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CASSELL'S POPULAR GARDEXING. 



^-x. siculccformis. — Phyllodes long and narrow', ter- 

 minating- with, a sharp spine ; deep green flowers on 

 very long slender foot-stalks, golden-yellow ; a very 

 distinct plant, and an abundant bloomer. Spring 

 and early summer. 



A. SophoroR. — A ver}^ different plant from the pre- 

 ceding ; here the phyllodes are some three inches 

 long, broad, and pale green ; the flowers are borne 

 upon cylindrical 

 spikes nearly two 

 inches long, light 

 yellow, very show}'. 

 Spring months. 



A. tmdulccfolia.- — - 

 .A beautiful free- 

 blooming species, 

 with, oblong ovate 

 pliyllodes of a glau- 

 cous hue ; flowers 

 numerous on long 

 spikes, golden-yel- 

 low. Spring and 

 early summer. 



A. verticiUata. — 

 Phyllodes arranged 

 in whorls broadly 

 linear, with a sharp 

 spine at the apex, 

 intense deep green ; 

 flowers dense, on 

 long cylindrical 

 spikes, pale yellow ; 

 a somewhat pen- 

 dent plant, and one 

 well adapted for 

 training upon pil- 

 lars and rafters. 

 Spring months. 



A. vestita. — This 

 handsome plant is 

 a dense close grower 

 and also a profuse 

 bloomer ; the phyl- 

 lodes are small, somewhat ovate, and slightly downy ; 

 flowers globose, on long spikes, pale yellow. Spring 

 and early summer. 



Acrophyllum. — This genus contains one species 

 only, a native of Tasmania, It belongs to the order 

 Cunoniacese, and although a somewhat difiicult 

 plant to cultivate, it well repays any labour be- 

 stowed upon it. The plant in question, known as 

 Acrophyllum venosum, is a slender erect-growing 

 shrub, the leaves sessile, oblong cordate, and coarsely 

 serrated, arranged three in a whorl round the stem, 

 and bronze-green in colour. The flowers are indi- 



Adexandea speciosa. 



vidually small, but being arranged in great numbers 

 round the stems on the previous year's growth, 

 they present a very beautiful appearance, which, 

 makes the plant well worthy of cultivation. It 

 blooms during the spring and early summer months. 

 The soil should Tie peat and sand only, and the 

 drainage of the pots must be perfect, or failure is 

 sure to ensue. Introduced 1836. 



Adenandra. — 



A small genus of 

 plants, all natives 

 of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. The leaves 

 of this and various 

 other allied genera 

 are much, esteemed 

 by the Hottentots 

 to anoint their 

 bodies, thought the 

 perfume emitted is 

 not welcome to 

 European ideas. 



The soil they 

 thrive in is sandy 

 peat, to wMch may 

 be added with ad- 

 vantage a small 

 portion of light 

 loam. Adenandras 

 arc very showy, 

 useful ior "house 

 decoration or exhi- 

 bition purj)oses, and 

 deserve more atten- 

 tion than plant- 

 growers give them. 

 After flowering, the 

 shoots must be cut 

 back, and the plants 

 subjected to a some- 

 what closer atmos- 

 phere than usual. 

 This mode of treat- 

 ment will induce them to break back, and produce 

 a much, better furnished specimen than can other- 

 wise be obtained. There are several species, those 

 here noticed being the most desirable. 



A. fragrans.—A. dense-growing plant, clothed 

 with an abundance of small, oblong, glandular, dark 

 green leaves; the flowers, which, are produced in 

 May and June, are terminal on the shoots, star- 

 shaped, rosy-pink in colour, and highly scented. 

 Cape of Good Hope, 1812. 



A. speciosa. — A more robust-growing plant than 

 the pre%-iously-named species, having larger leaves, 

 which are furnished with a small marginal fringe ; 



