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and will after a time renew their bright foliage. They stand 

 the heat and drought as well as the wet season. 



The varieties are A. Amoena, Sessilis and A. Versicolor or 

 Telianthera. 



Amaranthus. A showy class of Annuals with brilliant coloured 

 leaves, natives of India grow in the rainy season, require rich 

 soil and plenty of moisture. The best kinds are Amaranthus 

 Elegantissimus. A. Tricolor giganteus. A. Melancholeus ruber. 

 Princes' Feather. 



Amaryllis Belladonna, Equestris, Mexican, Cape, American, 

 Asiatica. All these blossom during the rainy and cold season, 

 and form a great ornament when judiciously planted amongst 

 other border flowers. The colours are of every variety red, white, 

 pink, &c. The large flowering sorts are greedily devoured by 

 birds and insects, and require much care to prevent their being 

 destroyed. Is propagated as all other kinds of bulbous roots. 



Amaryllis Frittilaria, or Snake's Head Lily. From Amarysso, 

 resplendent. The wild flower hangs pendulous, and is chequered 

 with pale dark purple name from Frittillas, a dice board. Most 

 of the species are natives of China, the Cape of Good Hope, and 

 America ; they have become quite acclimated in India, and are 

 found almost in every flower-garden under the names of Mexican 

 Barbadoes, Turk's Cap, Tiger Lily, Parrot, &c. Is propagated by 

 the off-sets of the bulb, which in one year will produce from three 

 to a dozen fresh plants. A good rich, old vegetable soil : if the 

 subsoil is rather porous, the better when gr0wn in pots; be 

 careful that there is a small hole in the bottom, and that the 

 pots are of a sufficient size to admit the expansion freely of the 

 bulbs, which after the decay of the old flowering stalk may be 

 separated and transplanted : if in borders, they will blossom dur- 

 ing the rains and cold weather, and many during the hot season. 



Anagallis Indica, Primulacece. This plant is a native of 

 Nepal colour blue, of easy culture and propagated by cuttings in 

 any common soil. 



Anthemis Purprea Gompositce. The " Chamomile" plants 

 flowers yellow, white, and purple, so common in Europe, as to 

 need no further description. 



