Acroclinium.— Half Hardy Annual Everlasting. Thrives best in 
a loamy soil and constitute very neat summer flowering annuals if sown 
out of doors in patches in June; they are also useful us winter decorative 
greenhouse plants if seed is sown in August in pots 
placed in a cold frame. The flower heads should be 
* gathered when young to preserve them. 
Ageratum.— Hardy Annual. Start the seed 
under glass and transplant two feet apart. 
AlySSUm. — Hardy Annual. Most effective if 
fe planted in masses one foot apart, as early in the 
P spring as possible, in the open ground. 
Amaranthus. — Half Hardy Annual. Seed 
may be sownVn the open border or in a hot-bed, and transplanted about 
the first week in June to 20 incites apart. 
Ambrosia.- Hardy Annual. One of the easiest plants to grow, 
seed may he sown early in the open ground. 
Anchusa Capensis. Hardy Perennial. If sown early, blooms 
the first season, growing freely in shaded situations. 
Antirrhinum. — (Snapdragon.) Tender Perennial. No better 
plant could be chosen for house cultivation than tlx* snapdragon, (An- 
tirrhinum). It has dark foliage nnd bright, oddly shaped flowers. 
There are six or eight distinct colors. Set in four or five inch pots, one 
plant in each pot, in any good garden soil, mixed with a little well-rot- 
ted stable manure they can hardly fail to give satisfaction. Give them 
all the sunlight possible, and water once each week with a little liquid 
manure. They muy he propagated by slips, by layering or from seed. 
Arabia Alpina.— Hurdy Perennial. One of the easiest possible 
culture in any dry soil. Seed may be sown outside early in spring, or ill 
pans or boxes when they can be transplanted to a shady border. 
Aster.— Half Hardy Annnal. Sow in 
boxes, in the house, the last of April, or in 
open ground, in Muv; transplant to one foot . rj 
apart, in deep rich soil. jNgj 
Aquilegia. — (Columbine). Ilurdy Per-1 
ennial. They prefer a moist and sheltered . 
situation, with exposure to the sun and re- 
quire a good friable sandy loam and leaf soil, 
with good drainage. Sow seeds thinly, in 
pans or cold frame, when up and strong 
enough to remove, the seedlings may lie 
planted out when they arc to bloom, allowing every ^ 
plant at least nine inches each way. 
Balsam.— (Lady Slipper). Tender Annual. The 
soil in which they are sown should be of the richest 
possible character; the plants should be set 15 inches 
apart, securely staked, and receive frequent water- 
ings of manure water. In order to have tho finest 
double Balsams* plants must be tran8-j|== 
planted from the seed-bed. If sown where plants are 
to bloom, they will be semi-dOUble to a large 58 
extent. ; 
Balsam Apple.— (Moniordica). Annual Clim- 
ber. -Well adapted for trellises, arbors, etc., in a warm situation outside, 
and in a rich, light soil. Plenty of water should be given during the 
growing period 
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