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PRACTICAL GUIDE TO GABDEN PLANTS acanthopanax 



produce suckers freely, and these may be 

 detached with as many roots as possible, 

 and replanted in mild showery weather 

 either in early autumn — say in September 

 — or in spring. 



A. cachemirica {A. macrophylla). — 

 A Himalayan herbaceous perennial about 

 6 ft. high, with very large compound 

 leaves, the hairy leaflets of which are 

 4-5 in. long and tapering to a point. 

 The umbels of white flowers appear in 

 summer and are arranged in a narrow 

 terminal raceme 3-4 ft. long. 



Culture do. as above. Increased by 

 seeds. Requires warm sunny situations. 



A. chinensis. — When this species is 

 well furnished with its leathery pinnate 

 leaves, it is a very handsome shrub. It 

 is a native of China and grows 6-12 ft. 

 high, and in favourable situations con- 

 siderably more. The flowers are creamy- 

 white, in umbellate panicles, and add a 

 beauty to the plant in July and August. 

 Dimorphanthusmandschuricusisaaothei 

 name for it, and there is a variety called 

 canescens with very hairy and prickly 

 leaves 3-5 ft. long. A new variety with 

 an irregular silvery bordering to the leaves 

 has recently appeared. 



Culture if-c. as above. This plant 

 enjoys warm and moist situations and 

 may be grown near ponds, streams i&c, 

 where the roots are likely to secure an 

 abundance of moisture. 



A. edulis. — A hairy and spineless 

 Japanese perennial 4-6 ft. high. Lower 

 leaves pinnate, with about 5 leaflets ; 

 upper ones with stalked, finely toothed, 

 downy leaflets. Flowers in summer, 

 white, numerous, in rounded umbels. 

 This is also known as A. cordata. 



Culture dc. as above. Grows well in 

 shade. 



A. nudicaulis. — A native of North 

 America 3-4 ft. high. Lower leaves pin- 

 nate, with 5 oblong-oval, tapering, serrate 

 leaflets. Flowers in June, greenish, 

 each division of the trifid scape bearing 

 a many-flowered umbel. 



Culture dc. as above. This herbaceous 

 species grows well in shade and may be 

 increased by division or from seeds. 



A. racemosa. — A highly ornamental 

 N. American herbaceous plant 3-4 ft. high. 

 Leaf stalks 3-parted, each one bearing 

 3-5 ovate or heart-shaped, pointed, ser- 

 rated, smoothish leaflets. Flowers in 



June, greenish- white, in terminal umbel- 

 late racemes. 



Culture dc. as above. Increased by 

 seeds or division. Grows well in shade. 



A. spinosa (Angelica Tree). — A fine 

 N. American shrub 8-12 ft. high, with 

 simple prickly stems, forming an um- 

 brella-like head. Leaves twice and thrice 

 pinnate, with ovate pointed, deeply 

 serrated leaflets. Flowers in autumn, 

 small, white, in large panicles. 



Culture dc. as above. Suckers are 

 freely produced and may be utilised for 

 increasing the plants. 



ACANTHOPANAX.— A small genus 

 of smooth or woolly shrubs or small trees 

 closely related to the AraUas and often 

 called by that name in gardens. The 

 leaves are usually palmately lobed. 

 Flowers polygamous or hermaphrodite. 

 Petals and stamens 5, rarely 4. 



Culture and Propagation. — The 

 remarks made under Aralia are equally 

 applicable to Acanthopanax. The plants 

 like a deep rich and well-drained loam 

 and warm sheltered situations fully ex- 

 posed to the sunshine. They may be 

 increased from seeds, cuttings of the roots, 

 or ripened shoots, and also by suckers 

 from the base. 



A. ricinifolium (Aralia Maximowiczi). 

 An elegant Japanese shrub with erect 

 spiny stems, said to reach a height of 90 ft. 

 in the forests of Yezo. Leaves long- 

 stalked, palmately 5-7 -lobed like those of 

 the Castor Oil plant (Bicinus) ; lobes 3 J in, 

 long, lance-shaped, serrate. 



Culture dc. as above. This is a very 

 striking plant and quite hardy as far north 

 as the Thames Valley. 



A. sessiliflorum. — A recentlyintroduced 

 species native of China and Japan. It has 

 roughish dark green wrinkled leaves cut 

 into 3-5 lobes. The small dull purple 

 flowers with protruding stamens appear 

 in summer and are closely packed into a 

 roundish sessile head at the ends of the 

 shoots. 



Culture dc. as above. 



A. spinosum (Aralia pentaphylla). — 

 This must not be confused with the North 

 American Aralia spinosa described above. 

 It is a native of China and Japan, and in 

 cultivation becomes a small shrub with 

 prickly stems. The deep green leaves are 

 cut into 8-5 ovate lance-shaped segments 

 2-3 in. long, with serrate margins, and 



