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aikemelyeh, its Arabic name. Nat. ord., 

 Sanguisorbs [Sanguisorbaceae]. Linn., 

 k-Tetr an cliia 1-Muiwyynia.) 



Herbaceous perennials. Common dry soil; 

 seeds, or divisions. 



GREENHOUSE. 

 A. Cape'nsis (Cape). 1. Green. June. Cape of 



Good Hope. 1818. 

 sibbaldiaefo'lia (sibbaldia-leaved). 1. White. 



June. Mexico. 1823. 



A. alpi'na (alpine). 1. Green. June. Britain. 



fi'ssa (cleft-leaved). 1. Green. July. Swit- 



zerland. 1826. 



pentnphy'lla (five-leaved). 1. White. July. 



Switzerland. 1784. 



pube'scens (downy). 1. Green. July. Cau- j 



casus. 1813. 



seri'cea (silky). 1. Green. July. Caucasus. 1813. 



ALCO'VE. A seat in a recess, formed of 

 stone, brick, or other dead material. 



A'LDER. See A'LNUS. 



ALE'TEIS. (From alet ran, meal; refer- 

 ring to the powdery appearance of the 

 whole plant. Nat. ord., Bloodworts [Hse- 

 modoracese]. Linn., 6-Hexandria \-Mo- 

 nogynia.} 



A.farino'sa is the most intense of bitters 

 known. Hardy herbaceous perennials. Shady 

 situation. Peat or loam and leaf-soil ; offsets. 

 A. au'rea (golden-tipped). 1. Yellow. July. 



N. Amer. 1811. 



farino'sa (mealy). 1. White. June. N. 

 Amer. 1768. 



ALBURI'TES. (The name is the Greek 

 word for mealy ; in reference to the mealy 

 appearance of the plants. Nat. ord., 

 Spuryeworts [Euphorbiaceae]. Allied to 

 Croton.) 



Stove evergreen trees. Loam. Ripe cuttings 

 root readily in sand, under a ghiss, in heat. 

 A. corda'ta (heart-leaved). Japan. 1818. 



tri'loba (three-lobed). 10. Apetal. October. 



Society Islands. 1/93. 



ALEXANDER or ALISANDER (Smy'rnium 

 "hisa'tntm) received its common name 

 from the Greek, which means " a helper 

 of man," because formerly believed to 

 possess powerful medicinal properties. 

 It was also much cultivated for its stems, 

 when blanched, to be eaten as celery, 

 which it slightly resembles in flavour. 

 Sow any time from the end of March to 

 the commencement of May, in drills 

 three feet apart. Thin the plants when 

 four inches high to a foot apart, and the 

 seedlings removed may be planted in 

 rows at similar distances. Earth them 

 M/>, to blanch like celery, when about a 

 foot high. The plants will last two years ; 

 but the stems are finer and crisper, if 

 raised from seed annually. Grow it on 



a rich, light soil, and give it abundance 

 of water and liquid-manure. 



ALEXANDRIAN LAUREL. Hu'scus race- 

 mo' sus. 



ALHA'GI. (The Arabic name of the 

 plant. Nat. ord., Leguminous Plants 

 Allied to Hedysarum [Fabacese]. Linn., 

 ll-Diadelphla l-Tetrandria,} 



The natural secretion from the leaves and 

 branches of A. Maurorum is supposed by some 

 to be the manna of Scripture. It is worthy of 

 remark, that this secretion is not now formed in 

 Arabia, Egypt, or India, but only in Persia, 

 where it is highly esteemed as food for cattle. 

 Both require the protection of a greenhouse in 

 winter. Sandy loam and peat ; young cuttings 

 and seeds, the first in sand, the latter in a hot- 

 bed. Winter temp., 40 to 45; in summer, 55 

 to 70. 



A. camdo'rum (camels). 2. Red. July. Siberia. 

 1816. 



Mauro'rum (Moors). 2. Red. July. Egypt. 1714. 



ALIBE'RTIA. (In honour of Alibertj a 

 French chemist. Nat. ord., Cinchonads 

 [Cinchonaceae], Linn., 5-Pentandria 1- 

 Monogynia.} 



Stove evergreen tree. Cuttings ; sandy peat. 

 A. edu'lis (eatable). 12. Cream-coloured. 

 Guiana. 1823. 



ALI'SMA. Water Plantain. (From 

 the Celtic word alls, water. Nat. ord., 

 Alismads [Alismaceae]. Linn., 6-Hexan- 

 dria 4^Polygynia.) 



Hardy aquatics. Seed; sandy peat immersed 

 in water. A. plantago is recommended in hydro- 

 phobia. 



A. lanceola'ta (spear-leaved). 2. Pure white. 

 July. Britain. 



na'tans (floating). 1. White. July. Wales. 



parviflu'ra (small-flowered). 1. July. N. 



Amer. 1811). 



planta'go (plantain). 2. Pure white. July. 



Britain. 



ranunculoi' des (ranunculus-like). 1. Purple. 



August. Britain. 



trivia'lis (trivial). 2. White. July. N. 



Amer. 1816. 



ALLAMA'NDA. (In honour of Dr. Alia- 

 mand, of Leyden. Nat. ord., Dogbanes 

 [Apocynacea?]. Linn., 5-Pentandria 1- 

 Monoyynia.') 



This order is remarkable for handsome flower- 

 ing plants, with deleterious qualities. An infu- 

 sion of the leaves of A. cathartica is a valuable 

 purgative. Stove evergreen climbers. Rich 

 loam ; cuttings root readily in sand, with bottom- 

 heat and moist air. Winter temp., 65 to 65; 

 summer, 65 to 7.1. 



A. catha'rtica (cathartic). 12. Yellow. July. 

 Guiana. 1785. 



grandiflo'ra (large-flowered). Yellow. June. 



Brazil. 1844. 



Parae'nsis (Paran). Yellow. Brazil. 1846. 



Scho'ttii (Schott's). September. Yellow. 



Brazil. 1847. 



verticilta'tu (whorl-leaved). June. E. Ind. 1812. 



