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A. Anderso'nii (Anderson's). 1. Purple. July. 

 Siberia. 1818. 



angulo'siim (angulose). 1. Light purple. 



June. Germany. 1739. 



ascalo' nicum (askalon, or shallot) . 1. Pur- 



ple. June. Palestine. 1546. 

 majus (greater askalon, or scallion). 



1. Purple. July. South of Europe. 



a'sperum (rough). 1. Purple. August. 



South of Europe. 1800. 



azu'reum (blue-coloured). 1. Blue. Octo- 



xber. 1830. 



brachi/stc' mon (short-stemmed). 1. White. 



June. Europe. 1819. 



cceru'lcum (sky-blue). Blue. June. Rus- 



sia. 1840. 



ce'pa (onion) . 3. White. June. 



aggrega'tum (aggregated onion) . 1. 



White. June. 

 pauciflo'rum (few-flowered onion). 



2. White. June. 



cepcefo'rme (onion-form). 2. White. Au- 



gust. 1824. 



cine'reum (grey). 1. Straw. July. Siberia. 



1829. 



confe? rtum (crowded). 4. Purple. August. 



Europe. 



conge 1 stum (crowded-flowered). 1. Purple. 



May. Siberia. 1818. 



controversy m (contrary-stemmed). 1. Pur- 



ple. 1816. 



descdndens (down-flowering). 1. July. 



Purple. Switzerland. 1796. 



Fi'sheri (Fischer's). 1. Lilac. July. Si- 



beria. 1829. 



fistula' sum (pipe-leaved. Welsh onion). 2. 

 Green yellow. April. Siberia. 1629. 



ylau'cum (glaucous). Pink. June. Siberia. 



1800. 



Illy'ricum (Illyrian). 1. Purple. July. 



Austria. 1820. 



intermedium (intermediate). 2. White. 



August. South of Europe. 1827. 



litto'reum (sea-side) . 2. Purple. Italy. 



1818. 



longifo'lium (long-leaved). 1. Dark pur- 



ple. July. Mexico. 1826. 



medium (middle). 1. White. June. Hun- 



gary. 1820. 



mo'ly (moly). 1. Yellow. June. South 



of Europe. 1604. 



ophiosco'rodon (garden rocambole). 4. Pale 



red. August. Greece. 



oxype'talum (sharp-petaled) . 2. White. 



August. South of Europe. 1818. 



po'rrum (leek). 2. White. Switzerland. 



proli'ferum (proliferous). 3. White. 1820. 



pu'lchrum (beautiful). Yellow. June. South 



of Europe. 



Pu'rshii (Pursh's). 2. Pink. August. 



North America. 1818. 



ramo'sum (branchy). 2. Pale yellow. 



June. Siberia. 1819. 



sati'vum (garlic). 2. White. June. Sicily. 



1548. 



Schasno' prasum (chives). L Flesh. May. 



Britain. 



Scorodo' prasum (rocambole). 3. Light 



purple. July. Denmark. 1596. 



scorzonercefo'lium (scorzonera-leaved). 1. 



Yellow. June. South of Europe. 1820. 



A. spu'rium (spurious). 1. Purple. June 

 Siberia. 1820. 



Victoria' lis (Victor's). 2. Green yellow. 



May. Austria. 1739. 



angustifo' Hum (Victor's narrow- 

 leaved). 1. Green yellow. April. 

 Scotland. 



viola' ceum (violet). 1. Violet. June. 



Europe. 1823. 



Waldstei'nii ( Waldenstein's) . 2. June. 



Hungary. 1826. 



ALLOPLE'CTUS. (From alias, diverse, 

 and plekein, to plait ; in reference to the 

 leaves. Nat. ord., Gesnerworts [G-esner- 

 aceoe]. Linn. Sys., \-Didynamia 2,-an- 

 giospermia). Stove evergreens. Light 

 rich soil ; cuttings. 



A. di'chrous (two-coloured). 2. Purple yellow. 

 Brazil. 1845. 



re" pens (creeping) . Yellow brown. Febru- 



ary. St. Martha. 1845. This is a 

 climbing plant. 



ALLOSO'RUS. (From allos, diverse, and 

 soros, a heap ; in reference to the variety 

 of the patches of fructification sori 011 

 the hack of the leaf. Nat. ord., Ferns 

 [Potypodiacea]. Linn. Sys., l^-Crypto- 

 gamia \-Jilices}. ABritish species of fern. 

 A. crispus (curled). . Brown. July. Britain. 



ALLOTMENT. A space of land divided 

 amongst so many labourers or artisans, 

 and generally at the same price as that 

 which the farmer pays. It may just 

 be such a piece of ground as a man and 

 his family may successfully cultivate in 

 their over-hours, after attending to their 

 usual employment during the day. The 

 term allotment thus becomes synonymous 

 with garden ; and if near to the occupier's 

 home, such a piece of ground is of great 

 importance to him, socially and morally. 

 Or, secondly, an allotment may be such 

 a space of ground as will secure the la- 

 bourer in employment when otherwise 

 he might be without it. In that sense 

 it becomes a mere temporary palliative 

 for a social evil, and ultimately entails 

 upon its occupier all the disadvantages 

 of a small farmer without many of his 

 benefits. 



ALLSEED. Poly car pcm. 



ALLSPICE. Calycanthus. 



ALLSPICE-TREE. Pimenta. 



ALLUVIAL SOIL is so called from the 

 Lathi word alluere, to wash down ; be- 

 cause the soil so named is that rich de- 

 posit of finely-divided earths and decom- 



