Anisomeles 



(,50 ) 



Anoectochilus 



ANISOMELES. 



Hairy or woolly greenhouse or stove herbs (prd. 

 Labiata;) of evergreen character, allied to Stachys, 

 but some are annual. They bear dense or some- 

 times loose racemes of flowers, after the manner 

 of Stachys or Salvia, Propagated by seeds in heat 

 in the case of annuals. Cuttings of the perennials 

 may be taken and accorded the necessary heat 

 according to their'kind, under a bell-glass or hand- 

 light. Soil, two-thirds good fibrous loam, and one- 

 third leaf soil, with sand. Some use peat instead of 

 leaf mould, but there is little or no nutriment in it. 



Principal Species : 



furcata, 1', Aug., grh., bl. moschata, 2', Aug., grh., 



malabarica, '2', Jy., st., pur. 



vio. ovata, 2', Aug., st., pk. 



ANNUALS. 



This name is given to plants that are raised 

 from seeds, grow, flower, produce seeds, and die 

 within the year. As the roots of annuals die with 

 the tops, the plants do not push growth the second 

 season, though by picking the dead flowers from 

 certain annuals, and not allowing them to ripen 

 seeds, they will flower for two or more years. 

 Sweet and culinary Peas are good types of true 

 annuals. For horticultural purposes annuals are 

 divided into three sections hardy, half-hardy, 

 and tender. 



Hardy Annuals. The term is applicable to any 

 plant of the above character requiring no protec- 

 tion ; but in gardens it is usually confined to 

 flowering annuals that are raised and grown 

 entirely in the open. For summer flowering, hardy 

 annuals should be sown in beds and borders when 

 the soil is in a crumbly condition in March and April. 

 To ensure success, the ground should be deeply 

 dug beforehand, and enriched with decayed stable 

 manure, as the plants enjoy a free root-run and an 

 open situation. Hardy annuals are very effective 

 when sown in small patches in mixed borders or 

 for massing in beds. They may also be sown in 

 rows, and afterwards transplanted. With a fine 

 tilth secured, scatter the seeds thinly, and cover 

 lightly with fine soil. The young plants should be 

 thinned so that they eventually stand about 4 

 inches apart. The following is a short selection of 

 good hardy annuals : 

 Bartonia aurea. (rodetias. Poppies. 



Candytuft. Larkspurs. Saponaria 



Clarklas. Mignonette. calabrica. 



Centaureas. Nasturtiums. Silene penclula. 



Convolvulus Nemophilas. Sweet Peas. 



tricolor. Phacelia Virginian Stocks. 



Cornflower. campanularia. 



Eschscholtzias. 



Hardy Annuals for Spring Flowering. Beautiful 

 as hardy annuals are in the summer they are 

 equally effective in the spring, and, if care is taken 

 in raising, the plants will stand an ordinary winter 

 with safety. Sow at the end of August and early 

 in September in drills 9 inches apart, in firm and 

 not over-rich soil. Sow thinly, and avoid over- 

 crowding by allowing the plants to stand clear of 

 each other through the winter. Lift carefully in 

 the spring, and transplant where they are intended 

 to flower. It should be remembered that some 

 .annuals which are quite hardy will fail to stand the 

 winter if raised too early the previous summer or 



Anlsogonium (see Aapletiium). 

 Anisopetalum (see Bulbopliijlhi-m). 

 Anneslea of Ji,oxl> (see Eurijnlc). 

 Anncslia of W. Ifook (see Calliandra). 



left to crowd each other in the seed rows. The 

 following are amongst the most useful for spring 

 blooming : 



Asperula azurea. Limuanthes Saponaria calabrica. 

 Bartonia aurea. Dou^lasii. Sileiie peudula. 



Clarkias. Nemophilas. 



Half-hardy Annuals. To this section belong- 

 plants that are not perfectly hardy, but will stand 

 a little frost. They play an important part in the 

 furnishing of flower gardens during the summer 

 and autumn, and are raised by sowing seeds in 

 shallow pans or boxes placed in a greenhouse or 

 frame provided with gentle bottom heat, in March 

 and April. The soil should be finely sifted potting 

 mould, and when the little plants have made a 

 pair of leaves above the seed leaves they must be 

 pricked out in a frame or in boxes, about 3 inches 

 apart. The chief points to observe in the successful 

 raising of half-hardy annuals are (1) thin sowing ; 

 (2) pricking off the seedlings before they overcrowd 

 each other; (3) growing close to the glass, and 

 giving abundance of air ; (4) hardening off and 

 planting in deep, rich soil at the end of May and 

 early in June. The following are included in the 

 half-hardy section: 

 African and French Nemesias. Scahiouses. 



Marigolds. Phlox Drum- Summer 



China Asters. mondii. Stocks. 



Lobelias. Salpiglosses. Zinnias. 



Tender or Greenhouse Annuals. Compared with 

 the two preceding sections the plants comprising 

 this are not numerous. Greenhouse annuals are 

 raised by sowing seeds in February and M.'irch 

 in pots or shallow pans in finely sifted soil. When 

 large enough the seedlings are placed in small pots, 

 and removed to increased sizes as they require it. 

 Balsams and Khodanthes are typical greenhouse 

 annuals, and the first named may be grown into 

 fine specimens. 



NOTE. The various annuals are dealt with 

 under their names, and special articles are 

 devoted to the most important of them. 



ANODA. 



Hardy or half-hardy herbaceous plants (ord, Mal- 

 vaceae) with the habit of Malva. Leaves more or 

 less hairy, and flowers purple. Propagation is by 

 seeds ; also by cuttings in a frame during summer. 

 Any ordinary friable garden soil will do when 

 planted out. Loam, leaf mould, and sand for those 

 grown in pots. 



Principal Species : 

 crenatiflora, 2', grh., gm. hastata, 2',Jy.Aug.,hdy., 



(Ktfii. parviflora). pur. 



dilleniana, 3', Jy., grh., Ochsenii (see Abutilon). 



pur. ((/. Sidacristata). Wrightii, 2', Jy. Aug., 

 Inly., pur. 



ANCECTOCHILUS. 



Description. Highly ornamental terrestrial 

 Orchids (ord. Orchidaceas) of creeping habit, suc- 

 ceeding best in a moist stove, or in the East Indian 

 house, under the protection of cases or bell-glasses. 

 They are valued chiefly for the handsome foliage. 

 The colours given below refer to the leaves only. 

 Kemove the flowers of the others as soon as dis- 

 cernible, as this assists the foliage. 



Propagation.- -I5y division of the fleshy, creep- 

 ing rhizomes or stems, retaining a bud to each 

 piece, with some roots when obtainable. Keep 

 close till fresh roots are formed. 



Soil. Fibrous peat, chopped sphagnum, some 

 finely broken soft red bricks or potsherds, and 



Anodontea (see Alyntum). 



