12 A GARDEN FLORA 
ALOE. Liliacese. 
|A. arborescens. S. Africa. 
|A. variegata. S. Africa. 
ALPINIA. Zingiberaceae. 
fA. speciosa. China and Japan. 
Syn. A. nutans. 
ALSTROEMER1A. Herb Lily. Amaryllidaceee. 
A. aurantiaca. Chile. 
ALYSSUM. Cruciferce. A. saxatile. RockMadwort. Europe. 
AMELANCHIER. Rosacese. 
A. asiatica. Chinese Service-berry. China and Japan. 
A. canadensis, var. sanguinea. N. America. 
A. vulgaris. Snowy Mespilus. Central and S. Europe. 
Height 16 feet ; head of branches 18 feet through. 
Planted in the Arboretum 1902. 
AMICIA. Leguminosse. 
*A. Zygomeris. Mexico. 
A useful shrub of the Pea family, which flowers 
in the autumn. We cut it down each winter, cover- 
ing the rootis with ashes, and in the summer it 
forms a bush 6 feet high. The plant was given 
us by Mr. Lynch of the Botanic Gardens, 
Cambridge. 
AMORPHA. Leguminosse. 
A. canescens. Lead Plant. E. North America. 
AMPELOPSIS. See VITIS. 
AMPHIRAPHIS. See MICROGLOSSA. 
AMYGDALUS. See PRUNUS. 
ANCHUSA. Alkanet. Boraginacese. 
A. italica. Dropmore variety. Mediterranean region. 
