AEE, 



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plant grows. Nat. ord., Orchids [Orchi- 

 daceee]. Linn. 20-Gynandria, l-monan- 

 dria). Stove orchid. Division of root; 

 on wood or in a basket. 



JE. grandiflo'ra (large-flowered). 1. Yellow 

 green. June. Madagascar. 1823. 



AERA'TION. Exposing soil to the air. 



AE' RIDES. (From aer, the air, in re- 

 ference to the power these have of living 

 on the air. Nat. ord., Orchids [Orchi- 

 dacese]. Linn. 10-Gynandria 1-monan- 

 dria. Stove orchids. These all require 

 a summer temp, of 60 to 85. Winter, 

 50 to 65. Grow best in baskets filled 

 with sphagnum or white bog moss. 



A. affine (related). 1. Sylhet. 1837. 



BrooMi (Sir A. Brooke's). Purple and white, 



fragrant. Bombay. 



cri' spurn (crisp). 1. White and rose. May. 



East Indies. 1840. 



cyli'ndricum (cylindric). East Indies. 



maculo'sum (spotted). H. Purple spotted. 



May. Bombay. 1840. 



odonto' chilum (tooth-lipped). 2. Sylhet. 



1837. 



odora' turn (fragrant}. 1J. White. August. 



East Indies. 1800. 



quinque vu'lnera (5-woimded). |. Pink. 



June. Philippines. 1838. 



rtfseum (rose-coloured). Dwarf; rosy. East 



Indies. 



tcssela'tum (chequered). White, green, and 



purple. June. East Indies. 1838. 



vi'ren* (vigorous). Purple white. April. 



Java. 1843. 



WigUia'num (Wight's). East Indies. 1800. 



.ZE'RUA. (From eroua, its Arabic name. 

 Nat. ord., Amaranths [Amarantacese]. 

 Linn. 5-Pentandria \-monoy ynia). Stove 

 herbaceous plants ; flowering in June. 

 Propagated by dividing roots. 



sE.java'nicd'. (Javanese). 2. White. East 

 Indies. 1768. 



lana' ta (woolly). 1. White. East Indies. 



1691. 



JESCHYNA'NTHUS. (From aischuno, to 

 be ashamed, and anthos, a flower. Nat. 

 ord., Gesnerworts [Generaceae]. Linn. 

 I4c-Didynamia 1-A.ngiospermia). 



/E. albi'dus (whitish). 1. Java. 1849. 



atrosanffui'neus (dark-bloody). Dark red. 



July. 



Aucla'ndi (Lord Auckland's). Scarlet. Bor- 



neo. 1847. 



Boschia'nus (Bosch's). Scarlet. July. 



Java. 1843. 



grandiflo' rus (large-flowered). 5. Scarlet. 



August. East Indies. 1837. 



Horsfi'eldii (Horsfield's) . 2. Pale scarlet. 



August. Java. 1844. 



Lobbia'nvs (Lobb's). 1. Scarlet. June. Java. 



1845. 



JE. longifto'rus (long-flowered). 2. .Scarlet. 

 June. 1845. 



macula' lus (spotted). 3. Scarlet. August. 



India. 1839. 



minia'tus (vermilion). 1^. Scarlet. June. 



Java. 1845. 



Paxto'nii (Paxton's). Scarlet. April. 



Khosea. 1839. 



pu'lcher (fair). Scarlet. 1. July. Java. 



1845. 



purpura' scans (purplish). 1. Purple yellow. 



March. Java. 1845. 



radi' cans (stem-fibred). Red. August. Su- 



matra. 1845. 



ramosi' ssimus (most-branched) . 3. Scarlet. 



June. Khosea. 1837. 



specie' sits (showy). 2. May. Orange. Java. 



1845. 



Boxbifrghii (Roxburgh's). Scarlet. July. 



East Indies. 1837. 



zebri'nus (striped). 1. Scarlet. June. 



Java. 1847. 



JESCHTNO'MENE. (From aischuno, to 

 be ashamed, in reference to the supposed 

 sensitiveness in the leaves. Nat. ord., 

 Legumwom plants. Allied to Hedysarum 

 [Fabaceae]. Linn. Diadtlphia 4-tetran- 

 dria). Stove plants. The annuals by 

 seed in a high temperature, and the 

 shrubs by cuttings in sand, under a bell- 

 glass, in good heat ; rich, sandy loam. 

 Winter temp. 60 to 75; summer, 70 to 

 80. 



ANNUALS. 



/E. america'na (American). 2. Yellow. July. 

 Jamaica. 1732. 



a' spera ; (rough-stemmed) . 2. Yellow. June. 



East Indies. 1759. 



hi'spida (rough-haired). 2. Yellow. North 



America. 1803. 



i'ndica (Indian). 2. Yellow. June. East 



Indies. 1799. 



pifmila (dwarf). 3. Yellow. July. East 



Indies. 1818. 



siibvisco'sa (subviscid). 1. Yellow. July. 



East Indies. 1816. 



visci'dula (visciclish). 1. Yellow. July. 



Florida. 1816. 



SHRUBS. 



JE. crefpitans (rattling-podded). 4. Yellow. 

 July. Caraccas. 1820. 



pa'tula (spreading). 4. Yellow. July. 



Mauritius. 1820. 



pe'ndula (drooping). 3. Yellow. July. 



Mauritius. 1826. 



sensiti'va (sensitive). 3. White. West 



Indies. 1733. 



^E'SCULUS. Horse Chesnut. (From 

 esca, nourishment; referring to the ground 

 flour from the kernels of some species, 

 Nat. ord., Soap worts [Sapindaceoe]. Linn. 

 7-Heptandria \-monogynia). Although 

 the horse chesnut and other soapworts 

 produce wholesome or nourishing fruit, 

 some families in this order are highly 



