AXI 



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AZA 



the preservation of live birds, distin- 

 guished for the beauty either of their 

 notes or plumage, is rarely admitted 

 within a garden, and still more rarely is 

 it sufficiently ornamental, or sufficiently 

 free from disagreeables, to be a source of 

 pleasure. 



AXIL. This term, meaning literally 

 the arm-pit, is used by botanists to indi- 

 cate the point of the angle between a 

 leaf and a branch, or between a branch 

 and the stem. 



AYE'NIA. (Named after the Duke a" 

 Ay en. Nat. ord., Byttneriads [Byttne- 

 riaceae], formerly among Sterculiads. 

 Linn., 5-Pentandria \-Monogynia). Stove 

 plants; cuttings in sand; rich soil; com- 

 mon stove treatmant. 

 A. Iceviga'ta (smooth). 2. Scarlet. Jamaica. 

 Evergreen undershrub. 



pusi'lla (small). 1. Purple. August. 



Jamaica. 1756. Biennial. 

 AZA' LEA. (From azaleos, dry ; in re- 

 ference to the habitation of the plant. 

 Nat. Ord., Heathworts [Ericaceae]. Linn., 

 5-Pentandria \-monogynia). It was said 

 that the Pontic honey which stupified 

 the Greek soldiers was collected from 

 Rhododendron ponticum ; but Pallas be- 

 lieves it to have been gathered from 

 Azalea pontica. All the greenhouse spe- 

 cies are evergreen, except A. squamata ; 

 and all the hardy species are deciduous. 

 The hardy species, by layers made in 

 summer and autumn, and doing best in 

 sandy peat, though many will thrive 

 well in peat and loam ; the Indian species 

 and varieties are propagated by seed, and 

 cuttings of stiff", but not over hard shoots, 

 inserted in sand, under a bell-glass ; 

 sandy peat. Summer temp., 60 to 75, 

 if required to bloom early ; winter, 45 

 to 55. A lower temperature will suit, 

 if late bloom is wanted. 



HARDY. 



A. arborefscens (tree-like). 10. Red. June. 

 North America. 1818. 



bi' color (two-coloured). 4. Scarlet. June. 



North America. 1734. 



canefscens ( hoary). 3. Red. June. North 



America. 1812. 



calendula' cea (marigold-like). 4. Orange. 



June. North America. 1806. 



chry sole' eta (fine golden). 4. 



Yellow. June. North America. 



cro'cea (saffron-coloured). 4. 



Saffron. June. North America. 



citprea, (copper-coloured). 4. 



Copper. June. North America. 



A. calendula! 'cea fla'mmea (flame-coloured). 4. 

 Red. June. North America. 1812. 



grandijio'ra (large-flowered). 

 4. Orange. June. North America. 

 igne'scens (fire -coloured). 1. 



Red. June. North America. 



splefndens (shining). 4. Orange. 



June. North America. 



triit 'mphans (triumphant). 4. 



Orange. June. North America. 



glau'ca (dwarf glaucous). 2. White. June. 



North America. 1734. 



hi'spida (bristly). 5. White. June. North 



America. 1734. 



ledifo'lium (ledum - leaved). 2. White. 



April. China. 1824. 



ni'tida (shining-leaved). 4. White. April. 



North America. 1812. 



nudiflo'ra (naked-flowered). 3. Deep pink. 



June. North America. 1734. 



a'lba (early white). 4. White. 



June. North America. 



a'lba-plefna (double white). 4. 



White. June. North America. 



bla'nda (soft). 4. Blush. June. 

 North America. 



ca'rnea (flesli). 4. Pale red. 



June. North America. 1734. 



carolinia'na (Carolina). 4. Scar- 

 let. June. North America. 



Cobtfrghii (Coburg's). Scarlet. 



June. North America 



cocci' nea (scarlet). 4. Scarlet. 



June. North America. 



corymbo'sa (corymbose). 4. Scar- 

 let. June. North America. 



cri'spa (curled). 4. Pink. June. 



North America. 



cumula' ta (bundled). 4. Scarlet 



pink. June. North America. 



di'scolor (two -coloured). 4. 



White scarlet. June. North America. 



fastigia'ta (pyramidal). 4. Pink. 



June. North America. 



flo'rida (many - flowered). 4. 



Pink. June. North America. 



globtfsa (globe-like). 4. Pink. 



June. North America. 



glomera'ta (round-headed). 4. 



Pink. June. North America. 



inca'na (hoary). 4. Pink. June. 



North America. 



incarna' ta (flesh-coloured). 4. 



Flesh. June. North America. 



mira'bilis (wonderful). 4. Scar- 

 let. June. North America. 



magni'fica (magnificent). 4. Scar- 

 let. June. North America. 



monta'na (mountain). 4. Scar- 

 let. June. North America. 



pa'llida (pale-flmvered). 4. Pale 



red. June. North America. 



paludo'sa (marsh). 4. Pale 



red. June. North America. 

 papiliona'cea (butterfly). 4. 



Striped. June. North America. 

 parti' ta (./foe-parted). 4. White 



and Red. June. North America. 

 parviflo'ra (small-flowered). 4. 



June. North America. 



proli'fera (proliferous). 4. June. 



North America. 



