in this country. Stem slender and tall, glabrous, 

 or nearly so: Ivs. cordate and acuminate, or hastate- 

 ovate, 3-5 in. long: fls. 6-15 

 in the raceme, handsome rose- 

 pink. Mex. B.M. 5816. G.C. 

 III. 17:797. One of the hand- 

 somest summer - blooming 

 greenhouse climbers, requir- 

 ing abundance of light; usu- 

 ally grown from seeds, but also 

 from cuttings. In the S. it 

 blooms freely in the open, pre- 

 ferring sunny and hot places; 

 protect the root well in win- 

 ter, or plant deep. It is tu- 

 berous rooted. Give plenty of 

 water when in fl., but keep 

 dry when at rest. 



Guatemalense ,Meis sn . 

 (A. insigne, Mast.). 

 Pubescent: Ivs. broad- 

 er: fls. more numerous, 

 the sepals nearly twice 

 longer (1 in. long) than 

 in the last. Guatemala. 

 G.C. II. 7:789. 



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ANTIRRHINUM 



(Greek, snout-flower) . 

 Scrophiilaridcece. 

 SNAPDRAGON. Over 60 

 species of herbs, na- 

 tives to the Old and 

 New World, in warm 

 temperate regions. 

 Lvs. usually opposite 

 below and generally 

 entire, never com- 

 pound : corolla saccate 

 or gibbous at base, but 

 not spurred, personate 

 or closed at the throat: 

 stamens 4. Closely al- 

 lied to Linaria, from 

 which it differs in the 

 spurless fls. 



Snapdragons are flowered either in the open or under 

 glass. The common varieties are forms of A . majiis, and 

 are perennial, although the first crop of bloom is usually 



the only one which is desired. Most of the varieties of 

 this species are hardy in the N. if well covered during 

 winter. Seeds sown very early in the spring, especially 

 under frames, arid transplanted, produce blooming plants 

 the same season. It is usual, however, if early bloom is 

 desired, to sow the seeds in Aug. or Sept., and cover 



100. Young spike of a dwarf form 

 of Antirrhinum ma jus (X %) 



101. Antirrhinum maurandioides, in bud (X 



the plants with a mulch on the approach of cold weather. 

 These fall-sown plants may be transplanted into pots (or 

 grown in them from the first) and flowered in the house. 

 For forcing in this way, Snapdragons are very satisfac- 

 tory. The temperature and treatment required for gera- 

 niums and carnations suit them well. Dwarf vars. are 

 used for edgings. 



A. Common Snapdragon, strictly erect. 



majus, Linn. COMMON OR LARGE SNAPDRAGON. Fig. 

 100. Perennial, or practically a biennial under cult.: 

 1-3 ft., not downy except in the fl. -cluster : Ivs. oblong 

 or lanceolate, entire, sometimes variegated : fls. large, 

 long tubular, with spreading, very irregular lobes, in an 

 elongated terminal spike or raceme. In many colors and 

 varieties (ranging from red and purple to white), in 

 forms both tall and dwarf. Mediterranean region ; some- 

 times running wild about gardens. A. F. 9:909; 13:949. 

 I. H. 41:22. A.G. 17:379. F.E. 7:711. -There are double 

 forms. Some of the varietal names used by horti- 

 culturists are album, bicolor, coccineum, variegdtuw. 



Ordntium, Linn. SMALL SNAPDRAGON. A low, slender 

 annual, with linear Ivs. and small fls. purple or white 

 (Yz in. long) in the axils. An occasional weed in cult, 

 grounds, 6 in. or less high; not cult. 



AA. Native species, producing tendril-like branches in 

 the inflorescence. 



Orcuttianum, Gray. Slender, 2-4 ft., glabrous : corolla 

 %in. long, white or violet, lower lip not much larger 

 than the upper: lower Ivs. spatulate-lanceolate, the up- 

 per linear. Annual. Lower and S. Calif. Int. by Orcutt 

 in 1891. 



AAA. Climbing vine. 



maurandioides, Gray (Maurandia antirrlnni flora, 

 Wild.). Fig. 101. Climbing 2-6 ft. by means of the 

 coiling petioles and peduncles : Ivs. 3-lobed, halberd- 

 shape : fls. axillary, 1 in. or more long, violet or purple, 

 handsome. Tex. to Calif. B.M. 1643. Attractive plant 

 for the window, cool greenhouse or conservatory. 

 Suitable for baskets. ] J< jj > jj_ 



ANTROPHYUM (Greek, growing in caverns). Poly- 

 podiacea*. A genus of inconspicuous, simple-leaved 

 ferns rarely found in cultivation. Require high temp. 



APRA (Greek, undivided). Craminece. One or two 

 European and Asian grasses of the tribe Agrostidece. A . 

 arundinacea, Hook., is a tender grass from New Zea- 

 land, of erect habit and exceedingly long, pendulous 

 panicles, grown under glass; but it really belongs to the 

 genus Stipa. G.C. 111.22:283. Likely to come into 

 American trade. 



APHANANTHE (Greek, aphanes, inconspicuous, 

 and ant he, flower). Urticacece. Trees or shrubs: Ivs. 

 alternate, petiolate, serrate: fls. monoecious, inconspic- 

 uous; staminate in corymbs; pistillate single, axillary: 



