AVE 



AZA 



A. cara'mlola (carambola-/'?e). 10. Greenishr I 



red. Ceylon. 1/33. 



AVERRUNCATOR (from the Latin aver- 

 ntnco, to prune). A small pair of pow- 

 erful shears, on a long handle, for sever- 

 ing boughs on lofty trees. 



AVIARY. This building, devoted to the 

 preservation of live birds, distinguished 

 for the beauty either of their notes or 

 plumage, is rarely admitted within a 

 garden ; and still more rarely is it suffi- 

 ciently ornamental, or sufficiently free 

 from disagreeables, to be a source of 

 pleasure. 



AXIL. This term, meaning, literally, 

 the arm-pit, is used by botanists to indi- 

 cate the point of the angle between a 

 leaf and a branch, or between a branch 

 and the stem. 



AYE'NIA. (Named after the Duke d' 

 Ayen. Nat. ord., Byttneriads [Byttne- 

 riaceae], formerly among Sterculiads. 

 Linn., 5-Penlandria \-Monoyynia.) 



Stove plants ; cuttings in sand,; rich soil; com- 

 mon stove treatment. 



A. Iceviga'ta (smooth). 2. SrarJet. Jamaica. 

 Evergreen under-shrub. 



pusi'lla (small). 1. Purple. August. Ja- 



maica. 1756. Biennial. 



AZA'LEA. (From azaleas, dry ; in re- 

 ference to the habitation of the plant. 

 Nat. ord., Heaihworts [Ericaceae] Linn., 

 5 Pentandria \-Monoyynia.) 



It was said that the Pontic honey which stupe- 

 fied the Greek soldiers was collected from Rhodo- 

 de'ndron Po'nticum ; but Pallas believes it to 

 have been gathered from Aza'lea Po'ntica. All 

 the greenhouse species are evergreen, except A. 

 squama' ta; and all the hardy species are deci- 

 duous. The hardy species, by layers, made in 

 summer and autumn, and doing best in sandy 

 peat, though many will thrive well in peat and 

 loam ; the Indian species and varieties are propa- 

 gated by seed, and cuttings of stiff, but not over- 

 hard, snoots, inserted in sand, under a bell-giass ; 

 sandy peat. Summer temp., 60 to 75, if re- 

 quired to bloom early ; winter, 45 to 55. A 

 lower temperature will suit, if late bloom is 

 wanted. 



HARDY. 



A. arbore'scens (tree-like). 10. Red. June. 

 N. Anier. 1818. 



tn'color (two-coloured). 4. Scarlet. June. 



N. Amer. 1734. 



cune'srunf} (hoary). 3. lied. June. N, 



.Amer. 1812. 



calendula! ae* (marigold-libel. 4. Orange. 



June. N. Amer. 1806. 



(. calendula' cea clirysole'cia (fine-golden). 4, 



Yellow. June. N. Amer. 

 cro'cea (saffron-coloured). 4. Saffron. 



June. N. Amer. 

 cu'prea (copper-coloured). 4. Copper. 



June. N. Amer. 

 fia'mmea (flame-coloured). 4. Red. June. 



N. Amer. 1812. 

 grandiflo'ra (large-flowered). 4. Orange. 



June. N. Amer. 

 igne'scens (fire-coloured). 1. Red. June. 



N. Amer. 

 sple'ndens (shining). 4. Orange. June. 



N. Amer. 

 triu'mphans (triumphant). 4. Orange. 



June. N. Amer. , 

 -glau'cn (dwar/-glaucous). 2. White. June. 



N. Amer. 1/34. 



- hi'spida (bristly). 5. White. June. N. 



Amer. 1734. 



- ledifo'lium (ledum-leaved). 2. White. Apri'. 



China. 1824. 



- ni'tida (shining-teawecf). 4. White. April. 



N. Amer. 1S12. 



- nudiflo'ra (naked-flowered). 3. Deep pink. 



June. N. Amer. 1J34. 

 a'lba (ear/y-white). 4. White. June. 



N. Amer. 

 a'lba-ple'na (double-white). 4. White. 



June. N. Amer. 

 bla'nda (soft). 4. Blush. June. N. 



Amer. 

 ca'rnea (flesh). 4. Pale red. June. 



N. Amer. 1/34. 

 Carolinia'na (Carolina). 4. Scarlet. June. 



N. Amer. 

 Cobu'rghii (Coburg's). Scarlet. June. 



N. Amer. 

 cocci'nea (scarlet). 4. Scarlet. June. 



N. Amer. 

 corymbo'sa (corymbose). 4. Scarlet. June. 



N. Amer. 

 cri'spa (curled). 4. Pink. June. N. 



Amer. 

 cumula'ta (bundled). 4. Scarlet, pink. 



June. N. Amer. 



- di'scolor (two-coloured). 4. White, 



scarlet. June. N. Amer. 

 faatigia'ta (pyramidal). 4. Pink. June. 



N. Amer. 

 flu'rida (many-flowered). 4. Pink. June. 



N. Amer. 

 globo'sa (globe-like). 4. Pink. June. 



N. Amer. 

 glomera'ta (round-headed). 4. Pink. 



June. N. Amer. 

 inca'na (hoary). 4. Pink. June. N. 



Atner. 

 incarna'ta (flesh-coloured). 4. Flesh. 



June. N. Amer. 

 mira'bilis (wonderful). 4. Scarlet. June. 



N. Amer. 

 magni'fica (magnificent). 4. Scarlet. 



June. N. Amer. 

 monttt'na (mountain). 4. Scarlet. Ju/ie. 



N. Amer. 

 pa'Uida (pale-cowered). 4. Pale red. 



Jure. N. Amer. 

 paludo'sa (marsh). 4. Pale red. June. 



N. Amer. 

 papilionu' cea (butterfly). 4. Striped. 



June. N. Amer. 

 parti'ta (^we-parte-1;. 4. White and 



red. June. N. Amer. 

 parviflo'rtt (small-flowered). 4. Jiine. 



N. Amer. 



