ALO 



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ALP 



A. xanfhaca'ntha. Yellow-spined. Orange. 



June. 1817. 



ALO' MI A. (From #, not, and loma, a 

 fringe. Nat. ord., Composites. Allied 

 to Eupatoria [Asteraceae]. Linn. Sys., 

 19-Syngenesia \-cequalis). Half-hardy 

 evergreen. Sandy loam; cuttings; temp, 

 not below 35 in winter. 

 A. ageratoi'des (ageratum-like) . White. July. 

 Spain. 1824. 



ALO'NA. (Letters of the primitive 

 name, Nolana. transposed from Nola, a 

 little hell, in reference to the form of the 

 flowers. Nat. ord., Nolanads [Nolan- 

 acese]. Linn. Sys., o-Pcntrandia 1- 

 imnogynici}. A small order of pretty 

 Chilian half-shrubby. Greenhouse ever- 

 greens, with large flowers ; cuttings root 

 freely in sandy loam-; peat and loam. 

 A. bacca'ta (berry-bearing). Yellow. Co- 

 quimbo. 



ccetestis (sky-blue). 2. Blue. Chili. 1843. 



carno'sa (fleshy). Blue. Coquimbo. 



glandulo'sa (glandulous) . Blue. Valparaiso. 



Inngifo'lia (long-leaved). Blue. Coquimbo. 



obtu'sa (blunt-leaved). Blue. July. Co- 



quimbo. 



revolu'ta (revolute-leaved) . Blue. Peru. 



rostra' ta (beaked). Blue. July. Coquimbo. 



tomento'sa (white-downed). White. Val- 



paraiso. 



ALONSO'A. (In honour of Z. Alonzo, a 

 Spaniard. Nat. ord., Figwo-rts. Allied 

 to Hemimeris [Scrophulariacese], Linn., 

 Sys., \4:-Didynamia 2-angiospermia). 

 Greenhouse evergreen, except A. caulia- 

 lata, which is a half-hardy herbaceous. 

 Rich mould ; cuttings, or seeds, the first 

 in sandy loam in August or March; 

 the seeds in March in gentle heat. 

 A. acutifo'lia (acute-leaved). 3. Scarlet. June. 

 Peru. 1790. 



cauliala'ta (wing-stemmed). 3. Scarlet. June. 



Chili. 1823. 



incisifo'lia (cut-leaved). 2. Scarlet. June. 



Chili. 1795. 



intermedia (intermediate). 2. Scarlet. June. 



Hybrid. 



linea'ris (linear-leaved). 2. Scarlet. June. 



Peru. 1790. 



ALOY'SIA. Sweet-scented Verbena. (In 

 honour of Maria Louisa, Queen of Spain. 

 Nat. ord., Verbenes [Verbenacese]. Linn, 

 Sys., \^-Didynamia 2-angiospermia). 

 Greenhouse deciduous shrub. Rich 

 mould ; cuttings in sandy soil of the old 

 stem, or young shoots, ; if the latter 

 shade ; August and March best times. 

 A. citriodo'ra (lemon-scented), 3. Pale purple. 

 August. Chili. 1784. 



ALPI'NES, strictly speaking, are plants 

 from alpine, that is, mountainous dis- 

 tricts, usually requiring the protection of 

 a frame in winter, because we cannot 

 secure to them their natural covering of 

 snow during that season. Gardeners, 

 however, include in their lists of Alpines, 

 a great diversity of small plants, difficult 

 of cultivation. They are best grown in 

 pots, and require light sandy loam and 

 peat, with abundant drainage. 



ALPI'NIA. (In honour of Alpini, an 

 Italian botanist. Nat. ord., Gingcrworts 

 [Zingiberacese]. Linn. Sys., \-Monan- 

 dria \-monogynia). Stove herbaceous 

 perennials, except A. penicittata, which 

 is a greenhouse plant. Rich sandy soil 

 and peat. They like much moisture and 

 pot room in the growing season; root 

 division in moist air. 



A. allu'ghas (allugahs). 2. Red. February. 

 East Indies. 1796. 



antitta'rum (antilles). 4. Flesh. May. West 



Indies. 1826. 



auricula' ta (eared). 5. Reddish yellow. East 



Indies. 1814. 



Iractea'ta (bracteate). 3. White. May. East 



Indies. 1824. 



calcara'ta (spur-flowered). 3. White. Sep- 



tember. East Indies. 1800. 



Cardamo'mum (Cardamom). 8. White. Au- 



gust. East Indies. 1815. 



ce'rnua (drooping). 6. Pink. April. East 



Indies. 1804. 



como'sa (tufted-spiked). 1. White, May. 



Caraccas. 1752. 



diffi'ssa (two-cleft). 6. Purple-blue yellow. 



April. East Indies. 1818. 



exalta'ta (lofty). 20. Red yellow. Surinam. 



1820. 



Gala'nga (Galanga). 6. White yellow. Oc- 



tober. East Indies. 



lingucefo' rmis (tongue-formed). 6. Red. 



July. East Indies. 1820. 



magni'fica (magnificent). 10. Red. July. 



Mauritius. 1830. 



malacce'nsis (malayan) . 5. White. April. 



East Indies. 1799. 



me? dia (mediate). 6. Red. Julv. East 



Indies. 1815. 



mu'tica (spurless). 5. White. August. East 



Indies. 1811. 



nu'tans (nodding). 13. Pink. May. East 



Indies. 1792. 



occidenta' lis (western). 6. White. July. 



Jamaica. 1793. 



penicilla'ta (pencilled). 3. Pink. May. 



China. 



puni'cea (scarlet). 6. Scarlet. June. East 



Indies. 1820. 



racemo'sa (branchy). 5. White. August. 



West Indies. 1752. 



Roscoea'na (Roscoe's). 3. Red. May. East 



Indies. 1823. 



spica' ta (spiked). 2. Sumatra. 1822. 



stria' ta (striated). 4. East Indies.. 1818. 



