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Antkoese' — Pointing forward, as some 



- i lobes or teethi 



Apjb'talous, Apb'talcs — Destitute of 

 petals. • The flowers of Glematis 

 are usually apetalous. Aphtl'lous, 

 Aphtl'WS— Destitute o{ leaves. 



A'PBX — Applied to the opposite extremity 

 of any organ to that by which it is 

 attached, and which is considered its 

 base. Apioally — At the apex. 



A'PHIHES ON ROSB-BDSHES IN THE OPEN 



Garden. — The following forms a good 

 wash to destroy these and similar 

 insects :— ^ lb. of tobacco waste, or 

 say; 6 lb, of green tobacco leaves, well 

 boiled, and added to about 10 gallons 

 of water; this to be sprayed over the 

 plants. Plants growing in pots may 

 be treated thus : — Place the decoction 

 in a tub, invert the plants, and dip 

 them into -the liquid to the edge of the 

 pots. They are then shaken to and 

 Iro, to ensure that ever^ insect gets its 

 • share of the dip. This makes them 

 very sick, and if the plants are left for 

 a quarter of an hour'standing to dry, 

 the insects die. Then the plants can 

 be rinsed with clean water, and be 



- T rjEdaoed back on the benches. 

 Aphbo&isi'acal — ^Exciting a desire for 



seixual intercourse. Jugticia and other 

 plants are said to possess this property. 



Ap'icdlate, Apiouia'tos— Purnished with 

 an apicula ; pointletted. Apiculi — 

 Minute points. (See ffelichrysum 

 apiculatum, a very common Ever- 

 lasting Flower.) 



Apooab'pous, Apooab'pds— Signifies that 

 the carpels or ovaries are all free and 

 distinct, like those of the Buttercup. 



Apo'PHSsia — ^A swelling at the base of the 

 theca in some mosses. 



Apothe'cibm — The rounded, shield-like 

 fructification of Lichens ; the entire 

 female fructification of a Lichen. 



Appian'atb — Flattened out, or horizontally 

 ■ expanded. 



Appeesb'ed — Signifies that a part is close 

 to another throughout its wholalength, 

 as the pubescence on some plants, and 

 branches on others. 



Appkox'imate, Appkoximatus — Parts 

 \rfiich are close together, but not 

 ' united. 



AQDA'Ticns, Aqca'tilis, Aqua'tio— Living 

 or growing in water, as the species of 

 ' -Poiamogeton. 



Abachii6'id, AKACHNo'roEus — Composed 

 of soft downy fibres, resembling the web 

 ofa spider. 



Aba'heus, Aeaneo'sus — Arachn6id. 



Arbobb'soent, Akbobe'soens, Abbo'reus 

 — Attaining the size of a tree, or form 

 of a tree. 



ARBCs'onLABis— Branching likea little tree. 



Aboh'bgo'nidm — ^The young female organ in 

 Gryptogamic plants. 



Abod'atus — Bent like a bow, so as to form 

 a large arc of a circle. Aeod'aio- 

 BUGBIOSB— Wrinkled in an arcuate or 



J - • cnrved manner. 



AR'DELLa:-^The peculiar apothecia in the 

 genus Arthiinia resembling burnt or 

 cauterised spots. 



Ae'dbns— Bright, flowing, burnished. 



Abena'eius — Growing in sandy soil. 



Arb'olate, Aeeola'tus— C?overed with 

 areolae (meshes), spaces distinctly 

 marked out on a surface. 



Abgente'bs— Silvery. (See the leaves of 

 Hydrangea japonica, var. argentea, or 

 the Silver-thatch Palm, Thrinax ar- 

 gentea.) 



Aegtrophtl'lus — Silvery-leaved. (See 

 Helianthus argyrophyllus, the Silver- 

 leaved Sunflower.) 



Aeid'itt — Dryness. 



Aeib'tinum— Kesembling a ram's head. 



Aeilla'tus— Purnished with an arfl. 

 AEIL'Lua — ^An expension of fcho funicu- 

 lar chord, rising round certain seeds^n 

 the form of an integument, generally 

 more or less fleshy. The fruit of the 

 natjve Tamarind and the various 

 species of Nephelium fumisih good 

 examples. 



Ar'millaeis — ^Like a bracelet. 



Aeista'tus — Awnedor bearded. An organ 

 is said to be aristate when the point is 

 fine like a hair. Aeis'ta — An awn. 



Aeihono'id — Of the form and consistence 

 of the apothecia in the genus ArtTumia. 



Aethkostekig'mata — Short, straight, arti- 

 culate sterigmata. 



Abti'cdlate or Jointed — The joints where 

 they separate are called articulations, 

 each separate piece an article. 



Aeve'nsis— Growing in cultivated grounds, 

 as Stachys arverms, the Hedge Nettle, 

 a common garden weed. 



Ascen'ding, Asoen'dent — Where an organ 

 starting horizontally or rising obliquely 

 from the base curves upwards, and 

 ultimately attains a vertical position. 



As'ocs — A bag. The cases which contain 

 sporidia or spores are so called. (See 

 also "Theca.") ' 



Ascy'phous — Without scyphi or cups. 



AsPAB'AGUS^-Thi« useful vegetable is not 

 as frequently found in Queensland 

 market gardens as one could desire. In 

 case this may be from a want of the 

 knowledge as to how to prepare a bed, 

 directions are given : — ^The soil should 

 be trenched 2 or. 3 ft deep, and manure 

 be very liberally mix6d in during the 

 trenching. If the soil be light and 

 open, nothingmore will be required, but 

 if heavy it should haTe sand added and 

 charred vegetable refuse, so as to brjng 

 it into a friable state. If very heavy, 

 take out the soil to the (jepth of 

 3 ft., rejecting all that is not in an 

 ameliorated condition, which may not 

 he more than the top spit, and mix 

 with this an equal quantity .of turfy 

 light loam, vegetable soil or refuse at 

 least half decayed, or leaf soil and well- 

 decayed manure, the whole, being 

 thoroughly incorporated and a fifth 

 part of sand added, and with this com- 

 post fill up the space intended to be 

 planted a foot higher than the general 

 ground level to allow for settling. 

 Plant .1-year-old plants in about July 

 or August, "in beds 4 ft wide with 2 ft. 

 -sJleys- between them, three rows to be 

 in a bed and the plants 1 ft. apart. If 



