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sloe, peach, and almond. Hand-picking, 

 dusting with the powder of white helle- 

 bore, and burning the leaves early in 

 autumn, are the best remedies and pre- 

 vention against this marauder. 



ABRO'MA. (From <r, not, and broma, 

 food, on account of its deleterious quali- 

 ties. Nat. ord., Byttneriads [Byttneri- 

 aceae]. Linn. Sys., \&-Polyadelphia 1- 

 dccandria.} Stove evergreen shrubs. Seed 

 in March in heat ; or cuttings of half- 

 ripe wood, April ; in strong heat under a 

 bell-glass ; loam and peat. Summer 

 temp., 65 to 75 ; winter 50 to 55. 

 A. augu'sta (smooth-stalked). 10. August. 



Purple. East Indies. 1770. 

 fastuo'sa (prickly-stalked). 10. June to 



October. Purple. New South Wales. 



1800. 



ABRO'NIA. (From abros; its involucrum 

 being delicate. Nat.ord.,./V^fa^0s [Nycta- 

 ginaceae]. Linn. Sys., 5-Pentandria 1- 

 tnonogynia. Allied to MiraMUs.} Half- 

 hardy perennial trailers. Slips and seeds ; 

 sandy peat, with a little leaf mould. 

 A. melli'fera (honey-bearing). 6 inches. July. 

 Orange. California. 1826. 



pulclidlla (neat). 6 inches. July. Pink. 



California. 1848. 



ro'sea (rose-coloured) . 6 inches. California. 



1847. 



unibella'ia (umbel-flowered) . 6 inches. April 



and May. Pink. California. 1823. 



A'BRTJS precato'rius. Wild Liquorice. 

 (From the leaves being soft and delicate, 

 abros, and prayer, precatorius, because its 

 seeds are used for rosaries. Nat. ord., 

 Mitnosads [Fabacea?]. Linn. Sys., 17 '-Di- 

 ctdelpMa\-decandria.] Stove climber. Cut- 

 tings in sand, under a glass ; sand and peat. 

 12. March to May. Pale Purple. West 

 Indies. 



ABU'TILOX. (Arabic name for a plant 

 like a mallow. Nat. ord., Mallotvworts 

 [Malvaceso]. IAim.Sys.,W-Monadelphia8- 

 polyandria.^Greenhouse evergreen shrubs. 

 Cuttings in sand, under a close frame 

 or a glass, during summer. Light rich 

 loam and peat. Winter temp., 35 to 40. 

 A. posoniflo'rum (pceony-flowered) . Pink. Ja- 

 nuary. Brazil. 1845. 



rufine'rve (red-nerved) . Pale yellow. Au- 



gust. Rio Janeiro. 1845. 



strict turn (striped). 10. Orange and red! 



stripes ; continually blooming. Brazil. ! 

 1837. In Hampshire and south of j 

 England large old plants flower freely j 

 turned out under a south wall, being j 

 there all but hardy. 



ventfsum (veined). Orange and red ! 

 stripes. July. 



A. vitifo'Hum ..(vine-leaved). 6. White. July. 

 Chili. 1837. This is more hardy than 

 the other species. 



This genus was much more numerous, 

 but about forty of its species have been 

 transferred to the genus SIDA. 



ACA'CIA. (From akazo, to sharpen, on 

 account of the pricklincss of the species 

 first noticed. Nat. ord., Mimosads [Faba- 

 cese]. Linn, Sys., ZS-Pofygamial-moncecia.) 

 This genus is composed almost exclusively 

 of stove and greenhouse shrubs and trees. 

 Sandy loam and turfy peat ; cuttings of 

 the snoots taken off at a joint, and pieces 

 of the large roots, in sand and peat, under 

 a glass, in bottom heat ; but most of them 

 will ripen their seeds in a favourable sit- 

 uation. By seeds ; this is the best mode of 

 propagating them : sow in a slight hot- 

 bed in February or March; soak the 

 seeds in warm water for several hours 

 before sowing. Although the acacias are 

 all more or less beautiful, yet most of 

 them are so seldom seen under cultiva- 

 tion, that we have omitted great num- 

 bers. Those marked thus * are most de- 

 sirable. Winter temp, for stove species, 

 55 to 60; summer, 65 to 80; green- 

 house species, winter temp., 35 to 40. 



STOVE SPECIES. 



A. acantftoca'rpa (spine-podded). 10. Pale 

 red. New Spain. 1822. 



acapulctf nsis (Acapulcan). White. Aca- 



pulco. 1825. 



ara'bica (Arabian). 20. White. East In- 



dies. 1820. This tree produces gum 

 arabic. 



Bancroftia? na (Bancroft's). 20. Jamaica. 



brachyaca'ntha (short-spined). 4. South 



America. 1824. 



Burma/uua'na (Burmann's). 6. Ceylon. 



1818. 



ca'sia (grey). 20. Yellow. East Indies. 



1773. 



catechu' (catechu). 40. Pale yellow. 



East Indies. 1790. This tree produces 

 that most powerful astringent, catechu. 

 The bark of all the other species also 

 abounds in astringent principle, useful 

 for tanning. 



centroplty'lla (spur-leaved). 20. Wuite. 



Jamaica. 1818. 



ceratcfnia (ceratonian). 3. White. South 



America. 1800. 



chryso' stachys (golden-spiked). 15. Mauri- 



tius. 1824. 



conci'nna (neat). 20. White. East Indies. 



1823. 



Cvncordia'na (Concord's). 12. East Indies. 



1818. 



copalli'na (copal). 20. 1825. 



* corni'gcra (horn -bearing). 15. Pale 



yellow. South America. 1692. 



