LIST OF FLOWERS 



being supplied by means of top-dressing and liquid manure. At 

 least one variety, the A. belladonna, known as the Belladonna Lily, 

 can be grown in the open air in our southern counties, and in favour- 

 able positions attains a height of from 2 to 3 feet, blooming late in 

 summer with fine clusters of rose-tinted flowers. 



AMELLUS. A dwarf, hardy annual which deserves to be better 

 known. It may be sown in the open air in April for flowering in 

 June, and forms a pretty, compact tuft of daisy-like, purple flowers. 

 White, rose, scarlet and violet varieties may be had. It is often 

 listed in catalogues under Kaulfussia amelloides. 



AMERICAN ALOE. See Agave. 



AMMOBIUM {The Winged Everlasting). Classed indifferently 

 as a half-hardy annual, a hardy annual and a hardy perennial. 

 As a matter of fact it is a perennial on warm sandy soils, but must be 

 treated as an annual or biennial on wet and heavy ground. It is 

 of easy culture and may be sown in the open. It grows to a height 

 of some 2 or 3 feet and bears brittle-looking white flowers with yellow 

 discs. 



ANAGALIS {Pimpernel). A bright, free-growing, half-hardy 

 annual, thriving well in dry and sunny positions. There are several 

 varieties of various colours — blue, purple, maroon and scarlet — all 

 flowering from July to September. The Bog Pimpernel {A. tenella), 

 with its slender stems and little pink flowers, is very pretty when 

 grown in a hanging pot. 



ANCHUSA {Bee-plant, Cape Forget-me-not). Hardy perennials 

 (though best treated, perhaps, as biennials), of the Forget-me-not 

 family, and of easy culture. They should be sown in March and 

 transplanted. The A. capensis is a little tender, but the A. semper- 

 virens, growing some 18 inches high, with blue flowers, is hardy 

 enough. 



ANDROSACE. A family of beautiful Alpine plants whose 

 natural habitat is at such an elevation that for months they are 

 covered in snow, from which, as soon as it melts, they emerge in 

 flower. They are not suited for town culture, as their leaves are apt 

 to retain dust and soot, but planted in small fissures of the Rock 

 Garden, in a good depth of suitable soil, such as sandy loam, where 

 they are not clogged by too much moisture, they make a lovely 

 addition to any collection of Alpine plants. 

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