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A. ri'gida (stiff), i. Red. July. Greece. 1819- 



Ka'bre. (rough). K White. July. Italy. 



1824. 



scutetla'ris (skull-cap), 1. Russia. 1838. 



supi'na (supine). 1. Pink. June. Caucasus. 



1821. 



tauri na (bull). 1. White. June. Italy. 1739- 



tincto'ria (dyer's). -1. Pink. July. Europe. 



1764. 



tomento'sa (downy), 1. Red. July. South 



of Europe. 1817, 



tricho'dfis (hairy). White. June. Persia. 



1838. Hardy annual. 



ASPHALT, BITUMEN, or JEW'S PITCH, is 

 found floating on the Dead Sea, and else- 

 where. It becomes very hard by expo- 

 sure to the air ; and its name has been 

 appropriated to various artificial prepara- 

 tions, all of which owe their properties 

 to the boiled gas-tar which enters into 

 their composition. Thus the asphalt felt 

 is rendered waterproof for shed-roofing, 

 <fec., by being soaked in that tar; and 

 asphalt walks are most dry and excellent 

 when made as follows: Take two parts 

 of very dry lime -rubbish, and one part 

 voal-ashes, also very dry, and both sifted 

 flue. -In a dry place, on a dry day, mix 

 them, and leave a hole in the middle of 

 the heap, as bricklayers do when making 

 mortar. Into this pour boiling-hot coal- 

 tar ; mix, and, when as stiff as mortar, 

 put it three inches thick where the walk 

 is to be. The ground should be dry, and 

 beaten smooth. Sprinkle over it coarse 

 sa-nd ; when cold, pass a light roller over 

 it, and in a few days the walk will be 

 solid and waterproof. 



ASPHO'DELUS. Asphodel. (From a, 

 not, and sphallo, to supplant ; the stately 

 flowers not easily surpassed. Nat. ord., 

 Lily worts [Liliacese]. Linn., Q-Hexan- 

 dria \-Monogynla.) 



Hardy herbaceous perennials, except where 

 otherwise specified. Dividing the roots, except 

 the stove annuals, which may be raised from 

 s\ed. Grown in any common soil. J. inter- 

 me'diug requires the protection of a cold pit 

 in winter ; temperature for it at that period, 

 33 to 45. 



A. cesti'vus (summer). 2. White. July. Spain. 

 1820. 



a'lbus (white). 2. White. April. South of 



Europe. 1820. 



Asia'ticus (Asiatic). White. June. Levant. 



1824. 



capilla'ris (hair-teawed). 4. Pale yellow. June. 



South of Europe. 1312. 



claoa'tus (club-seeded'). 1. White. July. E. 



Ind. 1808. Stove annual. 



Cre'ticus (Cretan). 2. Yellow. June. Can- 



dia. 1821. 



,/towfo'fiKS (pipe-stalked). 2. White. August. 



South of Europe. 1596. 

 interme'diMS (intermediate). 2. White. July. 

 Canaries. 1822. Half-hardy perennial. 



A. lu'teus (vellow). 3. Yellow. June. Sicily. 

 1596. 



microca'rpus (small-podded). Dalmatia. 1831. 



proli'ferus (proliferous). 1. White. August. 



Armenia. 1824. Hardy annual. 



ramo'sns (branchy). 2. White. April. South 



of Europe. 1551. 



Sibi'ricus (Siberian). 2. Pale yellow. May. 



Siberia. 1829. 



Tau'ricus (Taurian). 3. White. June. Tauria. 



1812. 



tenu'ior (slenderer). 2. White. July. Si- 



beria. 1824. 



ASPIDIO'TUS. See Co'ccus. 



ASPIDI'STRA. (From aspidiseon, a little 

 round shield ; shape of flower, or, proba- 

 bly, in reference to the mushroom-shaped 

 stigma by which Aspidistras are charac- 

 terised. Nat. ord., Lily worts [Liliacesej. 

 Linn., 8-Octandria l-Monoyynia.) 



Stove herbaceous perennials, more curious than 

 ornamental ; suckers ; common soil. Summer 

 temp., 60 to 75 ; winter, 50 to 60. 



A. ela'tior (taller). 2. Brown. October. Japan 

 1835. 



variega'ta (variegated). 2. Brown. Oc- 

 tober. Japan. 1835. 



lu'rida (lurid). 1. Purple. July. China. 



1832. 



puncta'ta (dotted). 1. Purple. March. 



It is questionable whether these would 

 not all be hardy in the south of England. 



Aspr*DiUM:. Shield Fern. (From as- 

 pidion, a little buckler ; the shape of the 

 spores or seed-apparatus. Nat. ord., 

 Ferns [Polypodiaceae]. Linn., 2-Cryp- 

 toyamia l-Filices.) 



Spores or seed, and division of the roots, 

 chiefly the latter ; doing so before they begin to 

 prow freely. Shady situation; loam and peat. 

 The greenhouse and stove kinds should have their 

 appropriate treatment ; those of the latter should 

 not have the temperature lower than 50 in win- 

 ter. See FERNS for general culture. 



HARDY. 



A. alpi'num (alpine). 1. Brown. July. South 

 of Europe. 1825. 



atoma'rium (atomed). 1. Brown. July. N. 



Amer. 1820. 



bulbi'ferum (bulb-bearing). 1. Brown. July 



N. Amer. 1638. 



dmta'tum (toothed). 1. Brown. June. Wales. 



dilata'tum (widened-crested). 2. Brown. June. 



Britain. 



dumeto'sum (thicket). 1. Brown. July. 



Britain. 

 ffn'gile (brittle). 1. Brown. July. Britain. 



Haltc'ri (Haller's). Brown, yellow. April. 



Switzerland. 1824. 



irri'guum (plashy). 2. Brown. July. Britain. 



monta'num (mountain). 1. Brown. June. 



Switzerland. 1819. 



re'gium (royal). 1. Brown. July. Britain. 



Rhte'ticum (Rhsetian). . Brown. June. 



Britain. 



GREENHOUSE, 

 A. x'mulum (rival). 2. Brown. July. Madeira. 



