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A. grand; f ' Hum (large-leaved). 1. Brown. 

 May. North America. 1820. 



Tirol' nicum (Virginian). 1. Brown. May. 



Virginia. 1759. 



ASCARICI'DA. (From ascaris, an in- 

 testine worm, and ctedo, to kill,; referring 

 to its virtue in medicine. Nat. ord., 

 Composites [Asteraceae]. Linn., 19-Syn- 

 genesia, \-JEqualis). Allied to HETERO- 

 COMA. Stove annuals ; seeds in March ; 

 in heat; common soil. Temp., 60 to 

 75. 

 A. anthelmi' ntica (worm-killing). 1. Purple. 



August. East Indies. 1770. 



tripling rvia (triple -nerved). 1. Purple. 



November. Brazil. 1825. 



ASCLE'PIAS, Swallow- wort. (The Greek 

 name of JEsculapius of the Latins. Nat. 

 ord., Asclepiads [Asclepidaceae]. Linn., 

 5-Pentandria,, \-monogynia). All hardy 

 herbaceous and sub-shrubby perennials, 

 except when otherwise specified. The 

 hardy species, chiefly by division of the 

 root in April ; the stoves and greenhouse 

 kinds, by the same process ; and cuttings 

 of the young shoots, when they begin to 

 grow, in heat; and also seeds, kept over, 

 and sown in heat in February. Peat and 

 loam, but most of the latter. The stove 

 species will stand the winter if the tem- 

 perature is not below 48. 

 A. acumina'ta (long-pointed). 2. Red. July. 

 North America. 1826. 



amotfna (pleasing). 3. Purple. August. 



North America. 1732. 



amplezicau'lis (stem-clasping). 2. Red. 



July. North America. 1816. 



angustifo'lia (narrow-leaved). 3. White. 



July. Mexico. 1817. 



cinefrea (grey). 2. Brown. July. North 



America. 1825. 



citrifo'lia (citron-leaved). 1. White. July. 



South America. 1818. Stove herba- 

 ceous. 



curassa'vlca (Curassoa). 3. Scarlet. July. 

 South America. 1692. Stove herba- 

 ceous. 



a'lba (white). 1. White. July. 



South America. Stove herbaceous. 



decu'mbens (decumbent). 2. Orange. July. 



North America. Stove herbaceous. 



Douffla'sii (Douglas's). 1|. Red. Autumn. 



West America. 1846. 



exalta' ta (lofty). 6. Purple. July. North 



America. 1800. 



incarna'ta(fiesh-coloured). 2. Purple. July. 



North America. 1710. 



Zma'rm(toad-ftax-Zea0ed). 2. White. July. 



Mexico. 1802. Greenhouse herbaceous. 



linifo'lia (flax-leaved). 3. White. July. 



Mexico. 1818. Greenhouse herbaceous. 



longifo'lia (long-leaved). 2. Pale purple. 



July. North America. 1816. 



mexica'na (Mexican). 3. White. July. 



Mexico. 1821. Greenhouse evergreen. 

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A.ni'vea (snowy). 3. White. August. North 

 America. 1730. 



oUusifo' lia (blunt-leaved). 3. Purple. 



July. North America. 1820. 



parvifto'ra (small-flowered). 3. White. 



September. North America. 1774. 



paupercu'hi (poor). 2. Red. July. North 



America. 1817. 



phytolaccoi' des (phytolacca-like) . 3. Purple. 



July. North America. 1812. 

 - polysta? chia (many-spiked). 4. White. July. 

 North America. 1825. 



pu'lchra (fair). 2. Purple. July. North 



America. 



purpura' scens (purplish). 3. Purple. July. 



North America. 1732. 



quadrif(/lia (four-leaved). 1. White rea. 



July. North America. 1820. 



rose? a (rosy). 1. Red. July. Mexico. 



1824. Greenhouse herbaceous. 



ru' bra (red). 1. Red. July. Virginia. 1825. 



syri'aca (Syrian). 4. Purple. July. North 



America. 1629. 



tubero'sa (tuberous-rooted). 2. Orange. 



August. North America. 1680. Hardy 

 tuber. 



var iega'ta (variegated). 4. White. July. 



North America. 1597. 



vesti'ta (clothed). 3. Yellowish green. 



October. North America. 1844. 



verticilla'ta (whorl-leaved). 3. White green. 



July. North America. 1759. 

 ASCY'RUM. (From #, not, and skyros^ 

 roughness ; plants not hard to the touch. 

 Nat. ord., Tutsans [Hypericaceacj. Linn., 

 I6-Monadelpkia, S-polyandrict). All but 

 one greenhouse evergreens; cuttings of 

 small shoots pretty hard ; placed in very 

 sandy soil, under a bell-glass, any time 

 during summer ; peat and loam. Summer 

 temp., 50 to 65 ; winter, 38 to 45. 

 A. amplexicau'le (stem-clasping). 2. Yellow. 



August. North America. 1823. 



crux-Andrea? (St. Andrew's cross). 2. Yel- 



low. July. North America. 1759. 



hyper icoi' des (hypericum-like). 2. Yellow. 



August. North America. 1759. 



pu'milum (dwarf). 1. Yellow. July. 



Georgia. 1806. Half-hardy herbaceous. 



sta'ns (standing). 2. Yellow. August. 



North America. 1816. 



ASHES are the remains of a substance 

 which has undergone burning, and are 

 as various in the proportions of their 

 components as are the bodies capable 

 of being burnt. Whatever be the 

 substance burnt, the process should be 

 made to proceed as slowly as possible, 

 for by such regulation more carbon, 

 or charcoal, is preserved in the ashes, 

 which is the most valuable of their 

 constituents. The simplest ^ mode of 

 effecting a slow combustion is to bank 

 the burning substance over with earth, 

 leaving only a small orifice to admit the 



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