ALB 



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ALE 



peat ; cuttings under glass, with bottom 

 heat. 



A. decapeftahim (tcn-petaled). 10. Pale pur- 

 ple. East Indies. 1779. 



hexapc'tnlum (six-petaled). 15. Purple. 



East Indies. 1823. 



ALBTJ'CA. (From albicans, or albus, 

 white, referring to the prevalence of 

 white flowers in the genus. Nat. ord., 

 Lily worts [Liliacese]. Linn. Q-Hexandria- 

 \-nnonogynia). Greenhouse bulbs; all from 

 the Cape of Good Hope, except the first- 

 named. Sandy loam and peat ; suckers 

 from the old hulb, or leaves taken off 

 with a scale. "Well adapted for planting 

 out in a border of light loam in front of 

 a greenhouse ; to be covered from frost 

 like IXIAS. 



A. abyssi'nica (Abyssinian). 2. White. Au- 

 gust. 1818. 



altl'ssima (tallest). 4. White. May. 1789. 



au'rea (golden). 2. Greenish yellow. June. 



1818. 



cauda'ta (tailed). 2. Yellow. June. 1791. 



coarcta' ta (compressed). 2. White. June. 



1774. 



exuvia'ta (adder's skin). 1. White. June. 



1795. 



faxtifjia' ta (peaked). 2. White. June. 1774. 



filifo'lia (thread-leaved). 1. Yellow. June. 



fla'ceida (weak). 2. Yellow green. June. 

 1791. 



fra' grans (fragrant). 1. Yellow green. July. 



1791. 



fu'ffax(fteeting). 1. Green yellow. July. 



ma'jor (greater). 3. Green yellow. May. 



1759. 



mi' nor (smaller). 1. Yellow. May. 1768. 



physo'des (flatulent). 1. White. June. 



1804. 



seto'sa (bristly). 1. Green. June. 1795. 



spira'fe (spiral-leaved). 1. White. June. 



1795. 



mridiflo'ra (green-flowered). 1. Green. 



June. 1794. 



visco'sa (clammy-leaved). 1. White green. 



June. 1779. 



vitta'ta (banded). 1. Yellow green. June. 



1802. 



ALBU'RNUM. The layers of young 

 wood next beneath the bark. In which 

 layers the vessels are situated for con- 

 veying the sap from the roots to the 

 leaves. 



ALCHEMI'LLA. Lady's Mantle. (From 

 alkemelyeh, its Arabic name. Nat. ord., 

 Sanguisorbs [Sanguisorbaceae], Linn. 

 4 - Tetrandria 1 -monogynia) . Herbaceous 

 perennials. Common dry soil ; seeds or 

 divisions. 



GREENHOUSE. 



1. Green. June. Cape 

 of Good'Hope. 1818. 



sibbaldicefo' Ha (sibbaldia-leaved). 1. White. 



June. Mexico. 1823. 



HARDY. 



A. alpi'na (alpine). 1. Green. June. Britain. 

 fi'ssa (cleft-leaved). 1. Green. July t 

 Switzerland. 1826. 



pentaphy'lla (five-leaved). 1. White. July. 



Switzerland. 1784. 



pubefscens (downy). 1. Green. July. 



Caucasus. 1813. 



seri'cea (silky). 1. Green. July. Caucasus. 



1813. 



ALCO'VE. A seat in a recess, formed 

 of stone, brick, or other dead material. 



A'LDER. See ALNUS. 



ALE'TRIS. (From aletrm, meal, refer- 

 ring to the powdery appearance of the 

 whole plant. Nat. ord., Blood worU 

 [Hasmodoracese]. Linn. Q-Hexandria 1- 

 monogynia). A. farinosa is the most 

 intense of bitters known. Hardy herba- 

 ceous perennials. Shady situation. Peat 

 or loam and leaf soil ; offsets. 

 A. au'rea (golden-tipped). 1. Yellow. July. 

 North America. 1811. 



farino'sa (mealy). 1. White. June. North 



America. 1768. 



ALEURI'TES. (The name is the Greek 

 word for mealy, in reference to the mealy 

 appearance of the plants. Nat. ord., 

 Spurgeivorts [Euphorbiacese] ; allied to 

 Croton). Stove evergreen trees. Loam. 

 Ripe cuttings root readily in sand, under 

 a glass, in heat. 

 A. corda'ta (heart-leaved). Japan. 1818. 



tri'loba (three-lobed). 10. Apetal. Oeto, 



ber. Society Islands. 1793. 



ALEXANDERS, or ALISANDER, (Smy'r- 

 niwn olusatrum), received its common 

 name from the Greek, which means " a 

 helper of man," because formerly believed 

 to possess powerful medicinal properties. 

 It was also much cultivated for its stems, 

 when blanched, to be eaten as celery, 

 which it slightly resembles in flavour. 

 Sow any time from the end of March to 

 the commencement of May, in drills two 

 feet apart. Thin the plants when four 

 inches high to a foot apart, and the seed- 

 lings removed may be planted in rows at 

 similar distances. Earth them up, to 

 blanch like celery, when about a foot 

 high. The plants will last two years, 

 but the stems are finer and crisper if 

 raised from seed annually. Grow it on 



