ENCYCLOPZDIA OF GARDENING. 
singly in small pots plunged in a gentle hotbed in spring. Likewise by 
cuttings of young shoots consisting of two joints with lower leaves 
removed, inserted in small pots placed in a close frame in Aug. Lastly, 
by the division of the old plants after flowering. ee 
CULTURE OF OTHER SPECILS: Soil, ordinary. Position, sunny 
borders. Plant, Oct. or March. Increased by seeds sown outdoors 
in April. Fi 
SPECIES OULTIVATED: A. cannabina, rose, June, 6 ft., Furope, and _ita 
variety narbonensis, red; ficifolia (Fig-leaved Hollyhock), yellow, June, 6 ft., bien- 
nial species, Siberia; rosea (Hollyhock), rose, 5 to 6 ft., summer, China. 
Althzea frutex.—See Hibiscus. 
Alum-root.—See Heuchera. 
Alyssum (Madwort; Gold-dust; Golden-tuft; Gold Basket; 
Sweet Alysson)—Ord. Crucifere. Hardy annuals and perennials. 
First introduced 1710. = 
CULTURE: Soil, ordinary. Position, open border or rockery. 
Plant, Oct. or April. Propagate annual & perennial species by seeds 
sown }in. deep outdoors in April; perennial species by cuttings of 
young shoots inserted in sandy soil in cold frame April & May. 
ANNUAL SPECIES: A. maritimum, white, fragrant, summer, 6 to 10 ins., 
Britain and Europe. Compactum is a dwarf and variegatum a variegated variety. 
Strictly this species is a perennial. 
- PERENNIAL SPECIES: A. alpestre, yellow, June, 3 in., Europe; gemonense, 
yellow, spring, 1 ft., Kurope; montanum, yellow, fragrant, summer, 2 to 4 ins., 
Europe; olympicum, yellow, suinmer, 2 to 3 in., Greece; orientale, yellow, May, 
1 ft., Greece; pyrenaicum, white, summer, 8 to 10 ins.; Pyrenees; saxatile, yellow, 
May, 1 ft., E. Europe, and its varieties compactum, variegatum, sulphureum, flore 
pleno (double), serpyllifolium, yellow, June, 3 in., S. Europe; spinosum, white, 
June, 4 to 6 in., S, Europe; Wiersbeckii, yellow, summer, 18 in., Asia Minor; 
wulfeniana, golden yellow, summer, 3 in., E. Europe. 
Amaranth Feathers (Humea elegans).—See Humea. 
Amaranthus (Love-lies-Bleeding; Prince’s Feather; Velvet- 
flower).—Ord. Amarantacew. Half-hardy annuals. First introduced 
1596. Foliage, orange-red, crimson, green. 
CULTURE: Soil, ordinary. Position, sunny bed. Plant, June. 
Propagate by seeds sown 1-16 in. deep, in temp. 65° to 75°, March; seed- 
lings to be peed in cool greenhouse a few weeks before planting out. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: A. caudatus (Love-lies-Bleeding), crimson-purple, sum- 
mer, 2 to 3 ft., Tropics; hypochondriacus (Prince’s Feather), crimson, summer, 
4 to 5 ft., N. America; salicifolia, leaves, orange, crimson and purple and willow 
shaped, 2 to 3 ft., Philippines; Henderi, leaves tinted with rosy-carmine, orange- 
yellow, and green; sanguineus, leaves blood-red, flowers purple, 2 to 3 ft., 
E. Indies; tricolor, leaves carmine and yellow, India; melancholicus ruber, leaves 
erimson, * 
Amaryllis (Belladonna Lily; Daffodil Lily)—Ord. Amarylli- 
dacee. Hardy bulbous plant. Deciduous. First introduced 1712. 
CULTURE: Compost, sandy loam, enriched with leaf-mould & cow 
manure. Position, well-drained border foot of south wall. Plant 
bulbs 9in. deep & 12in. apart in June. Water freely in dry weather 
whilst growing. Mulch with decayed manure in spring. ropagate 
by offsets in June. For greenhouse amaryllis see Hippeastrum. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: A. Belladonna, rose, fragrant, Aug. and Sept., 18 in., 
Cape Colony. Blanda, pale rose, and pallida, flesh, are varieties of it. The flowers 
appear before the new leaves. 
Amasonia.—Ord. Verbenacex. Stove evergreen flowering peren- 
nial. Inflorescence, red bracts, red calyx, & yellow corolla; autumn. 
CULTURE: Compost, equal parts loam & leaf-mould, little silver 
sand. Pot, March. Position, in small pots near glass, well exposed 
to light; shade in summer. Water freely in spring and summer, 
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