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THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, September 13, 1859. 
once, and, if possible, be set under glass. They will want nothing 
more, if inserted from July to the middle of August. After 
that time they will relish a little shade in the heat of the day, 
and just the slightest heat, as a spent Cucumber-bed, at their 
bottom, until they are growing freely. If space could be given 
them in winter, these would make good plants before May; but 
in many cases of free, continuous-flowering kinds, it is best to 
propagate them in spring, about April or so ; keep them close and 
stunted the first summer, and plant out in the May following. 
The Diadematums, the beautiful pink old one, and the more 
crimson varieties of Rubescens and Superba, do best under this 
treatment, and so do the scarlet Jenlcinsonii, Red Rover, the 
pretty Rouge et Noir, Lady Mary Fox, Stairuislcii, Fragrans, 
Jelm, Jehu Superb, Moore’s Victory, Rollison’s Uniqu.e, Scarlet 
Unique, Lilac Unique, and many others. The two great beauties, 
as respects scent, Citriodora and Prince of Orange, do also best 
under this treatment, though they strike pretty freely in the 
autumn. One of the best for a white bed, Floribunda, strikes 
freely in autumn, and the plants will bloom freely next season. 
Young shoots of all these, however, strike very freely in March, 
April, and May; and if kept stunted all the summer, will make 
rare blooming plants for next year out of doors, better even than 
the old plants, however carefully taken up and preserved. 
(To be continued.) R. Eish. 
HAKDY FLOWERING HERBACEOUS PLANTS. 
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APIOS. 
Nat. ord., Fabacese. Linn. Diadelphia Decandria. 
Generic Character. — Calyx campanulate ; four teeth almost 
obsolete ; fifth tooth elongated, acute, under the keel. Corolla 
papilionaceous ; keel linear-falcate, reflect upon the top of the 
vexillum. Stipe of ovary sheathed by a small tube. Legume 
leathery, two-celled, many-seeded ; seeds intercepted by disse¬ 
piments. 
Apios tuberosa (tuberous-rooted). Only one species being 
known, the generic character applies exclusively to it. It was 
formerly called Glycine Apios. 6 ft. Brown and pink. 
August. N. America. 
The tubers of this plant are said to be eatable when cooked in 
the manner of a Potato. It is a climbing, herbaceous perennial 
of considerable beauty, requiring sandy loam and a little peat. 
Propagated by taking up a strong plant in October, dividing it 
into pieces, with a hud or more to each division, and replanting 
immediately where they are to grow permanently. The soil 
should he deep and dry. 
APOCYNUM— Dog’s-Bane. 
Nat. ord., Apocynacese. Linn. Pentandria Monogynia. 
Generic Character. — Calyx five-parted. Corolla campanulate; 
tube enclosing five acute teeth, which are opposite the segments 
of the limb ; throat naked. Stamens enclosed; anthers 
sagittate, cohering by the middle to the stigma. Style almost 
absent. Stigma dilated. Glands five, hypogynous, alternating 
with the stamens. 
Apocynum andros.® mipolium (Tutsan-leaved Dog’s-Bane). 
Leaves ovate, glabrous; cymes terminal and lateral j corolla 
tube double the length of calyx. 2 ft. Striped. August. 
N. America. 
A. cannabinum (Ilemp-like'). Leaves lanceolate, acute at both 
ends, glabrous; cymes panicled; calyx as long as corolla tube. 
3 ft. Yellow. August. N. America. 
A. hypericifoxium (Hypericum-leaved). Leaves oblong, gla¬ 
brous, mucronate, petioles very short, rather cordate at base ; 
cymes shorter than the leaves; calyx about the length of 
corolla tube. 2 ft. White. June. N. America. 
A. Yenettjm (Venetian). Leaves oblong-elliptic, glabrous, mu¬ 
cronate, rather attenuated at base ; cymes panicled, lateral and 
terminal; calyx about as long as corolla tube. 2 ft. White. 
June. Adriatic Islands. 
Curious interesting plants. Propagated by seeds, offsets, and 
division. Gather the seeds when ripe, and sow them in April, on 
a warm dry border; and when the seedlings come up and are large 
enough to be handled, transplant them into any good loamy, 
sandy soil, in patches of threes, where they are to remain. Offsets 
may be taken off with roots and planted similarly. Such as do 
not make offsets or seeds should be taken up in autumn, divide 
into good-sized pieces, and planted in fresh soil in the flower i 
borders. 
AREN ARIA— Sandwort. 
Nat. ord., Caryopliyllacese. Linn. Decandria Trigynia. 
Generic Character. — Calyx five-sepaled, spreading. Petals 
five, entire. Stamens ten, or fewer from abortion. Capsules 
one-celled, opening by three or six teeth at the apex. Seeds 
many. 
