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natos, death ; in reference to the flowers 

 being what is called " everlasting." Nat. 

 ord., Composites [Asteraceae]. Linn., 

 \-Syngenesia, \-cequalis). Greenhouse 

 evergreens ; all natives of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Cuttings of half- ripe wood 

 in spring, in sand, under a hell-glass ; 

 loam and peat, but most of the former. 

 Winter temp., 40 to 45 ; summer, 60 

 and upwards. 



A. candscens (hoary). 3. Yellow. July. 1820. 



capita' ta (headed), li. Yellow. March. 



1774. 



crena'ta (round-notched). 2. Yellow. July. 



1816. 



crithmifo'lia (samphire-leaved). 2. Yellow. 



July. 1723. 



cuneifo'ha (wedge-leaved). 2. Yellow. July. 



1816. 



denta'ta (toothed). 1^. Yellow. July. 1759. 

 filifo'rmis (thread-form). 2. Yellow. August. 



1787. 



longifo'lia (long-leaved). 2. Yellow. July. 



1800. 



parviflo'ra (small-flowered). 2. Yellow. 



April. 1731. 



pectina'ta (comb-leaved). 1. Yellow. 



July. 1774. 



pinna' ta (pinnate), li. Yellow. July. 



1818. 



puWscens (downy). 6. Yellow. July. 1768. 



puncta'ta (dotted). 3. Yellow. June. 



1822. 



tomento'sa (woolly - leaved] . 2. Yellow. 



May. 1774. 



tricifspis (three - pointed). 3. Yellow. 



July. 1816. 



trifurca'ta (three-forked-?eaeed). 3. 



Yellow. July. 1710. 



virga' ta (twiggy). 1. Yellow. July. 



1815. 



ATELA'-NDKA. (From atalos, soft, 

 and aner, an anther. Nat. ord., La- 

 biates or Lipworts [Lamiaceae]. Linn., 

 \l-Lidynamia \-Gymnospermia. Al- 

 lied to WESTRINGIA). Greenhouse 

 evergreen shrub. Cuttings of half- 

 ripened wood, in sand, under a bell- 

 glass ; loam and peat. Winter temp., 

 40 to 45. 



A. inert na ' (mouldy - looking). Slate. 

 Swan River. 



ATHA'LIA SPIN A' RUM. The Turnip 

 Saw-fly. "The grub of this insect, 

 known as the Black Caterpillar, Black 

 Canker, Black Palmer, Negro, and Nig- 

 ger, or Black Grub, sometimes destroys 

 thousands of acres of our turnips. Its 

 body is cylindrical, as thick as a crow- 

 quill, about half an inch long, greenish 

 black, with a darker line down the back ; 

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then a line of dull yellowish grey, and a 

 third of dark slate. Underneath, the 

 body is paler ; it is wrinkled, and the 

 head is black. When alarmed, this grub 

 curls itself together in a somewhat spiral 

 form. They feed on the leaf of the tur- 

 nip, leaving nothing but its largest ribs, 

 from the middle of August until about 

 the same period of October. They never 

 attack the Swedish turnip. When full 

 grown, the grubs bury themselves just 

 below the surface of the earth, each 

 forming a small oval cocoon of earth 

 formed into a paste with a gummy mois- 

 ture from its mouth. It remains in the 

 chrysalis state until July, when the per- 

 fect insect, or Turnip Saw-fly, comes 

 forth. Our drawing represents it magni- 

 fied, the natural size being shown by the 

 crossed lines. It is the Athalia centifolia 

 of some, and A., spinarum of other na- 

 turalists. Its colour is bright orange, 

 head black, upper lip pale yellow, anten- 

 nae black, thorax has two large dark spots, 

 and other dark marks are about the body 

 and wings. On small plots of turnips 

 the black grub may be easily removed 

 by hand-picking, and from larger breadths 

 by turning upon them some broods of 

 ducks." (Cottage Gardener, iii. 149). 



ATHEROPO'GON. (From other, an awn, 

 and pogon, a beard ; in reference to its 

 bearded awns. Nat. ord., Grasses [Gra- 

 minaceaB]. Linn., IZ-Polygamia \-Mo- 

 ncecia. Allied to CHLORIS). A hardy 

 perennial grass ; seeds and division ; 

 common soil. 



A. aphidoi'des (Aphida - like), f . Apetal. 

 August. South Europe. 1768. 



ATHEROSPE'RMA. (Fromather, an awn, 



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