LIST OF FLOWERS 



years' growth, and its flowering stem may be from 20 to 40 feet 

 high. 



AGERATUM. A half-hardy annual of easy culture and among 

 the most lasting of summer bedding plants. (The word " Ageratum " 

 means " not growing old.") The blossoms may be light blue, lav- 

 ender, or white, and they keep their colour well throughout the 

 flowering season. The plants are usually propagated by cuttings 

 in a gentle heat, but they may also be raised from seed. 



AGROSTEMMA (Rose Campion). A. coronaria is a perennial, 

 but more usefully treated as a biennial or annual. It is of the pink 

 family, and thrives in dry and chalky soils, bearing rosy-white or 

 pink flowers. A graceful plant, easily raised from seed. 



ALLIUM. There are many varieties of this plant, from the field 

 garlic and the cultivated leek to the sweet-scented A. neapoUtanum, 

 a handsome, white-flowered species, the blossoms of which are valu- 

 able for bouquets and vases. It is an early spring-flowering bulb, 

 and not being very hardy it is best brought forward in a cool house, 

 though it may be planted out of doors in a warm, sheltered position 

 where the soil is light. A. Moly, known also as A. flavum, is a 

 hardier kind, long established in English gardens, and its bright 

 yellow flowers make fine masses of colour about Midsummer. It is 

 of accommodating growth and will succeed equally well on dry 

 banks or on moist ground. 



ALONSOA [Mask-flower). Generally treated as a half-hardy 

 annual, but may easily be grown in the open ground from seed sown 

 in spring. There are several species, of which A. Warscewiczi, with 

 its compact growth and bright scarlet flowers, and A- albiflora, with 

 pure white flowers, may be mentioned. 



ALOYSIA (Sweet Verbena). Usually classed as a greenhouse 

 perennial, but in our southern counties (in the Isle of Wight, for 

 instance) it may be left out of doors during the winter if well pro- 

 tected by a covering of straw. Of late years it seems to have lost 

 favour, but it is worth cultivation if only for the fragrance of its 

 leaves and the delicate tint of its foliage.. 



ALSTROEMERIA (Peruvian Lily) . With proper soil and a warm 

 aspect these handsome plants may be treated as hardy perennials. 

 Massed together in a suitable position they are very beautiful, every 

 stem producing many flowers of varying colour-marking, and if kept 

 well watered and mulched they wiQ give no trouble in staking and 



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