6 AGERATUM 



AGERA'TUM continued. 



A. Mexico! mum lu'teum continued. 



Queen, 9 in., silvery grey; Snowflake, 9 ins., 

 white. 



Sow seed out of doors in a fairly protected 

 border in April or May, and transplant the seed- 

 lings to their flowering positions in June ; or in 

 February and March in shallow boxes in temp. 65 

 to 70, and plant out in May. 



AGROSTE'MMA (From Gr. agros, a field, and stemma, a 

 wreath). Nat. Ord. Caryophyllacece. 



This is generally regarded now as a section of 

 the genus Lychnis, from which it only slightly 

 differs. 



A. cceli-rosa or Rose of Heaven. See LYCHNIS coeli- 

 rosa. 



The annual Viscarias are also sometimes 

 named Agrostemma. 



ALKANET. See ANCHUSA. 

 ALLEGHENY VINE. See ADLUMIA. 



ALONSO'A (called after Z. Alonzo, a Spaniard). Nat. 

 Ord. Scrophulariacece. 



A genus of half-hardy annual plants of the 

 Snapdragon order. Charming for small beds by 

 themselves or in the mixed border. 



A. acutifo'lia. Height 3 ft. Slender growing. 

 Scarlet flowers in June. From Peru in 1790. 



A. albiflo'ra. Height 2 feet. White, yellow in 

 centre. From Mexico, 1877. 