Arenaria Austriaca (Austrian). Leaves linear-awl-shaped, 
three-nerved ; stem tufted, rather panicled ; peduncles terminal, 
very long, twin, rather downy; petals obtuse, emarginate; 
sepals three-nerved, very acute. Gin. White. July. Austria. 
A. Balearica (Balearic). Plant tufted, creeping ; leaves ovate, 
shining, rather fleshy, ciliated; peduncles elongated, one- 
flowered ; floivers drooping ; sepals ovate, bluntish, nerveless, 
much shorter than corolla; capsules ovate, six-valved, hardly 
longer than calyx. 3 in. White. July. Majorca. 
A. gespitosa (turfy). Stems tufted, very leafy; leaves awl- 
shaped, bluntish ; calices and peduncles smoothish; sepals 
ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, with three remote, equal ribs; 
capsules cylindrical, three-valved, longer than calyx. 3 in. 
White. July. Switzerland. 
A. CAPIXXARIS (capillary). Lower leaves in tufts, very long, 
capillary ; stem rather naked, terminated by a three-flowered 
umbel; peduncles elongated, one-fiowered, capillary; bracts 
membranaceous, glaucous; petals ovate, rather crenulate, 
double length of calyx. 6 in. White. July. Siberia. 
A. Dahubica (Dahurian). Leaves awl-shaped, filiform, serru¬ 
lated ; stems erect, simple ; panicle dichotomous, few-flowered, 
peduncles and calices covered with clammy down; sepals 
lanceolate-linear, nerved, not length of petals. 1 ft. White. 
July. Dahuria. 
A. densa (dense). Leaves oblong-lanceolate, scabrous; stems 
tufted, branched, ascending ; sterile branches short, floral ones 
generally three-flowered; sepals ovate, rather scarious ; petals 
double length of calyx. 3 in. White. July. Hungary. 
A. Formosa (handsome). Stems erect, simple, like the peduncles 
viscid-haired ; leaves linear, setaceous, ciliary, scabrous ; panicle 
trichotomous, few-flowered; sepals thick, obtuse, inner ones 
very broad, glandular-haired on the back, half length of the 
obovate petals. 6 in. White. June. Dahuria. 
A. graminifoxia (Grass-leaved). Stems erect, simple; leaves 
long, awl-shaped, filiform, Bcabrous from serratures on the 
edges ; panicle trichotomous, downy, lax; sepals very blunt, 
one-sixth length of obovate petals. 6 in. White. July. 
Siberia. 
A. gkandiflora (large-flowered). Stems usually one-flowered ; 
leaves awl-shaped, broadish, flat, three-nerved, ciliated, radical 
ones crowded ; peduncles very long, downy; sepals ovate, awned, 
three-nerved, half size of petals ; capsules ovate, six-valvcd, 
half length of calyx. 3 in. White. July. Switzerland. 
A. hirshta (hairy). Plant hairy ; stems deelinate; leaves awl- 
shaped, three-nerved, bluntish, lower ones imbricated, recurved ; 
panicle many-flowered, dichotomous ; sepals acute, rather five- 
nerved, hairy, long as corolla ; capsule three-valved; seeds 
rather disciform, with eehinated edges. 3 in. White. July. 
Caucasus. 
A. imbbicata (imbricated). Stems creeping, hairy ; leaves linear- 
awl-shaped, ciliated, crowded ; peduncles one-flowered, termi¬ 
nal ; petals longer than calyx ; calyx bluntish, striated, hairy; 
capsules three-valved. 3 in. White. July. Caucasus. 
A. juniperina (Juniper-leaved). Stems erect, firm ; leaves awl- 
shaped, stiff, spinose, lower ones in bundles, upper ones dis¬ 
tant ; sepals ovate, usually-one-nerved; petals obovate, double 
length of calyx ; capsules ovate-roundish, three-valved, hardly 
exceeding the calyx. 3 in. White. July. Siberia. 
A. laricieoiia (Larch-leaved). Stems ascending, one to three 
or six-flowered, rather scabrous; leaves awl-shaped, denti- 
culately-ciliated; cailyx cylindrical; sepals bluntish, triple- 
nerved, hairy; petals double length of sepals ; capsules three- 
valved, longer than calyx. 3 in. White. August. Britain. 
A. longifoxia (long-leaved). Stems erect, simple ; leaves awl- 
shaped, filiform, serrulated; panicle trichotomous, glabrous, 
crowded ; sepals ovate, obtuse, below half length of obovate 
petals. 6 in. White. July. Siberia. 
A. macrocarpa (broad-fruited). Plant tufted ; leaves crowded, 
awl-shaped-linear, flat, with ciliated edges ; peduncles terminal, 
one-flowered, leafy ; sepals linear ; petals ovate, double length 
