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[Apocynaceae]. Linn., 6-Pentandr'a 1 

 Monofjynia. Allied to Apocynum.) 



Stove evergreen twiner. Cuttings of small side- 

 shoots in April, in sand, and in heat. Summei 

 temp,, 60 15 to 80 ; winter, 50 ; peat and loam. 

 I.frut&scens (shrubby). JO. Purple. July 

 E. Ind. 1759. 



I'CICA. (The native name in Guiana 

 Nat. ord.,Amyrids [Amyridaceae]. Linn., 

 IQ-Decandria 1-Mottoyynia. Allied to 

 Bursera. ) 



Stove evergreen balsam, producing trees with 

 white flowers, and all but one natives of Guiana 

 Cuttings of ripened young shoots in stroni; heat, 

 in sand, and under a bell-glass; peat and loam. 

 Summer temp., ou to 80; winter, 50 to 55. 

 /. alti'ssima (highest). 100. 1822. 



deca'ndru (ten-stamened). 40. 1825. 



enneu'ndra (ntne-stamened). 20. 1822. 



Guiune'nsis (Guiana). 50. 1823. 



heterophy'llu (various-leaved;. 50. 1826. 



TacanzA'/'cu('facamahac). 30. Trinidad. 1810. 



I'LEX. The Holly. (From the re 

 semblance of the leaves to the Ilex of 

 Virgil, Que'rcus i'hx. Nat. ord., Holbj- 

 worts [Aquifoliacese], linn., k-Tetrun- 

 dria 3 Tetrat/y nia.) 



All white-flowered but one. By seed, which 

 should be kept in the rot-heap for a twelvemonth 

 after gathering, Irequently turned in the mean 

 time, to rot the pulp, and then sown in beds. 

 The varieties by grafting and budding the first 

 in March, and the second in July ; by cuttings of 

 the ripened summer shoots in autumn, on a north 

 border, and covered with hand -glasses; soil, sandy 

 loam, in any place free from stagnant water. See 

 HOLLY. 



GREENHOUSE EVERGREENS. 

 I. angustifu'lia (narrow-leaved). 6. May. Caro- 

 lina. 1806. 



Chine'nsis (Chinese). 10. July. China. 1814. 



Magetla'nicu (Magellan). Magellan. 183s. 



Halt-hardy. 



Pera'do (Perado). 10. Pink. May. Madeira, 



1/60. 

 ~ serra'ta, (saw-edged-teaued). Japan. 1840. 



STOVE EVERGREENS. 



I. myrtifo'lia (myrtle-leaved). 6. July. W. 

 Ind. I8o6. 



Paraguaye'nsis (Paraguay lea}. 15. Para- 

 guay. 1823. 



salicifo'lia (willow-leaved). 5. May. Mau- 



ritius. 1818. 



HARDY EVERGREENS. 

 /. aquifo'lium (prickly-leaved. Common). 20. 



May. Britain. 

 o'Mo mnrgina'tum (white -edged). 12. 



May. Britain. 

 ''* pi'ctum (white-painted. Milkmaid). 



20. April. Britain. 

 Altadare'nse (High-Clere). 20. April. 



Britain. 

 ~~ angustifo'lium (narrow-leaved). 20. May. 



Britain. 

 au'reo margina'tum (gold - edged) l 



May. Britain. 

 au'reo pi'ctum (gcU* 



May. Britain. 



I. aquifo'lium eilia'tum (hair-fringed-fea&erf). 



20. May. Britain. 

 eilia'tum mi'nus (small - hair - fringed- 



leaved). 20. May. Britain. 

 crassifa'lium (thick-leaved). 20. May. 



Britain. 

 cii'spum (curled - leaved). 20. May. 



Britain. 

 fe'rox (fierce. Hedgehog). 12. May. 



Britain. 

 fe'rox arge'ntcum (silvery - fierce). 20. 



May. Britain. 

 fe'rox au'reum (golden -fierce). May. 



Britain. 



fla'num (yellow). 15. May. Britain. 



fru'ctu a'lbo (white-berried). 20. May. 



Britain. 

 fru'ctu lu'teo (yellow-berried). 20. May. 



Britain. 

 fru'ctu ni'gro (black-berried). 20. May. 



Britain. 

 heterophy'llum (various-leaved). 20. May. 



Britain. 

 latifo'lium (broad -leaved). 20. May. 



Britain. 

 luurifo'lium (laurel-leaved). 20. May. 



Britain. 

 marg im'tum (thick - margined - leaved) , 



20. May. Britain. 

 me'dio pi'ctum (middle-painted). 10. May. 



Britain. 



plutyphy'llum (broad- leaved). May. Eu- 

 rope. 1844. 

 recu'rvum (bent-back-/ewed). 20. May. 



Britain. 

 sene'scens (aged-s/nneZess). 20. May. 



Britain. 

 serratifo'lium (saw-edged-leaved). 20. 



May. Britain. 



Balea'rica (Balearic). 10. May. Minorca. 1815. 



Cancrie'nsis (Canary Island). 16. May. Ca- 



naries. 1820. 



cassi'ne (cassine). 12. August. 'Carolina. 1700. 



Dahoo'n (Uahoon). 6. May. Carolina. 1726. 



dipyre'na (two-seeded). 12. May. North 



India. 1840. 



latifo'lia (broad-leaved). 20. Japan. 3840. 



laxtflo'ra (loose-flowered). 20. May. Carolina. 



1811. 



opa'ca (opaque). 30. May. Carolina. 1/44. 



recu'rva (bent-back). 6. May. 



vomit o'ria (emetic). 10. July. Florida. 1/00. 



ILLE'CEBRUM. Knot Grass. (From 

 'llecebra, a charmer ; referring to the 

 pretty little annuals giving a charm to 

 >vaste places. Nat. ord., Knotworts [II- 

 iecebracese]. Linn., 5-Pentandria \-Mo- 

 oyynla.) 



All white-flowered, and all propagated by seed ; 



common soil, though vert icillu' turn likes a little 



moist peat. The greenhouse and stove perennials 



merely require the extra heat, and may also be 



ropagated by division in the spring. 



. diffu'sum (spreading). 1. June. Trinidad. 



1817. Greenhouse herbaceous perennial. 



glomera'tum (clustered). . June. Brazil. 



1820. Stove herbaceous perennial. 



gomphrenoi'des (gomphrena-liKe;. . June. 



Peru. 1810. Stove annual. 



verticilla'tum (whorled). . July. England. 



Hardy trailing annual, 



IMJ'CIUM. Aniseed-tree. (From illicio, 



