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AIUJ'NDO. Reed. (A wrd oi' doubtful 

 derivation ; perhaps from the Latin word 

 arundo, a reed. Nat. ord., Grasses [Gra- 

 minacese]. Linn.. 3-Triandria 2-Digynia.) 

 The " gardener's garter " of the Scotch gardens 

 is the A. do'nax versi'colur. In England it is 

 called ribbon grass, painted grass, Indian grass, 

 and ladies' laces. Seeds and divisions ; common 

 soil. 



A. <&'ar (donax). 10. Apetal. July. South 

 Europe. 1648. 



versi'color (striped). 3. Apetal. July. South 



Europe. W348. 



A'SAEUM. Asarabacca. (From a, not, 

 and saron, feminine ; the application not 

 obvious, but perhaps because too violent 

 a medicine for women. Nat. ord., Blrth- 

 worts [Aristolochiaceae]. Linn., ll-Dode- 

 candria \-Monoyynia.) 



A. Europium is called cabaret in France, and 

 is said there to be used by frequenters of pot- 

 houses to produce vomiting. Hardy herbaceous 

 plants, more curious than pretty. Divisions of 

 the plant ; common border ; if with a little peat, 

 all the better. 



A. arifo'lium (arum-leaved). 1. Brown. June 

 N.Amer. 1823. 



Canade'nse (Canadian"). 1. Brown. June. 



Canada. 1713. 



Europce'um (European). 1. Purple. May. 



England. 



grandifo' Hum (large-leaved). 1. Brown. May. 



N. Amer. 18-20. 



Virgi'nicum (Virginian). 1. Brown. May. 



Virginia. 1759. 



ASCARICI'DA. (From ascaris, an in- 

 testine worm, and ca-do, to kill ; referring 

 to its virtue in medicine. Nat. ord., 

 Composites [Asteracese]. Linn., IQ-Syn- 

 yenesia l-JEqualis.) 



Allied to Heterocoma. Stove annuals; seeds 

 in March, in heat; common soil. Temp., 60 to 

 75. 



A. anthelmi'ntica (worm-killing). 1. Purple. 

 August. E. Ind. 1//0. 



tripline'ruia (triple-nerved). 1. Purple. No- 



vember. Brazil. 1825. 



ASCLE'PIAS. Swallowwort. (The Greek I 

 name of JEsculapius of the Latins. Nat. ' 

 ord., Ascleplads [Asclepidacese]. Linn., 

 b-Penlandria l-Monogynia.) 



All hardy herbaceous and sub-shrubby peren- 

 nials, except when otherwise specified. The 

 hardy species, chiefly by division of the root in 

 April ; the stove and greenhouse kinds, by the 

 same process ; and cuttings of the young shoots, 

 when they begin to grow, in heat; and also 

 seeds, kept over, and sown in heat, in February. 

 Peat and loam, but most of the latter. The 

 *tove species will stand the winter if the tempe- 

 rature is not below 48. 



A. acumina'ta (long-pointed). 2. Red. July. 

 N. Amer. 18U6. 



amce'na (pleasing). 3. \Purple. August, N. 



Amer. 1732. 



amplexicau'lis (stem-clasping). 2. Red. July. 



N. Amer. 18 1 6. 



A. angustifo'lia (narrow-leaved). 3. White. July. 

 Mexico. 1817. 



cinereit (grey). 2. Brown. July. N. Amer. 1825. 



citrifo'lia (citron-leaved). I. White. July. 



S. Amer. 1818. Stove herbaceous. 



Curassa'vica (Curassoa). 3. Scarlet. July. 



S. Amer. 1692. Stove herbaceous. 



a'lba (white). 1. White. July. S. 



Amer. Stove herbaceous. 



decu'mbens (decumbent). 2. Orange. July. 



N. Amer. Stove herbaceous. 



Dougla'sii (Douglas's). l. Ked. Autumn. 



West America. 1846. 



exalta'ta (lofty). 6. Purple. July. N. 



Amer. 1800. 



incarna'ta (fash- coloured). 2. Purple. July. 



N.Amer. 1710. 



Una' ria (toad- flax- leaved). 2. White. July. 



Mexico. 1802. Greenhouse herbaceous. 



linifo'lia (flax-leaved). 3. White. July. 



Mexico. 1818. Greenhouse herbaceous. 



longifo'lia (long-leaved). 2. Pale purple. 



July. N. Amer. 1816. 



Mexiea'na (Mexican). 3. White. July. Mexico. 



1821. Greenhouse evergreen. 



ni'vea (snowy.). 3. White. August. N. Amer. 



1730. 



obtusifo'lia (blunt-leaved). 3. Purple. July. 



N. Amer. 1820. 



parviflo'ra (small-flowered). 3. White. Sep- 



tember. N. Amer. 1774. 



paupe'rcula (poor). 2. Red. July. N. Amer 



1817. 



phytolaccoi'des (phytolacca-like). 3. Purple. 



July. N. Amer. 1812. 



polysta'chia (many-spiked). 4. White. July. 



N. Amer. 1825. 



pu'luhra (fair). 2. Purple. July. N.Amer. 



purpura' scens (purplish), 3. Purple. July. 



N. Amer. 1732. 



quadrifo'lia (four-leaved). 1. White, red. 



July. N.Amer. 1820. 



ro'sea (rosy). 1. Red. July. Mexico. 1824. 



Greenhouse herbaceous. 



ru'bra (red). 1. Red. July. Virginia. 1825. 



Syri'aca (Syrian). 4. Purple. July. S. 



Amer. 162Q. 



tubero'sa (tuberous-7*oo/erf). 2. Orange. Au- 



gust. N. Amer. 1680. Hardy tuber. 



variega'ta (variegated) . 4. White. July. N. 



Amer. 1597- 



vesti'ta (clothed). 3. Yellowish-green. Oc- 



tober. N. Amer. 1S44. 



verticilta'ta (whorl-leaved). 3. White, green, 



July. N. Amer. 1759. 



ASCY'RUM. (From a, not, and skyros, 

 roughness ; plants not hard to the touch. 

 Nat. ord., Tutsans [HypericaceseJ. Linn., 

 \Q-Monadelphia S-Polyandria.) 



All, but one, greenhouse evergreens ; cuttin gs 

 of small shoots, pretty hard ; placed in ve ry 

 sandy soil, under a bell-glass, any time during 

 summer; peat and loam. Summer temp., 50 to 

 65 ; winter, 38 to 45. 



A. amplexicau' le (stem-clasping). 2. Yellow. 

 August. N. Amer. 1823. 



crux-Andreet' (St. Andrew's cross). 2. Yel- 



low. July. N. Amer. 1759. 



hypericoi'des (hypericum-liks). 2. Yellow. 



August. N.Amer. 1/69. 



pu'milum (dwarf). 1. Yellow. July. Georgia. 



1806. Half-hardy herbaceous. 

 -- sta'ns (standing). 2. Yellow. August. N, 

 Amer. 1316. 



