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At Eupato'rium (fern-leaved). 4. Yellow. July. 



Caspian shore. 1803. One of the best, 



continuing long in flower. 

 falca'ta (sickle-leaved). 6 inches. Pale yellow. 



July. Levant. 1739- 



glomera'ta (spherical). 1. Yellow. July. 



Caucasus. 1818. 



grandiflo'ra (large-flowered). 1. White. July. 



Caucasus. 1818. 



holoseri' ceo. (velvety). l. White. August. 



Parnassus. 1817. 



impa'tiens (impatient). 2. White. August. 



Siberia. 1759- 



lana'ta (woolly). 1. White. July. 1804. 



leptophy'lla (slender -leaved). Pale yellov.-. 



July. Tauria. 1816. 



macrophy'lla (long-leaved). 3. White. July, 



Italy. 1710. 



millefo'lium (milfoil). 2. White. August. 



Gardens. Found sometimes with reddish 

 flowers. 



Mongo'lica (Mongolian). 1$. White. July. 



Siberia. 1818. 



moscha'ta (musky). 2. White. June. Italy. 



1775. 



myriophy'lla (myriad -leaved). 1$. White. 



August. 1798. 



na'na (dwarf). 6 inches. White. July. Italy. 



1759. 



no'bilis (noble). 2. White. Germany. 1640. 



ochroleu'ca (yellowish-white). l. Pale yellow. 



August. 1804. 



odora'ta (sweet-scented). 6 inches. White. 



July. Spain. 1729- 



pectinata (comb -leaved). l. Pale yellow. 



August. Hungary. 1801. Thought by 

 some to be the same as ochroleu'ca. 



pta'rmica floreple'no (double - blossomed 



sneezewort). 1. White. August. 



pube'scens (hairy). 1. Light yellow. August. 



Levant. 1739. 



puncta'ta (dotted). 1. Straw. July. Naples. 



1820. 



recurvifo'lia (recurve-leaved). l. White. July. 



Pyrenees. 1820. 



santoli'na (lavender-cotton). 1. Pale yellow. 



July. Levant. 1/59. 



santolinoi'des (lavender-cotton -like). 1. White. 



July. Spain. 



seta'cea (bristly). 1. White. July. Hungary. 



1805. 



specio'sa (showy). 1^. White. August. 1804. 



squurro'sa (rough-headed). 1. White. July. 



1755. 



tenuijo'lia (thin -leaved). 1. Yellow. July. 



Switzerland. 1658. 



Taw'rica(Taurian). 1. Pale yellow. July. 



Tauria. 1818. 



tomento'sa (downy). 2. Yellow. July. Britain. 



vermicula'ris (worm-like). 1&. Yellow. 



August. Russia. 1835. 



ACHIME'NES. (From cheimaino, to suffer 

 from cold, and a prefixed as an augmen- 

 tive; alluding to the tenderness of the 

 genus. Nat. ord., Gesnerworts [Gesne- 

 racese]. Linn., 1.^-Dldynamia %-Angi- 

 ospermia.) 



These are all beautiful, and are stove herba- 

 ceous perennials, unless otherwise distinguished 

 in the following list. When done flowering, and 

 the tops die down, allow the tubers to remain in 

 the pots, laid on their sides, where frost and wet 

 cannot reach them, until the latter part of Ja- 

 nuary ; then begin to place in a gentle heat ; 



water them, and continue to introduce some 

 every month, down to the end of May, for suc- 

 cessional blooming. When the. small scaly tubers 

 have made shoots about two inches, plant six of 

 them in a 6-inch pot, in equal parts loim and 

 leaf -mould, with a little silver sand, thoroughly 

 drained. They will also grow in shallow pans, or 

 in baskets stuffed with moss, and the soil within. 

 If suspended, they look like a ball of flowers. 

 The temperature of an early vinery is well 

 adapted for these plants until the end of May, at 

 which period they should be taken to a cool pit, 

 where a steady, moist heat can be maintained. 

 Shade in hot days. Place the pots upon others, 

 inverted, and keep the bottom of the pit moist, 

 closing up early in the afternoon, and giving air, 

 in clear weather, about eight in the morning. 

 This beautiful genus is becoming overloaded with 

 varieties. 

 A. argyrosti'gma (silver-spotted). White and 



rose. This is a hardy herbaceous plant. 



June. Grenada. Not worth growing. 



atrosangui'nea (dark crimson). l. Crim- 



son. August. 



ca'ndlda (white). l. July. White. Gua- 



temala. 1848. 



cocci'nea (scarlet). Scarlet. August. Jamaica. 



1778. A variety, A. C. major, is good. 



cuprea'ta (coppery). Scarlet. July. New 



Grenada. 1847. 



Esche'rii (Escher's). Purple, crimson. June. 



Gardens. 1849- 



floribu'nda e'legans (many-flowered). Purple, 

 crimson. October, Gardens. 1848. 



formo'sa (handsome). Rose. September. 



gloxiniceflo'ra (gloxinia-flowered). Buff-spot- 



ted. December. Mexico. 1848. 



grandiflo'ra (large-flowered). Pale crimson. 



This is a greenhouse herbaceous plant. 

 October. Mexico. 1842. A variety of 

 this, Skinnerii, is a stove plant. Guate- 

 mala. Shaded scarlet. 1847. 



heterophy'lla (various-leaved). Scarlet. Van 



Houtte. July. 



hirsu'ta (hairy). 2. Rose. September. 



Guatemala. 1844. 



interme'dia (intermediate). 1. Scarlet. Au- 



gust. Gardens. 1847. 



Jay'ii (Jay's). Violet purple. June. Gar- 



dens. 1848. 



Jwre'g'Mz(Jaureguia's). 1. White. Carmine 



eye, striped. October. Mexico. 1848. 



Klee'i (Klee's). . August. Pink and pur- 



ple. Guatemala. 1848. 



Liepma'nni (Liepmann's). l. Pale crimson. 



July. 



longiflo'ra (long-flowered). This is a green- 



house herbaceous plant. Violet. Au- 

 gust. Guatemala. 1841. A stove vari- 

 ety, A- L. major, is good. 



a'lba (white, long-flowered). White. Oc- 

 tober. Guatemala. 1849. Same as 

 Jaureguiee t 



mi' sera (poor-flowered). 1. White and pur- 



ple. July. Guatemala. 1848. 



Mountfo'rdii (Mountford's). Scarlet. Au- 



gust. Garden. 1847. 



multiflo'ra (many-flowered). 1, Lilac. Octo- 



ber. Brazil. 1843. 



ocella'ta (eye-spotted), ij. Red. July. 



Panama. 1847. 



pa' tens (spreading). 1. Violet. June. Mexico. 



1846. A small variety of this is not 

 worth growing. 



peduncula'ta (long-stalked). 2. Scarlet, yel- 



low. June. Guatemala. 1840. 



