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A. biglandulo'sa (two-glanded) . 1. Purple 

 May. New Holland. 1826. 



dioi'ca (Dioecious). 1. Purple. May 



New South Wales. 1826. 



Tndica (Indian). 1. Dark purple. June 



Tranquebar. 1818. 



ANGULO'A. (In honour of Angulo, a 

 Spanish naturalist. Nat. ord., Orchids 

 [Orchidaceae]. Linn., 2Q-Gri/nandria 1- 

 monogynia). Stove orchids, requiring the 

 same culture as A.ngr<Kcum. 

 A. Clowefsii (Clowes'). 1|. May. Yellow 



and white. Columbia. 1842. 

 . flo'ribus fla'vls (Clowes' straw- 

 coloured). 1^. May. Pale yellow. 1845. 



grandifltfra (large - flowered) . 1. July. 



South America. 1823. 



Ru'ckeri (Rucker's). 1J. May. Yellow 



and crimson. 1845. 



supe'rba (superb). Crimson and purple. 



Mexico. 



uniflo'ra (one - flowered) . May. Cream- 



coloured. Peru. 1843. There is a 

 variety of this with pink flowers. 



ANGU'RIA. (One of the Greek names 

 for the cucumber. Nat. ord., Cucurbits 

 [Cucurbitaceae]. Linn., 2\-Moncecia 2- 

 Diandria). Tropical evergreen climbers ; 

 seed and cuttings ; peat and loam. Sum- 

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

 60. 

 A. Mackaya'na (Mackay's). 1847. 



peda'ta (pedate). 20. Yellow. July. South 



America. 1820. 



triloba'ta (three-lobed). 20. Pink. July. 



Carthage. 1793. 



trifolia'ta (trifoliate). 10. Yellow. July. 



St. Domingo. 1793. 



unibro'sa (shady). 10. Yellow. July. 



South America. 1827. 

 A'NIA. (After a Roman beautiful 

 widow. Nat. ord., Orchids [Orchidaceae]. 

 Linn., 1-Gynandria \-monogynia). 

 A, bicornis (two-horned). J. March. Yellow- 

 green. Ceylon. 1841. Cultivated 

 like A.NGULOA. 



ANIGOZA'NTHOS. (From anoigo, to ex- 

 pand, and anthos, a flower, in reference 

 to the branching expansion of the flower- 

 stalks. Nat. ord., Blood-worts [Hoamo- 

 doraceoa]. Linn., 6-Hexandria \-mono- 

 ffynia). Greenhouse herbaceous plants ; 

 division of the roots in spring ; loam one 

 part to three of peat. Summer temp., 

 45 to 60 ; winter, 40 to 45. 

 A, cocci' nea (scarlet). 5. Crimson. July. 



Swan River. 1837. 



fla'mdus (yellowish - green flowered). 3. 

 Yellow. July. New Holland. 1808. 



bi' color (two-coloured flowered). 



3. Scarlet green. May. Swan River. 

 1837. 



A. fuligino' .ins (sooty). 3. Yellow. June. 

 Australia. 



hit mills (dwarf). Brown. Swan River. 



Mangle' sii (Mr. Mangle's). 3. Green. 



May. Swan River. 1833. 



angmtifo'lia (narrow-leaved). 3. 



Green red. July. New Holland. 183G. 



pulchefrrimits (beautiful). 2$. Yellow- 

 white. Swan River. 1840. 



ru'fa (rusty). 2. Yellow red. June. New 



Holland. 1824. 



ANIMAL MATTERS, without any excep- 

 tion, are beneficial as manures, for they all 

 yield, during piitrcfaction, gases and so- 

 luble substances that are imbibed greedily 

 by the roots of plants. That this is the 

 case affords no cause for wonder, because 

 animal matters and vegetable matters 

 are alike compounded of carbon, hydro- 

 gen, oxygen, and nitrogen, with a small 

 addition of saline matters. The general 

 consideration of MANURES will be found 

 under that title, and other relative infor- 

 mation under the heads DUNG and VE- 

 GETABLE MATTERS ; and in this place we 

 shall confine our attention to some of the 

 most available of strictly animal matters. 

 See also the article BONES. 



Blubber, or fat of the whale, contains 

 train oil, composed of 



Carbon 



Hydrogen 



Oxygen 



68.87 

 16.10 

 15.03 



with a little animal skin and muscle. 

 40 gallons of train oil, mixed with 120 

 bushels of screened soil, grew 23 tons 

 of turnips per acre, on a soil where 40 

 bushels of bones broken small, and 80 

 bushels of burnt earth, produced only 21 

 tons. 



Fish generally, such as sprats, herrings, 

 pilchards, five-fingers, and shell -fish, 

 owe their powerful fertilizing qualities 

 not only to the oil they contain, but also 

 to the phosphate of lime in their bones. 

 From 25 to 45 bushels per acre are the 

 extreme quantities to be applied broad- 

 cast, but if in the drills, with the crop 

 16 bushels are ample. They are benefi- 

 cial to all the gardener's crops, but espe- 

 cially to asparagus, parsnips, carrots, 

 sects, onions, and beans. Shell -fish 

 should be smashed before being applied. 

 Blood is a very rich manure, and has 

 >een applied with especial benefit to 

 vines, and other fruit trees. The blood 

 f the ox contains about eighty per cent. 



