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in a house, pit, or frame, choose a still 

 evening, and let your plants be quite 

 dry. Place them closer together, and in 

 the clear space thus obtained put either 

 an iron pan, or, if you have not such a 

 thing, use a hard -burnt garden-pot ; put 

 in it a few red-hot cinders that do not 

 smoke ; upon those cinders put your to- 

 bacco, or tobacco-paper, rather damp. A 

 cloud of smoke will immediate rise, 

 and will soon nil the frame. Brown's 

 fumigator is an excellent instrument for 

 applying tobacco-smoke. As soon as you 

 judge it to be well filled with smoke, 

 remove the pan, or pot, and carry it to 

 the next frame, if you have more than 

 one that requires smoking. Be extremely 

 careful that the tobacco does not break 

 out into a flame, as it is that which does 

 the mischief. If you perceive a likeli- 

 hood of blazing out, prevent it with a 

 sprinkling of water, very gently applied. 

 Cover up the frames with mats to keep 

 in the smoke as long as possible. The 

 next morning examine the aphides, or 

 green flies, and if you find any alive re- 

 peat the smoking the following evening. 

 This second application will most effect- 

 ually destroy all your enemies. You may 

 now syringe the plants pretty severely, 

 to wash away the dead bodies of the 

 slain, and the plants will again thrive 

 and flourish in perfect health and beauty. 

 The green fly on plants out of doors, 

 so situated that the smoke of tobacco 

 cannot be so perfectly confined as to de- 

 stroy them, require a different mode of 

 attack, though the same herb furnishes 

 us with a remedy against the foe, only it 

 must be applied in a different form ; that 

 is, as tobacco-water. This can be had at 

 any tobacco manufactory, or it may be 

 made by steeping 4 oz. of tobacco in a 

 gallon of water ; let it stand in the water 

 for a week or so, occasionally stirring it 

 with the hand, and squeezing the tobacco, 

 to bring out the strength. It will then 

 be very powerful, and perhaps will bear 

 an addition of water, previously to using, 

 to the extent of one-half. Apply it to 

 standard roses, by dipping the infested 

 branches in it during a dry evening, and 

 syringing them the next morning. For 

 roses on pillars, or against walls, use the 

 syringe filled with clear liquor, and ap- 

 plied gently all over the shrubs. Verbe- 

 nas and Calceolarias in beds are often, 

 during the summer months, much in- 

 jured, and their beauty deteriorated, by 



| these insects; also roses in beds suffer 



j much from the same cause. We know 



no better remedy than the above-men- 



tioned tobacco-water, applied with a sy- 



ringe or fine-rosed water-pot. 



APHYLLA'NTHES. (From aphyllos, leaf- 

 less, and anthos, a flower; the flowers on 

 rush-like branches. Nat. ord., Lilyivorts 

 [Liliaceae]. Linn., G-Hcxandria 1-Mono- 

 yynia.) 



Half-hardy herbaceous perennial. Division of 

 the roots and seeds; sandy peat; requires a 

 warm situation, or a cold pit in winter. 

 A. Monspelie'nsis (Montpelier). Red. South of 

 France. 1/91 



(From apicros, not bitter.) 

 Greenhouse succulents, a section of the genus 

 Aloe; suckers and cuttings; sandy loam. Sum- 

 mer temp., 55 to 70; winter, 35 to 45; kept 

 rather dry. 



A. a'spera (rough). 1. Grey. June. Cape of 

 Good Hope. 1795. 



aspe'rula (roughish). 3. Grey. June. Cape 



of Good Hope. 1824. 



bicarina'ta (double-keeled). 1. Grey. June. 



Cape of Good Hope. 1820. 



bullulalta (little-blistered). l. Grey. May. 



Cape of Good Hope. 



fuliolo'sa (small-leafy). 1. Grey. July. Cape 



of Good Hope. 17Q5. 



imbrica'ta (imbricated). l. Grey. June. 



Cape of Good Hope. 1731. 



ni'gra (rough black). . Grey. July. Cape 



of Good Hope. 1823. 



pentago'na (five-angled). lj. Grey. June. 



Cape of Good Hope. 1731. 



-- to'rta (twisted). 1. Grey. June. Cape 

 of Good Hope. 1800. 



ri'gida (rigid). $. Grey. June. Cape of 



Good Hope. 1820. 



spira'lis (great spiral). 1. Grey. June. Cape 



of Good Hope. 1/QO. 



spirilla (small spiral). l. Grey. June. 



Cape of Good Hope. 1808. 



A'PIOS. (From apion, a pear ; in refer- 

 ence to the form of the roots. Nat. ord., 

 Leguminous Plants [Fabacese]. Linn., 

 17-Diadelphia 4:-JDecandria.) 



Hardy tuberous-rooted plant, allied to Glycine. 

 Division of roots ; sandy loam, with a little peat. 

 A. tubero'sa (tuberous-rooted). 6. Brown, pink. 

 August. N. Amer. 1640. 



A'PIUM. (From apon, Celtic word for 

 water; water-plant. Nat. ord., Umbelll- 

 fers [Apiacese]. Linn., 5-Pentandria 2- 

 Digynia.} 



Allied to Parsley. Seeds, spring, and superior, 

 rich soil, for the culinary kinds ; common soil 

 for others. See CELERY. 



A. Chile'nse (Chilian). 1 . White. Chili. 1836. 

 grave'olens (strong-smelling Celery). 4. 

 White. July. Britain. 



APLE'CTRUM. (From , not, and plek- 

 tron, a spur ; the flower spurless. Nat. 

 ord., Orchids [Orchidacetej. Linn., 20- 

 Gynandria 1-Monandria.) 



