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Amelanchier Botryapium, Candolle. 



The Grape-Pear of North America. This hands^ome fruit tree 

 attains a height of 80 feet. The purplish or almost black 

 fruits are small, but of pleasant subacid taste, and ripen 

 early in the season. It bears abundantly, so much so that 

 Mr. Adams of Ohio calculated the yield at 300 bushels per 

 acre annually, if the variety oblongifolia is chosen. It is the 

 Dwarf June-berry of North America. This bush or tree will 

 live in sandsoil ; but it is one of those hardy kinds particularly 

 eligible for our Alps. 



Amyris terebinthifolia, Tenore. 



Brazil. Is perfectly hardy in Victoria and is content in dry 

 ground without any irrigation. It proved one of the best 

 among the smaller avenue trees, is beautifully spreading and 

 umbrageous, and probably of medicinal value. 



Anacyclus Pyrethrum, Cattdolle. 



Countries near the Mediterranean Sea. The root of this 

 perennial herb is used inedicihally. 



Andropogon argenteus, Candolle. 



Pronounced by Leybold to be one of the best fodder-grasses of 

 the Cordilleras of Chili. 



Andropogon australid, Spfeagel. {Sorghum phimosnm, Beauvois.) 



Tropical and also eastern extra-tropic Australia as far south as 

 Gippsland. Brought under notice by Mr. Ch. Moore as an 

 admirable perennial pasture-grass. The allied A. tropicus, 

 Sprengel (Sorghum fulvum, Beauv.), of tropical Australia, 

 South Asia, China, and Japan, serves similar purposes. 



Andropogon avenacens, Michaux. {Sorghum avenaceum, Willd.) 

 North and Central America. This tall perennial grass lives 

 in dry, sandy soil, and should here be tried for growth of 

 fodder. 



Andropogon bicolor, ^Roxburgh. 



Warmer parts of Asia, One of the annual tall Sorghums. 

 It ripens its seeds in three or four months from the time of 

 sowing, the produce in good soil being often upwards of one 

 hundredfold. It is a wholesome grain. 



Andropogon Calamus, Boyle. 



Central India. The Sweet Calamus of the Ancients. From 



