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1, Nat. Or. Orchidacece. An interesting native 

 species, very similar to the orchis ; cultivation 

 simple. Synonyme : 1, Orchis pyramidalis. 

 pyramidalis . Bed . 7, H. Ter. 1} Britain, dr. pa. 



Anacanthous, spineless. 



ANACARDiAcma;, a considerable order of orna- 

 mental trees and shrubs ; some, as the mango, 

 spondias, and others, bear eatable fruit, and 

 others are esteemed for the production of gum 

 resins of much request for varnishes and dyes. 



ANACARDIUM, Roxburgh. The name refers to 

 the form of the nut ; hence the derivation from 

 ana, like, and kardia, heart. Linn, 23, Or. 2, 

 Nat. Or. Anacardiacex. These ornamental 

 trees thrive in light loamy soil ; and cuttings 

 with their leaves on, taken from the ripe wood,- 

 will strike in sand, in heat, under a glass. A. 

 occidentale is thus spoken of by Mr. Sander :* — 

 "This elegant tree, bearing panicled corymbs 

 of sweet smelling flowers, succeeded by an 

 edible fruit of the pomme kind, of a yellow or 

 red colour. This fruit or apple has a sub-acid 

 flavour, with some degree of astringency." See 

 Semeccbrpus. 



occidentale . Grn. red . S. Ev. T. 12 W. Ind. . 1699 

 Sndioum . . Grn. red . S. Ev. T. 12 E. Ind. . 1699 



Anacharis, Rich. Ana, without, charis, 

 beauty. Linn. 22, Or. 8, Hat. Or. Hydro- 

 charidacece. An introduced plant, aquatic, in- 

 creasing so rapidly that, where it establishes 

 itself, it becomes a very troublesome weed. 

 The plant is not unlike a Potamogeton. 

 alsinastrum . Grn 7, H. Tu. P. floa. Britain, ponds 



Anac^CLUS, Linn. Derived from a, privative, 

 anthos, a flower, and Tcyklos, a circle ; in allu- 

 sion to the rows of ovaries placed round the 

 disk. Linn. 19, Or. 2, Nat. Or. Asteracece. 

 Hardy annuals requiring only to be sown in 

 the open ground. Synonymes: 1, Santolina 

 anfheinoides ; 2, Anthemis valeniXna; 3, A. 

 Pyrfflvrum. 



aureus . . . Yellow 8, H. A. £ Levant . 1570 



clavatus . . White 8, H. A l| Barbaiy. 1810 



radiatus 2 . . Yellow 8, H. A l| S. Eur. . 1596 



anthemoides 1, creticus, di/varicatus, orientalis, 

 Pyrethrwm 3, valenthms. 



ANADiiNiA, R. Brown. Named from a, priva- 

 tive, and aden, » gland ; the nectariferous 

 gland is wanting. Linn. 4, Or. 1, Nat. Or. 

 Proteacece. A handsome genus, cultivated in 

 peat and loam, and multiplied by cuttings in 

 sand under a glass. Synonymes : 1, Grevillea 

 glabrata, Manglesia glabrata. 

 aquifdlia . . Yellow 5, G. Ev. S. 3 Swan B. . 1836 

 flexudsa . . Yellow 5, G. Ev. 8. 2 Swan B. . 1836 

 gracilis . . . Yellow 5, G. Ev. S. 3 Swan E. . 1836 

 Manglesii 1 . Yellow 5, G. Ev. S. 2 Swan E. . 1836 

 pulchella . . Yellow 5, G. Ev. S. 2 N. Holl. . 1824 

 tenuiflbra . . Yellow 5, G. .Ev. S. 3 Swan E. . 1836 



AnagAllis, Tournefort. The power of removing 

 despondency is attributed to this genus, hence 

 the name from anagelao, to laugh. Linn. 5, 

 Or. 1, Nat. Or. Primulaaeas. Very pretty in- 

 teresting species, of easy culture. Sow the 

 hardy annuals in the open ground, and the 

 biennials in pots in the greenhouse or a frame, 

 and plant them out when strong enough. They 

 increase from cuttings planted in any common 



soil under a glass. Orfila destroyed a dog by 

 making him swallow three drachms of the 

 extract of A. arvinsis. Synonymes: 1, A. 

 phcenlcea ; 2, A. colllna. 



alternifdlia . Y. pink . 4, S. Her. P. J Eio Jan. 1839 

 Brewferi . 



grandiflbra 

 carnea . . 

 fruticdsa 2 

 grandifldra 

 indica . . 

 latifdlia 

 linifdlia 

 Marryattse 

 Monelli . 



lilaclna . 



phdenicea . Scarlet . 5, G. Her. P. 1 Morocco 1803 



Willmoreana Pur. blu. 9, G. Her. P. i Madeira. 1834 

 tenella . .• . Pink . 7, H. De. Or. J Britain . 

 Webbiana . . Blue . . 7, P. Ev. Tr. | Portugal 1828 

 Wellsiana . . Copper . 8, P. Ev. Tr. } Eng.hyb.1830 

 arvinsis 1, ccerulea. 



Garden varieties. — These are numerous, and 

 some of them very beautiful, principally raised 

 from A. grandifihra. 

 Anagyris, Tournefort. Named in allusion to 

 the curved pod ; from ana, backward, and 

 gyros, a circle. Linn. 10, Or. 1, Nat. Or. 

 Pabacece. Ornamental trees, growing in peat 

 and loam, or any light rich soil, and multiplied 

 from cuttings or seeds. The seeds of A . f&tida, 

 if eaten in any quantity, produce headache. 

 Synonyme ; Baptisia nepaUnsis. See Macro- 

 trdpus, Piptdnthus. 



fdstida . . Yellow 4, P. Ev. S. 9 Spain . . 1570 

 glauca . . . Yellow 4, P. Ev. S. 8 S. Eur. . 1800 

 indica 1 . . . Yellow 7, G. Ev..T. 8 Nepal . '. 1821 

 latifdlia . . . Yellow 4, G. Ev. S. 10 Teneriffe . 1815 



Ananassa, Thunberg. From nanas, the Guiana 

 name. Linn. 6, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Bromeliacece. 

 The plants that yield this very superior fruit, 

 so much esteemed for its sweet aromatic 

 flavour, were first cultivated in this country 

 at Sir Matthew Dicken's, at Richmond, where 

 fruit was first produced in 1715. There are 

 now a great many distinct kinds described in 

 our garden lists : of these only a few are worthy 

 of extensive cultivation — such as the common 

 broad-leaved Queen, Eipley Queen, Lemon 

 Queen, Black Jamaica, New and Old Provi- 

 dence, Antigua, Montserrat, Cayenne, Roths- 

 childs, and a few others. The methods of 

 cultivation are various, but pot culture as 

 practised for so many years is now almost 

 everywhere superseded by bedding out, which 

 is much less trouble, and also furnishes larger 

 fruit in a shorter space of time. By this sys- 

 tem, young plants are merely planted in a bed 

 composed of open sandy loam well charred 

 by a wood fire, and mixed with a small portion 

 of deer's dung, sheep's dung, or very rotten 

 horse dung. The bed is heated by hot-water 

 pipes passing through a hot-air chamber be- 

 neath, and of sufficient power to supply the 

 soil with a heat of 75 or 80 degrees. There 

 must also be sufficient surface-pipes to per- 

 fectly heat the air of the house or pit. In fine 

 weather admit air the first thing in the morning 

 (say seven o'clock), and close the house early 

 in the afternoon (say three o'clock) ; when 

 the paths should bs watered and the plants 



