ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GARDENING. 
March, Propagate by sceds sown } in. deep in sandy soil in cold frame 
fe ANB or in open border in April; division of the roots in Oct, or 
ril. 
EpRorEs CULTIVATED: A. alpina, blue and white, May to July, 12 to 18in., 
Alps; canadensis, scarlet and yellow, April to June, 1 to 2ft., N. America; 
orerules, blue and white, May, 12 to 18in., N.W. America; chrysantha, primrose- 
yellow and purple, May to Aug., 3ft., New Mexico; formosa, red and yellow, 
summer, 3 ft., N. America; glandulosa, blue and white, April to June, 8 to 12 in., 
Siberia; olympica, blue and white, April and May, 18 in., Orient; pyrenaica, lilac 
blue, April to June, 9 to 12 in., Pyrenees; sibirica, lilac and white, June and 
duly, Siberia; Skinneri, yellow and red, June to Aug., 2 to 3 ft., Mexico; 
Stuartii, blue and white, June, 9in., hybrid; vulgaris (Common Columbine), 
various colours, single and double, 3ft., Britain. A number of lovely hybrids 
exist, which will be found in lists, 
Arabian Jasmine (Jasminum Sambac).—See Jasminum, 
Arabis (Wall Cress; Rock Cress!.—Ord, ‘Crucifere. Hardy an- 
nual, perennial Alpine trailing plants. 
CULTURE: Soil, ordinary. Position, edgings to well-drained bor- 
ders or massing on sunny rockeries; carpeting beds of spring-flowering 
bulbs, etc. Plant, Oct. & Nov. Propagate by seeds sown 1-16 in. deep 
outdoors in April; cuttings inserted in shady border in Aug.; division 
of roots in Oct. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: A. albida, white, spring, 6 to 9in., Tauria, etc.; 
albida flore-pleno; double-flowered; alkida variegata, leaves edged with white; 
alpina, white, March, Gin., Europe; arenosa, rose, May; 6in., Europe; blepharo- 
phylla, purple, Feb., 6 in., California; lucida, or berbidifolia, variegata, yellow- 
edged leaves, Gin., Europe; verna, purple, May, 4in., S. Europe, an annual 
species. 
Arachis (Monkey Nut; Earth Nut; Ground Nut).—Ord. Legu- 
minose. Stove annual. Flowers, yellow; May. After flowering the 
aa pod is gradually forced into the soil to ripeu its seeds, which are 
edible. 
CULTURE: Compost, loam, leaf-mould & sand. Sow seeds in témp. 
of 75° to 85° in spring; plant seedlings in small pots and grow in a 
light position. Water moderately. Temp. 75° to 85°. 
SPECINS CULTIVATED: A. hypogea, 1ft., West Indies. 
Aralia (Angelica Tree).—Ord. Araliacer. Stove hardy plants & 
shrubs. Orn. foliage. Evergreen & deciduous. First introduced 
1658. 
CULTURE OF STOVE SPECIES: Compost, equal parts loam, peaty 
leaf-mould, charcoal, & sand. Pot, Feb. to March. Water freely 
March to Oct., moderately afterwards. Temp., March to Sept. 70° to 
80°; Sept..to March 60° to 70°. Propagate by grafting in heat in 
spring; inserting portions of roots in light soil in temp. 80° in April. 
CULTURE OF HARDY SPECIES: Soil, rich, well-drained loam. 
Position, shady borders for herbaceous species, margins of lakes or 
ponds, or moist, sheltered shrubberies for shrubby kinds. Plant, Sept. 
& Oct. or in March & April. Increase by division in Oct. or March in 
case of herbaceous species; suckers for shrubby species. 
STOVE SPECIES CULTIVATED: A. elegantissima, Polynesia; kerchoveana, 
Polynesian Iclands; Veitchii, New Caledonia; Veitchii gracillima: filicifolia, 
Polynesia. See also Panax, Oreopanax, Acanthopanax, Pseudo-panax, Elseodendron, 
and Fatsia for other species formerly known as Aralias. 
HARDY HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS CULTIVATED: A. cachemirica, white, 
summer, 6ft., Himalayas; cordata (syn. edulis), white, summer, 4:to 6ft., Japan; 
nudicaulis, greenish, June, 3 to 4ft., N. America; racemosa, greenish white, June, 
. America. 
HARDY SHRUBBY SPECIES: A. chinensis (syn. Dimorphanthus mandschuri- 
cus), 6 to 12ft., elegant foliage, China; chinensis folius aureus-variegatus, varie; 
gated with yellow; spinosa (Angelica Tree), white, autumn, 8 to 12 ft., N. America. 
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