ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GARDENING. 
Resting period, winter. Propagate by division of plant with roots 
attached. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: At. crassifolium, purple, May and June, 2 ft., Burma; 
crispum, white and rose, June and July, 4 ft., S. India; expansum, white and 
purple, June, 2 ft., Burma; faleatum, white and rose, June, 3 ft., India; Feildingii, 
white, brown and rose, May and June, 3 ft., Sikkim; houlletianum, Luff an 
magenta, May, 2 ft., Cochin China; japonicum, green, white, and purple, July, 
5 to 6 ft., Japan; Lawrence, green, yellow, and purple, Sept., 3 {t., Philippines ; 
Lawrences sanderianum, yellow and purple; multiflorum Lobbii, white and purple, 
July, 18 in., India; odoratum, white and lilac, July, 2 ft., Trop. Asia; quin- 
quevulnerum, pink, July, 3 ft., Philippines; suavissimum, white and lilac, Aug., 
2 ft., Malacca. : _ 
Aschynanthus (Blush-wort).—Ord. Gesneriacee. Stove trail- 
ing and flowering plants. Evergreen. First introduced 1838. 
CULTURE: Compost, equal parts fibrous peat, sphagnum moss, char- 
coal. Position, hanging baskets, pots, or on blocks of wood or tree 
fern stumps. Plant, March. Water freely in summer, moderately 
in winter. Temp., Sept, to March 60° to 70°; March to Sept. 70° to 
80°. Propagate by cuttings 3in. long of firm shoots, inserted in pots 
of above compost mixed with sand in temp. 85°, Feb. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: A‘. atrosanguinea, red, July, 1 ft., Guatemala; 
bracteata, scarlet and yellow, Aug., 18 in., India; fulgens, scarlet and yellow, 
June, 1 ft., E, Indies; grandiflora, scarlet, Aug., 5 ft., India; Hildebrandii, scarlet, 
July, 10 in., Burma; lobbiana, scarlet, June, 1 ft., Java; Paxtonii, scarlet, 
April, 2 ft., Khasea; purpurescens, purple and yellow, March, 1 ft., Java; tricolor, 
red and yellow, July, 1 ft., Borneo. 
AEsculus (Horse Chestnut; Buck-eye)Ord. Sapindacee. 
Hardy deciduous flowering trees & shrubs. The genus Pavia 
(Buck-eye) is now merged in the present one. First introduced 1629. 
Timber not of much value. Used chiefly for making packing cases, 
carving, etc. Deer are fond of the nuts. 
CULTURE: Soil, ordinary, deep. Position, shrubberies, woods, 
lawns, parks. Plant, Oct. to March. Prune away dead wood in winter. 
Propagate by seeds sown 3 in. pape open border, March; layering, 
Feb.; patting choice varieties in March, or budding in July. 
SPECIES CU! ‘PIVATED : Ai. californica (Syn. Pavia californica), white, July, 
20 ft., California; carnea (Red Horse Chestnut), pink, June, 20 ft., hybrid (flori- 
bunda, rubicunda, and spectabilis are synonyms); flava (Sweet Buck-eye), yellow, 
May, 20 ft., Georgia; glabra, yellow, May, 12 ft., United States; Hippocastanum 
(Horse Chestnut), white, May, 30 to 40 ft., S.E. Europe, and its varieties, crispum, 
flore pleno, foliis aureis variegatis, laciniata and pyramidalis; parviflora (Syn. 
Pavia alba), white, May, 8 ft., United States; Pavia (Red Buok-eye) (Syn. Pavia 
rubra), red, June, 10 to 20 ft., United States. 
AZthlonema (Candy Mustard ; Lebanon Candytuft.)—Ord. Cruci- 
fere, Hardy perennials, biennials, and annuals. Perennials ever- 
reen. First introduced 1778, 
CULTURE: Soil, ordinary, light. Position, sunny rockery, well 
drained. Plant, Oct. or March. Propagate annuals and biennials by 
seed sown 1-16 in. deep in boxes, temp. 65°, March, or in open border, 
May; perennials by cuttings of shoots inserted in pots of sandy soil in 
cold frame, July or Aug, 
SPECIES OULTIVATED: A. cappadocicum (Syn. A. Buxbaumii , red 
6 in., Orient (atinual); coridifolium (Lebanon candytuft); roso, ave in. eee 
(perennial); gracile, red, June, 6 in., Carniola (annual); grandiflorum, rose, May. 
1 ft., Persia (perennial); heterocarpum, purple, July, 6 in., Armenia (perennial); 
monospermum, purple, July, 6 in., Spain (biennial); saxatile, flesh, June, 6 in. 
8S. Europe (annual). A > 
African Blue Lily (Agapanthus umbellatus).—See Agapanuthus, 
African Corn Flag.—sSee Antholyza. 
African Corn Lily.—See Ixia. 
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