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they root freely. F. japonica is easily raised from seeds sown in gentle 
heat. In the South of England it thrives out of doors in sheltered 
positions. There is a fine mass of it in the arboretum at Kew. It is 
largely grown as a window-plant. 
Description of Upper portion of a plant of Fatsia japonica showing 
ft leaves-and flower. Fig. 1 shows a flower enlarged; 2, a 
section through same; and 3, a fruit. 
ARALIAS 
Natural Order ARALIACEZ. Genus Aralia 
ARALIA (derivation unknown). A genus of about thirty species of 
perennial herbs or shrubs, very similar to Fatsia, which was formerly 
included here. The leaves are digitately lobed or pinnate. Flowers very 
like those of Fatsia, though the petals are differently arranged. The 
species are prown for the handsome foliage, not for the flowers. They 
are natives of North America, New Zealand, and Asia. 
ARALIA CHAaBRIERI (Chabrier’s), Stem erect. Leaves 
of this plant is Eleodendron orientale. It is not even an Araliad. 
A. CHINENSIS (Chinese). Stem erect, 5 to 20 feet high, branched, 
soil is very porous, Introduced from China (1838). Syn. Dimorphenthus 
_ mandschuricus, 
A. ELEGANTISSIMA (most elegant). Stem erect, Leaves digitate ; 
leaflets exceedingly slender, pendulous ; leaf-stalk mottled with white. 
white. Introduced from North America (1688), where it is known as 
Angelica-tree. Hardy in sheltered situations, 
A. Verrentt (Veitch’s). Stem erect, slender. Leaves digitate, with 
ten or eleven long and very slender, undulated leaflets, on long slender 
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