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glass, and in bottom-heat, in March or Apri 

 Sandy loam and peat, with a little rotten dung 

 Summer temp., 65 to 75 ; winter, 50 to 55. 

 A. odorati'ssimu (sweetest-scented). 6. Brown 



July. China. 1758. 



ARTANE'MA. (From aratao, to suppor 

 and nema, a filament ; in reference to 

 tooth-like process growing on the longe 

 filaments. Nat. ord., Flgworls [Scroplm 

 lariaeese]. Linn., 14^-Didynamia 1 Gym 

 nospermia. Allied to Torenia.) 



A greenhouse evergreen shrub. Seeds ; cutting 

 of the half-ripened shoots in autumn or spring 

 Will keep over the winter in the greenhouse, bu 

 seeds may be sown in the open border, in the be 

 ginning of May, as an annual. Sandy loam and 

 little peat. 



A-fimbria'tum (fringed-corollaed). 3. Pale blue 

 August. Moreton Bay. 1830. 



ARTEMI'SIA... Wormwood. (From Ar- 

 temis, one of the names of Diana. Nat 

 ord., Composites [Asteraceae]. Linn., 19- 

 Syngenesia 1-^Equalis.} 



Various species of Artemisias, or Wormwoods, 

 have been used as tonic, bitter, and aromatic 

 medicines from remote ages. All hardy herba- 

 ceous perennials, except where otherwise specified 

 Annuals, by seed ; those with branching, shrubby 

 stems, and the whole of the greenhouse varieties, 

 which are mostly shrubby, by cuttings ; the hardy 

 species, by dividing the roots. For greenhouse 

 kinds, sandy loam, well drained; for the others, 

 common soil. Greenhouse summer temp., 50 to 

 65 ; winter, 40 to 45. 



A. abro'tanum (southernwood). 4. Yellow, green. 

 August. Europe. 1548. Hardy decidu- 

 ous shrub. 



hu'mile (low). 1. Yellow, green. Sep- 

 tember. South of Europe. 



Tobolskia'num (Tobolskian). 5. Yellow, 



green. September. 



A'fra (African). 3. White. August. Green- 



house evergreen shrub. 



alpi'na (alpine). 1. Yellow, green. July. 



Caucasus. 1804. 



apri'ca (sunny). 2. 1834. Evergreen trailer. 



arbore'scens (tree-like). 10. July. Levant. 



1640. Hardy evergreen shrub. 

 *- arge'ntett (silvery). 4. Yellow, green. June. 

 Madeira. 1777- Greenhouse evergreen 

 shrub. 



ccerule'scens (bluish). 2. Yellow. September. 



England. Hardy evergreen shrub. 



Chine'nsis (Chinese Moxa). 4. Yellow. July. 



China. 1818. Greenhouse herbaceous. 



dracu'nculus (tarragon). 2. White, green. 



July. South of Europe. 1548. 



fri'gida (cold). 1. Yellow, green. August. 



Siberia. 1826. 



furca'ta (forked). 1. Yellow, green. July, 



Siberia. 1820. 



Ga'llica (French). 2. Brown. August. Britain. 



glacia'lis (icy). 1. Yellow, green. July. 



Switzerland. 1739. 



Juda'ica (Judean). 2. Yellow. August. 1774. 



Half-hardy evergreen. 



- lactiflo'ra (pale-flowered). 2. Pale white. 



November, Nepaul. 1828. Greenhouse 

 evergreen. 



- Lednice'nsis (Lednisc). 2. Yellow. July. Car- 



pathia. 1826. Hardy deciduous shrub. 



A. man'tima (sea). 1. Brown. July 



Marstftallia'na (Marschall's). 1. Yellow, 



Caucasus. 1816. 



mutelli'na (mutellina). l. Yellow. July. Alps. 



Europe. 1815. 



Norve'gica (Norwegian). 1. Yellow. Julv. 



Norway. 1818. 



orienta'lis (oriental). 2. YeHow, green. July. 



Armenia. 1810. 



Palla'sii (Pallas's). 1. Yellow, green. July. 



Siberia. 1820. 



pectina'ta (comb-leaved). 1. Brown. June. 



Dauria. 1806. Hardy annual. 



peduncula'ris (flower-stalked), l. Yellow. 



July. Caucasus. 1818. 



Po'ntica (Pontine). 3. Yellow. September. 



Austria. 1570. 



potenWlcefo'lia (potentilla-leaved). 1. July. 



Siberia. 1818. 



ramo'sa (branchy). 2. Canaries. 1816. Green- 



house evergreen. 



renews (creeping). 1. Brown. June. Tartary. 



1805. Hardy trailer. 



rupe'stris (hill). 2. Brown. August. Siberia 



1/48. 



saxa'tilis (rock). 3. Brown. July. Hungary. 



seri'cea (silky-leaved). 2. White. June. Si- 



beria. 1/96. 



spica'ta (spiked). 1. Brown. June. Switzer- 



land. 1790. 



~ Tau'rica (Taurian). 1. White, green. July. 

 Tauria. 1818. 



tenuifo'lia (slender-leaved;. 10. Yellow, green. 



October. China. 1732. Greenhouse ever- 

 green. 



ValenWna (Valentian). 1. Yellow, green. 



July. Spain. 1839. Half-hardy evergreen. 



vulga'ris (common wormwood). 



variega'ta (variegated-leaved). 2. Purple, 



August. Gardens. 



Wulfe'nii (Wulfen's). 1. Yellow, green. July. 



Switzerland. 1819. 



ARTHROPO'DIUM. (From arthron, a joint, 



and pous, a foot ; in reference to the 



[ower-stalks being jointed. Nat. ord., 



Lllyworts [Liliaceffi]. Linn., Q-Hexan- 



Yta l-Monogynia. Allied to Anthericum. ) 



Greenhouse herbaceous perennials, except 



where otherwise specified. Seeds, offsets, ami 



uckers. Sandy loam, and a little peat. Summer 



emp., 55 to 65 ; winter, 40 to 45. 



:. cirra ! tum (curled). 3. White. June. New 



Zealand. 1821. 

 fimbria'tum (fringed). 2. White. July. N. 

 Holland. 1822. 



mi'nus (smaller). 2. White. July. N. Holland. 



1823. 



panicula'tum (panicled). 3. White. August. 



N.S.Wales. 1800. Greenhouse bulb. 



pe'ndulum (pendulous). 2. White. July. 



Teneriffe. 1816. Half-hardy. 



ARTHROSTE'MMA. (From arthron, a 

 oint, and slemma, a crown ; the flower- 

 talks being jointed. Nat. ord., Melas- 

 omads [Melastomacene]. Linn., 8-Octan- 

 ria l-Monogynia. Allied to Osbeckia.) 



Cuttings of small, firm, side-shoots in August 

 r April, under a glass, in sandy soil. The stov 

 ecies with heat ; sandy loam, and a little peat. 

 fra'gile (brittle). 3. Rosy. June. Mexico. I8iii. 

 Stove evergreen. 



