ANG 



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ANI 



A.supe'rba (supcrb) t Crimson and purple. 



Mexico. 

 uniflo'ra (one-flowered). Slay. Cream-coloured. 



Peru. 1843. There is a variety of this 



with pink flowers. 



ANGU'RIA. (One of the Greek names 

 for the cucumber. Nat. ord., Cucurbits 

 [Cucurbitacese]. Linn., 2l-Monoecia 2- 

 Di-nidrin.) 



Tropical evergreen climbers; seed and cut- 

 tiugs; peat and loam. Summer temp., 65 to 

 70 ; winter, 55 to 60. 

 A. Mackaya'na (Mackay's^. 1847. 



peda'ta (pedate). 20. Yellow. July. S. 



Amer 1820. 



triloba'ta (three-lobed). 20. Pink. July. 



Carthage. 1793. 



trifoliu'ta (three-leafleted). 10. Yellow. July. 



St. Domingo. 1/93. 



umbro'sa (shady). 10. Yellow. July. S. 



Amer. 1827. 



A'NIA. (After a Koman beautiful wi- 

 dow. Nat. ord., Orchids [Orehidacese]. 

 Linn., 2Q~Gynandria I-Monogynia.) 

 A, bico'rnis (two-horned). |. March. Yclloxr, 

 green. Ceylon. 1SH. Cultivated like 

 Anguloa. 



ANIGOZA'NTHOS. (From anoiyo, to ex- 

 pand, and anthos, a flower ; in reference 

 to the branching expansion of the flower- 

 stalks. Nat. ord., Hloodworls [Hcemodo- 

 racese] . Linn., Q-Hexandria l-Monogynia. ) 

 Greenhouse herbaceous plants ; division of the 

 roots in spring; loam, one part to three of peat. 

 Summer temp., 45 to 60 ; winter, 40 to 45. 

 A. cocci'nca (scarlet). 5. Crimson. July. Swan 



River. 1537. 



fla'vidus (yello wish-green -./Zowered). 3. Yel- 

 low. July. N. Holland. 1808. 

 bi' color (two-coloured-Jlowered). 3. Scar- 

 let, green. May. Swan River. 1837. 

 fuligiiio'sus (sooty). 3. Yellow. June. Aus- 

 tralia. 



hu' mills (dwarf). Brown. Swan River. 



Mungle'sii (Mr. Mangle's). 3. Green. May. 



Swan River. 1833. 



angustifo'lia (narrow-leaved). 3. Green, 



rod. July. N. Holland. 1836= 



pulche' rrimus (beautiful). 2. Yellow, white. 



Swan River. 1840. 



ru'fa (rusty). 2. Yellow, red. June. N. 



Holland. 1824. 



< ANIMAL MATTERS, without any excep- 

 tion, are beneficial as manures; for they all 

 yield, during putrefaction, gases and so- 

 luble substances, that are imbibed greed- 

 ily by the roots of plants. That this is 

 the case, affords no cause for wonder, be- 

 cause animal matters and vegetable mat- 

 tern are alike compounded of carbon, 

 hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen, with a 

 small addition of saline matters. The 

 general consideration of MANURES will be 

 found under that title, and other relative 

 information under the heads DUNG and 

 VEGETABLE MATTERS ; and in this place, 



we shall confine our attention to some of 

 the most available of strictly animal mat- 

 ters. See, also, the article BONES. 



Slubber, or fat of the whale, contains 

 train-oil, composed of 



Carbon . . , . 68.37 

 Hydrogen . . . . 16.10 

 Oxygen . 15.03 



with a little animal skin and muscle. 

 40 gallons of train-oil, mixed with 120 

 bushels of screened soil, grew 23 tons of 

 soil where 40 



j turnips per acre, on a 

 ! bushels of bones broken small, and 80 

 j bushels of burnt earth, produced only 21 

 tons. 



Fish, generally, such as sprats, herrings, 

 pilchards, five-fingers, and shell-fish, owe 

 their powerful fertilizing qualities not 

 only to the oil they contain, but also to 

 the phosphate of lime in their bones. 

 From 25 to 45 bushels per acre are the 

 extreme quantities to be applied broad- 

 cast; but if in the drills, with the crop, 

 16 bushels are ample. They are benefi- 

 cial to all the gardener's crops, but espe- 

 cially to asparagus, parsnips, carrots, 

 beets, onions, and beans. Shell-fish 

 should be smashed before being applied. 



Blood is a very rich manure, and has 

 been applied with especial benefit to 

 vines and other fruit-trees. The blood 

 of the ox contains about eighty per cent, 

 of water, and twenty per cent, solid mat- 

 ter. The latter contains, in 100 parts, 

 when dried 



Carbon 



Hydrogen 



Azote 



Oxygen 



Ashes 



51.950 

 7.165 

 17-172 

 19.295 

 4.418 



The ashes contain various salts, as chlo- 

 ride of sodium (common salt), phosphate 

 of lime, with a little oxide of iron. Sugar- 

 boker's skimmings owe their chief fer- 

 tilizing qualities to the blood used in clari- 

 fying the sugar, and which is combined 

 with vegetable albumen, and extractive. 



tyoollen Rags. cut into very small pieces, 

 are a good manure, decomposing slowly, 

 and benefiting the second as much as the 

 first crop. Hops and turnips have been 

 the crops to which they have been chiefly 

 applied. Half a ton per acre is a fair 

 dressing. Wool is composed of 



Carbon . . . 50.653 



Hydrogen . . . 7-029 



Azote . . . 17-710 



0x 7=L en > , . 24.608 



Sulphur J 



It leaves a very slight ash, containing 



