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AGAVI 



AGRIMONIA 



Potosina, liob. & C 



ubliiii 



An odd little species, 

 y nmcli A. \ irgiuica. Sometimes met 

 name of Velpinoa gracillima. 

 lay fiud the following names (those marked * 



edged.-' 

 A. Engili, 

 *A.firox. 



Fls. in spikes : Ivs. 

 toothed. Int. about \ 

 —*A. puUMrrima. 1 

 *4. iJdftmi; Hnrt -» 

 lanceolate, liii;;lit ;; 

 A. AmeriraiKi, imi a 

 thomsoniiniTitv ..i I- 



ceolate, vrr\ L-l.-nn-Hi 

 syluestrif. II .i: 

 Jacobi. 1 . 

 toothed.- I ' ' 



oblong, bn;;i;L ;,!'..Mi, ^M'.li -irii.. ! \n l-,ll, J_ N^ _ i;o.SE. 



A6D£STIS (a mythical hermaphrodite monster, the 

 genus being an anomalous one in its order). Pliytolac- 

 eicea. Amonotvpicgenus. Tender climbing shrub from 

 Mex. Cult, in Calif. 



clematidea, Mo<;. & Sesse. Lvs. alternate, petiolate, 

 cordate: fls. axillary or in terminal, branched, racemose 

 cymes, white, star shaped; sepals 4; petals 0. 



A6EBATUH (Greek for not growing old, probably 

 applied first to some other plant;. C'ompdsilie. About 

 40 species of trop. Amer. herbs, with opposite stalked 

 Ivs. and blue or white fls. in small terminal cymes or 

 panicles. 



conyzoldes, Linn. (A. Mexicdnum, Sims, and Hort. ). 

 Pig. 51. Annual and pubescent: lvs. ovate-deltoid, 

 crenate-serrate : fl.s. blue or white, or varying to rose. 

 Ordinarily a rather loose-growing plant a foot or two 

 high, but there are dwarf and compact forms ; also va- 

 riegated forms. Trop. Amer. B.M. 2524.— This is the 

 common ageratum of gardeners and florists. It is easily 

 grown from seeds, sown in the border where the plants 

 are to stand, or started in the house or hotbed. If the 

 plants are to be used for bedding, they should be placed 

 a foot or less apart. They thrive in any garden soil and 

 exposure. They bloom all summer ; and if sown in 

 late summer or fall, they give winter bloom under glass. 



The plant sold as A. conxpiridtm is an Eupatorium : 

 and that sold as A. Lasse'luxU is a Conoclinium. 



L. H. B. 



order and gen- 

 ee from China, 

 ■ be used in per- 



AGLAIA (Greek, splttuU.r: i 

 eral appearance). J/./.-,.,,, 

 with minute, yellow, ii : .■ i 

 fuming certain teas. I'l ; hl-s. 



odorita, Lour. Lvs. aln rii:ii. . :. : |. innate : fls. inaxil- 

 lary, branching panicle.s. Cult, sparingly in Calif. 



AGLAONfiMA (Greek, fij-ig/ifMread). Arolde(c. About 

 1.') species, of trop. Asia and Africa, allied to Arum, 



.Mnra-in HTirl r>ii ffrnlmclii:). and requiring essentially 



i!;i 111. I ! . iM:i .;• :i tli-.- ^'pnera. Evergreen, often 



and weak. In either case the 

 cuttings and divisions should 

 be put into the sand-bed pre- 

 vious to potting, to develop 

 new roots. All of the kinds 

 will succeed in fibrous loam 

 enriched with rotted ma- 

 nure, with the addition of 

 a moderate quantity of 

 leaf-mold, sand, and some 

 crushed charcoal. 



Cult, by G. W. Oliver. 



pictiim, Kunth. Dwarf : 

 lvs. somewhat unequilateral, ob- 

 long or elliptic, ovate (4-7 in. 

 long and 2-3 In. wide), very dark 

 green, blotched with white, the 

 central markings usually ex- 

 tending the wliole length of the 

 iiuclrit) : spathe white or whit- 

 isli. I-l'.jin. long. Sumatra. 



nebulosum, N. E. Brown. 

 Somewhat larger: lvs. narrower 

 (5-8 in. long, lyiin. or less 

 wide^, more acuminate, the 

 markings rather more broken 

 and not so continuous along the 

 midrib. I. H. 1887:24. A.G. 16: 

 .iOl, and F.E. 7:961, as A.pic- 

 /»in.— This and A. picfttm are 

 confused in the trade. Both 

 species deserve more attention 

 than they have received in this 

 country. 



costJktum, Veitch. Very dwarf 

 and compact: lvs. heart-shaped, 

 thick, 3 in. 

 wide, one- 

 third longp 

 than wide 

 seldom ,x 

 ceedin^.'.iii. 

 long, dark, 



shining green, with midrib 

 ivorv-white and scattering 

 blotches of white. Holds its 

 tufted lvs. through the win- 

 ter. Moluccas. 



,4. commutatum. Scbott.=Seindapsus Cuscuaria.— .4. Ra- 

 btiiiii. Hort., i8"a fine decorative plant, with thick, leathery fo- 

 liage" (>Ianda). — A. versicolor, Hort., is probably a form of 

 either .\. pictnra or A. nebulosum. T H R 



AGKIMdNIA (old name of obscure meaning). BosA- 

 ceir. Agrimony. Hardy native herbs, with interruptedly 

 pinnate lvs. and small, numerous, yellow fls., produced 

 through summer. Lvs. aromatic, astringent. Sometimes 

 cult, in shrubbery and wild gardens. 



Eupatoria, Linn. {A. officincLlis, Lam.). Common Ag- 

 RiMONV. Fig. 52. Petals twice as long as calyx, latter 

 making a small, lightly adhering bur. Cult, in herb 

 gardens to make a tonic tea, also in wild borders. Com- 

 mon in woods; also native to Eu. Grows 2-3 ft. high, in 

 little clumps, from a short lootstock. 



