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the useful cow-tree of Caraccas, and 

 the virulent poison of the upas-tree oi 

 Java, side by side. Stove evergreen trees. 

 Cuttings of ripened wood in sand, under 

 a hand light, and in a brisk sweet bottom 

 heat. Loamy soil. Summer temp., 60 to 

 70; winter, 60 to 65. The flowers of 

 all the species are whitish green. 

 A. inci'sa (cut-leaved). 50. South Sea Islands. 



1793. 

 nuci'fera (nut-bearing). 50. East 



Indies. 1793. 



integrifo'lia (entire-leaved Jack tree}. 60. 



June. East Indies. 1778. 



heterophy 1 lla (variable-leaved). 



60. East Indies. 1778. 



A'EUM. (From aron, supposed to be 

 an ancient Egyptian word. Nat. ord., 

 Arads [Araceaej. Linn., 2l-Moncecia 9- 

 Polyandria). All are propagated by di- 

 vision of the roots ; best done when the 

 plants cease growing in autumn, or 

 when they commence growing in spring. 

 Sandy loam will suit the most of them ; 

 the stove species should have a portion 

 of peat. Winter temp, for them from 

 50 to 60. All are herbaceous perennials, 

 except where otherwise particularized. 



HARDY. 



A. atro-ru'bens (dark - purple streaked). 1. 

 Brown. July. North America. 1758. 



bulbi'fcrum (bulb -bearing). 3. Purple. 



April. Bengal. 1813. 



draco' ntium (green dragon). 1. Green. 



June. North America. 1759. 



dracu'nculus (common dragon). 3. Brown- 



ish purple. July. South Europe. 1548. 



Ita'licum (Italian). 2. Light yellow. June. 



Italy. 1683. 



orienta'le (Oriental). 1. June. Tauria. 



1820. 



palma'tum (hand-shaped). 2. 1825. 



pi'ctum (painted). 2. Corsica. 1800. 



probosci'deum (proboscis -like). 1. July. 



Apenn. 1818. 



tenuifo'lium (fine-leaved). 1. White., June. 



South Europe. 1570. 



triphy'llum (three - leaved). 1. Brown. 



June. North America. 1664. 



zebri'num (zebra). 1. Brown. June. 



North America. 1664. 



GREENHOUSE. 



A. crini'tum (hairy - sheathed). 1. Brown. 

 April. Minorca. 1777. 



ri'ngens (gaping). 1. June. Japan. 1800. 



terna'tum (ternate - leaved). 1. Purple. 



July. Japan. 1774. 



STOVE. 



A. campanula' turn (bell-shaped). 2. Purple. 

 May. East Indies. 1817. 



Coloca'sia (Colocasia). 2. Green. Levant. 



1551. Tuberous-rooted. This is now 

 a genus by itself. 



A. divarica'tum 



ica'tum (straggling). 2. Green. July. 

 East Indies. 1759. Tuberous-rooted. 



hedera'ceum (ivy-leaved). 1. Purple. June. 



West Indies. 1793. Epiphyte. 



I'ndicum (Indian). ,5. Brown. China 



1824. Evergreen. 



integrifo' Hum (entire-leaved). 3. Green. 



June. 1825. Evergreen. 



lingula'tum (tongue-leaved). 6. West In- 



dies. 1793. Epiphyte. 



maraina' turn (margined). 2. East Indies. 



obtusi'lobum (blunt-lobed) . 2. 1824. 



orixe'nse (Orissan). 1. Purple. June. 



South America. 1820. Tuberous- 

 rooted. 



peda'tum (pedate). 1. South America. 1820. 



pentaphy 1 llum (live-leaved). 1. East In- 



dies. ' 1818. 



ramo'sum (branch}'). 3. June. 1810. 



Evergreen. 



sagittifo' Hum (arrow-leaved). 2. 1824. 



sarmento 1 sum (runner-bearing). Brazil. 



1835. 



spira'le (spiral). 1. Brown. May. China. 



1816. 



triloba'tum (three-lobed) . 1. Purple. June. 



Ceylon. 1714. Tuberous-rooted. 



auricula' turn (eared). 1. Purple. June. 



Ceylon. 1714. Tuberous-rooted. 



veno'sum (veiny purple-flowered) . 2. Purple. 



June. 1794. 



ABU'NDO, Reed. (A word of doubt- 

 ful derivation ; perhaps from the Latin 

 word arundo, a reed. Nat. ord., Grasses, 

 [Graminacece]. Linn., 3-Tricmdria, 2- 

 Digynia}. The "gardener's garter" 

 of the Scotch gardens is the A. Do- 

 nax versicolor. In England it is called 

 ribbon grass, painted grass, Indian grass, 

 and ladies' laces. Seeds and divisions ; 

 common soil. 



Apetal. July. South 



A. Do'nax (Donax). 10. 



Europe. 1648. 

 versi 1 'color (striped). 3. Apetal. 



South Europe. 1648. 



July. 



A'SAKUM, Asarabacca. (From a, not, 

 and saron, feminine : the application not 

 obvious, but perhaps because too violent 

 a medicine for women. Nat. ord., Birth- 

 worts [Aristolochiacese]. Linn., \\-Dode- 

 candria, \-monogynia.) A. Europceum is 

 called cabaret in France, and is said there 

 to be used by frequenters of pothouses to 

 produce vomiting. Hardy herbaceous 

 plants, more curious than pretty. Divi- 

 sions of the plant ; common border ; if 

 with a little peat all the better. 

 A. arifo'lium (arum-leaved). 1. Brown. June. 

 North America. 1823. 



Canade'nse (Canadian). 1. Brown. June. 



Canada. 1713. 



Suropeefttm (European). 1. Purple. May. 



England. 



