ENCYCLOPHIDIA OF GARDENING. 
wards. Syringe daily, April to Sept. Shade from sun. Apply weak 
stimulants occasionally; May to Sept. Prune, Feb., shortening strag- 
gling shoots only. ‘lemp., April to Oct., 60° to 70°; Oct. to April 50 
to 55°. Propagate by cuttings inserted in light peaty soil under bell- 
glass in temp. 55°, spring or summer. es ' 
SPECIES LTIVATED: A. spectabilis (Syn. Toxicophlea spectabilis), white, 
fragrant, winter, 4 to 6 ft., 8. Africa. 
Aconite (Aconitum Napellus).—See Aconitum. 
Aconitum (Wolf’s-bane;_Monk’s-hood).—Ord, Ranunculaces. 
Hardy herbaceous perennials. Deciduous. : 
CULTURE: Soil, ordinary. Position, partially shaded borders. 
Plant, Oct. to March. Propagate by seeds sown }in, deep in warm 
oe outdoors April, or in boxes of light soil in cold frame in 
arch; division of flesh roots Nov. or March. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: A. album, white, Aug., 4 to 5 ft., Levant; augusti- 
folium, blue, June, 2 to 3ft., Siberia; Anthora, yellow, July, 1 to 2 ft., Pyrenees; 
barbatum, yellow, July, 2 to 4 ft., Siberia; biflorum, blue, June, 6 in., Sikeria; 
Fortunei (Syn. chinense), blue, July to Sept., 4 to 6 {t., China; eminens, blue, June, 
2 to 4 ft., Europe; Fischeri geune autumnale), purple, July to Oct., Europe and 
N. America; Halleri, violet, June, 4 to 6 ft., Switzerland; japonicum, flesh, July 
to Sept., 3 to 6 ft., Japan; lycoctonum, creamy yellow, July and Aug., 4 to 6 ft., 
Europe; Napellus, blue, July to Sept., 3 to 4 ft., England; variegatum, blue and 
white, July and Aug., 3 to 5 ft., Europe. 
Acorus (Sweet Flag; Myrtle Grass). — Ord. Araceer. ~Hardy 
aquatics. Evergreen. First introduced 1796. Leaves and roots 
fragrant. 
CULTURE: Soil, muddy. Position, margins of ponds. Plant, 
March. Fropa ate by division of roots March. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: A. Calamus, 3 ft., N. Hemisphere; Calamus variegatus, 
leaves striped, golden yellow; gramineus, 2 ft., Japan; gramineus variegatus, 
leaves variegated. 
Acroclineum.—See Helipterum. 
Acrophyllum.—oOrd. Saxifragacee. Greenhouse flowering 
shrub. Evergreen. First introduced, 1838. 
CULTURE: Compost, equal parts peat & loam, little sand. Pot 
and prune, Feb. Water freely spring & summer, moderately other 
times. Temp., March to Sept. 55° to 60°; Sept to March 45° to 50%. 
Propagate by cuttings of firm shoots in sandy peat under bell-glass 
in a cool house in summer. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: A. venosum, pink, May, 6 ft., Australia. 
Acrostichum (Elephant’s Ear)—Ord. Filices. Stove and 
greenhouse fern. Evergreen. First introduced 1793. 
CULTURE: Compost, equal parts peat, loam, & leaf-mould, sand & 
charcoal. Pot, Feb. or March. ater freely spring & summer, 
moderately other times. Temp., stove species, Worch to Sept. 70° to 
85°, Sept. to March 60° to 65°; greenhouse species, March to Sept. 
55° to 60°, Sept to March 45° to 50°. Propagate by division of roots 
at potting time, or by spores in spring. 
SPECIES OULTIVATED: (Stove kinds)—A. acuminatum, 1 to 2 ft., Brazil; 
apiifolium, 2 to 6 in., Philippine Islands; appendiculatum, 6 to 18 in.; Aubertu, 
1 ft., Natal, Guatemala, etc.; aureum, 1 to 2 ft., Tropics; auritum, 1 to 2 tt., 
Malaya; cervinum, 2 to 4 ft., Tropical America; conformé, 6 in., ‘Tropics; crini- 
tum (Hlephant’s Ear Fern), 4 to 18 in., West Indies; decoratum, 1 ff., W. Indies; 
drynarioides, 1 to 2 ft., Penang; flagelliferum, 1 ft., Tropics; Hermineri, 1 to 2 ft., 
W. Indies; magnum, 1 to 2 ft., British Guiana; muscosum, 6 to 12 in., Tropical 
America; nicotianefolium, 1 to 2 ft., Cuba; osmundaceum, 2 to 3 ft., Ecuador; 
peltatum, 2 to 6 in., Tropical America; scandens, 1 to 3 ft., China, Ceylon, eto; 
Potpends telians, 1 ft., Brazil; virens, 1 ft., Tropical Asia; viscosum, 6 to 12 in., 
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