LIST OF PLANTS 85 
syringed until roots are formed, and in due course 
repotted into a more substantial compost. 
ARISTOLOCHIA.—The stove and greenhouse species of 
this remarkable and curious genus may be propagated 
by cuttings of side-shoots of young growths, 6 inches 
long, taken off with a heel and inserted at once in pots 
of sandy compost, then placed in a bottom heat of 
75 degrees in a propagating-case or under bell-glasses. 
Hardy sorts may be layered or raised from seed. 
Artemisia.—These plants, valued for their ornamental 
appearance or for their economic properties, are in- 
creased as follow: the shrubby kinds by cuttings and 
by division, herbaceous sorts by division, and annuals 
by seed. 
ARTICHOKE, CHINESE (Stachys tuberifera).—The tubers 
obtained from growing plants annually keep up a good 
supply without resorting to other means. 
ARTICHOKE, GLOBE (Cynaria scolymus).—These are 
often raised from seed sown in March or April, but 
suckers taken off with a heel from the old shoots is the 
best means of perpetuating approved varieties. 
ARTICHOKE, JERUSALEM (Helianthus tuberosus).— 
This plant is prolific of tubers which, whole or cut into 
eyes, grow so readily in any ordinary soil when planted 
in either autumn or spring that multiplication is easily 
ensured. 
ArumM.—These interesting and curious plants, some- 
times of offensive odour when in blossom, are generally 
propagated by dividing the roots when growth is about 
to commence in spring. The berries may also be strati- 
fied in sand to keep them fresh, and be sown in March. 
Arunpo.—These noble grasses may be divided in 
spring or raised from seed sown at the same period. 
