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stems. The species are : A. Humboldtii, 
with purple and brown flowers, and A. 
Rarkerii , having yellower blossoms than 
the former. 
ACIS (Salisbury.) Nat. Order Ama- 
ryllidaceae. Pretty dwarf bulbous-rooted 
plants, quite hardy, producing red, white, 
or pink flowers in the autumn and win¬ 
ter. Natives of Spain and Portugal. 
ACQNITUM (Tourneeort.) Nat. 
Order Raniinculaceai. A large and or¬ 
namental family of hardy, deciduous, 
perennial, and herbaceous plants. There 
are upwards of a hundred species known, 
derived from the temperate regions of 
the earth, of various heights and habi¬ 
tudes, from the little A. bifiorum not ris¬ 
ing more than half a foot, to the tall 
Japanese species with a stature of at 
least six feet. Blue is the prevailing 
colour of their flowers; they form suit¬ 
able occupants of the larger beds and 
borders of the flower garden, among 
shrubs and other plants whose persistent 
character require relief. The whole of 
them possess an acrid principle in the 
juices, which is very poisonous. 
ADENOPIIORA (Eischee.) Nat. 
Order Campamdacece . Hardy, herba¬ 
ceous plants, constituting pretty orna¬ 
ments of the open borders, and may be 
managed without trouble. They are na¬ 
tives of Siberia, displaying their pleasing 
blue flowers all through the summer. 
ADONIS (Linn.) Nat.Order Ranun- 
cidacece. Interesting not only on account of 
its connexion with the legend of the death 
of the favorite of Yenus, whose name 
it bears, but also for its intrinsic beauty. 
The species are hardy, herbaceous, or 
annual plants, bearing scarlet, yellow, or 
crimson flowers in the summer months. 
AEBIDES (Laureiro.) Nat. Order 
Orchidacere. A splendid genus of East 
Indian air-plants; they should be fastened 
to billets of wood, and suspended from 
the rafters of the stove, allowing them 
a high temperature and abundance of 
moisture while they are growing. The 
general appearance of these plants, their 
wonderful tenacity of life, the remarkable 
property they possess of imbibing the 
whole of their nutriment from the at¬ 
mosphere, without the intervention of 
any kind of earth, the elegance and rich 
perfume of their flowers, are alike the 
source of universal admiration. Perhaps 
the finest of the species are : odor at a, od. 
major , crispum , affine , and quinquivulne- 
TUTU 
iESCHYNANTHTJ S (Jack.) Nat. 
Order Cyrtandraceee . A limited genus 
of epiphytes, producing splendid clusters 
of deep scarlet flowers, frequently an inch 
and a half or two inches in length, and 
from fifteen to twenty together. Coming 
as it does from the damp woods of the 
Indian Archipelago, it is found to require 
a warm situation in our stoves, and to 
be liberally treated with water: it may 
be grown either on a block of wood or 
in a pot, with a mixture of turfy loam 
and leafy mould; shade from the direct 
rays of the sun is necessary. 
AGAPANTHUS ( L’Heritiere. ) 
Nat. Order Liliacece. A. mnbellatus and 
its varieties are old and well-known occu¬ 
pants of the greenhouse, producing their 
large umbells of blue flowers through the 
summer: the other species are small and 
less worthy of cultivation. The whole 
of them are nearly hardy, and grow 
luxuriantly in large pots of rich loam; 
they usually offer abundance of increase 
by means of suckers. Natives of the 
Cape of Good Hope. • 
AGAYE (Link.) Nat. Order Ana- 
ryllidacere. The American Aloe, the type 
of this genus, is so well known as to 
need no description. Instances of this 
plant blooming used to be very rare, and 
were chronicled among the extraordinary 
occurrences of the time; lately, how¬ 
ever, they have become quite common: 
a short time since we saw a noble spe¬ 
cimen in the garden of the Royal Botanic 
Society; and we have heard of two or 
three others producing flowers during 
the past summer; this difference must 
arise from a superior method of treating 
them. When the plants are full-grown, 
the application of a little bottom heat is 
recommended, as likely to cause the pro¬ 
trusion of the flower-stem. The other 
species are of easy culture in any ordi¬ 
nary greenhouse. 
AGERATUM (Linn.) Nat. Order 
Composite. Pretty blue or white flower- 
