SWEET-SMELLING PLANTS 



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Acidanthera bicolor [Magpie Gladiolus). — Xative of Abyssinia, 



flower delicioiisly sweet-scented, and very useful for cutting. 

 Acocanthera. See Toxicophlsea. 



Acorus Calamus {Sv:eet Sedge).— A rush-like reed grass with a 

 peculiar scent. It is largely cultivated in some of our fen 

 districts, also on the Continent, and XDarticularly along the shores 

 of the Black Sea ; the roots are of service as a commercial com- 

 modity. The sweet Calamus is often referred to as being an 

 article in great demand in ancient times in the East, where its 

 virtues were greatly appreciated by the worshippers of the heathen 

 deities. 



Acradenia. — A Tasmanian shrub. A. FranUinil has thick rough 

 leaves that are powerfully fragrant. 



Acronychia Cunninghami. — An Australian evergreen shrub, with 

 both perfumed leaves and flowers ; the former resembling turpen- 

 tine, the latter like orange-blossoms. 



Actinidia polygama. — A climbing Japanese shrub, with white waxy 

 flowers delicately perfumed. It requires careful treatment in this 

 country if grown out of doors. A. voluhUi-^, also from Japan, bears 

 white flowers, possessing a pleasing fragrance. 



Adenandra fragrans. — A species of a beautiful class of evergreen 

 greenhouse shrubs from the Cape, producing flowers of a rich but 

 soft rosy colour during May, with a powerful yet agreeable 

 fragrance. 



Adenophora suaveolens. — An herbaceous perennial plant with elegant 

 bell-shaped flowers of the brightest blue. Xative of South Europe. 



Adiantum amabile [Scenteel JIaidenhair). — An elegant stove Fern from 

 Brazil, with fronds gracefully curved ; in a young state they are 

 slightly scented. This is one of the few Ferns that possess a 

 perceptible fragrance. 



Adoxa Moschatellina. — A perennial tuberous plant, native of Britain 

 and the cooler parts of Europe, flowers dull green, and musk- 

 scented. 



i^^ranthus. See Orchids. 



iErides. See Orchids. 



iEsculus Hippocastanum [Horse- Che-it nut). — A deciduous flowering 

 tree, of great ornament in our parks and avenues ; its natural 

 habitat is uncertain, but it is supposed to have come to us from 

 the eastern corner of Europe. It is onlj^ for the noble candelabra- 

 like bunches of honey-scented blossoms that we find a place for 

 it in our list, as volumes might be written "of its grand qualities 

 from all other points of view. Visitors to Bushey Park, near 

 Hampton Court, during the month of May, will have its best 



