ENCYCLOPHDIA OF GARDENING. 
CULTURE OF STOVE AND GREENHOUSE SPECIES: Compost, 
equal parts peat, leat-mould, loam & sand. Position, pots in stove or 
greenhouse. Pot, March. Water freely March to Oct., keep dry after- 
wards. Temp. 70° to 80° March to Oct. & 60° to 65°. Oct. to March 
for stove species; 4U° to 50° Oct. to March & 55 to 60° March to Oct. 
for greenhouse species. H rope ete by division of tubers. 
STOVE SPECIES CULTIVATED: A. concinnum, white, June, 1 to 2ft., Hima- 
ae ; galeatum, white, July, 1 ft., Himalayas; tortuosum, white, April, 4 ft., 
imalayas. 
GREENHOUSE SPECIES CULTIVATED: A. speciosum, white, March, 1 to 2 ft., 
iilmee7eey triphyllum or atrorubens, green and purple, June, 1 to 2 ft., N. 
merica. 
HARDY SPECIES CULTIVATED: A. Griffithii, brown, violet, and green, May, 
12 to 18 in., Himalayas; ringens, white and green, April, 2 ft., Japan. 
Aristea.—Ord. Iridacew. Greenhouse evergreen flowering shrub. 
First introduced 1803. 
CULTURE: Compost, two parts good peat, one part sandy loam & 
little sand. Position, well- tained pots in light, airy greenhouse. 
Pot, Feb. or March. Water copiously, April to Oct., moderately after- 
wards. Temp., Oct. to March 40° to 50°; March to Oct. 50° to 60°. 
An abundance of air required in summer, moderate amount other times. 
Propagate by seeds sown in sandy loam & peat in temp. 55° to 65° in 
spring; by offsets removed from parent plant March or April. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: A. corymbosa (Syn. Witsenia corymbosa), purple, 
summer, 3 ft., 8. Africa. 
Aristolochia (Birth-wort; Dutchman’s Pipe).—Ord. Aristolo- 
chiacew. Stove & hardy climbing or herbaceous plants. Evergreen & 
deciduous. First introduced 1727. 
CULTURE OF STOVE AND GREENHOUSE SPECIES: Compost, 
two-thirds loam, one-third leaf-mould & sand. Position, pots or bor- 
ders; shoots trained close to roof of stove. Pot in March. Water 
freely in summer, little in winter. Temp., March to Sept. 70° to 80°, 
Sept. to March 60° to 65°. Prune stragg y shoots only. Propagate by 
seeds sown in light, rich soil in temp. 75° in March; cuttings in similar 
soil & temp., Feb. 
CULTURE OF HARDY SPECIES: Soil, good ordinary, well 
drained. Position, sunny borders for herbaceous species; south, west, 
or east walls, or pergolas, trellises, etc., for climbing kinds. Plant in 
autumn or spring. Increased by cuttings of ripe shoots inserted in 
sandy soil in slight heat in summer. 
STOVE SPECIES CULTIVATED: A. braziliensis, purple, July, 15 to 20 ft., 
Brazil; Duchartrei, yellow ond brown, July, 2ft., Brazil; gigas, purple, June, 
8 to 10 ft., Guatemala; goldieana, green and yellow, July, 10 ft., Old Calabar; 
elegans, green, white, and red, 8 to 10ft., Brazil. 
‘in ke SPECIES: A. Clematitis, yellow, June to Sept., 2 to 
HARDY OLIMBING SPECIES: A. Sipho (Dutchman's Pipe), yellowish brown, 
May and June, 15 to 30ft., N. America; tomentosa, purple, July and Aug., 10 to 
15 ft.. N. America. = 
Armeria (Thrift; Sea-pink; Lady’s Pincushion ; Cushion-pink).— 
Ord. Plumbaginacee. Hardy perennial. : 
CULTURE: Soil, sandy loam. Position, edgings to or massing on 
sunny borders or rcckeries. Plant, Oct. or March. Propagate by 
seeds sown 1-16in. deep in sandy soil in pans in cold frame, April ; 
division of pints in Oct. or March. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: A. ceespitosa, rose, June, 2 in., Spain and Portucal; 
latifolia (Syn. A. Cephalotes), crimson, June, 6 to 12in., Portugal; maritima (Syn. 
A. vulgaris), pink, May and June, 4in., Europe (Britain): maritima alba (white); 
maritima laucheana (crimson); mauritanica, rose, July, 18in. to 2ft.; and 
plantaginea splendens, rose, June, 18in., Europe. 
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