AMH 
AND 
ing the latter on their sides, the bulbs 
may be dried quite as effectually; our 
preference arises from the fact that some 
kinds will not bear to be thus exposed. 
As soou as the bulbs evince signs of re¬ 
turning action, they should be repotted 
into a rich loamy soil, made perfectly 
open and pervious to air and moisture 
by the addition of sand, and then plunged 
into a moderate bottom heat, where the 
flowers will soon become apparent; when 
fully expanded the plants maybe removed 
to a cooler place to preserve then- beauty, 
but when the flowers are past the plants 
should be taken back to the stove, and 
encouraged to grow by every possible 
means, because it is on the vigofir of 
the current year’s leaves and their secre¬ 
tions that the bloom for the succeeding 
season depends. Increase of standard 
kinds is secured by means of offsets, and 
new varieties are obtained from seed, 
which to ensure distinction, should be 
fertilised with the pollen of another and 
different kind. 
AMHERSTIA ( Wallich .) Nat. 
Order Legaminosee. But one species, A. 
nobilis, is yet known of this magnificent 
tree, and we believe only one individual 
of it exists hi British collections, that is 
at the Duke of Devonshire’s seat at 
Chatsworth. It was originally discovered 
by Mr. Crawford, at Martaban in the 
East Indies. The plant may be compared 
to a crimson flowering Laburnum, of the 
most profuse habit of blooming. Dr. 
Wallich, in his Plantce Asiatics Ra - 
rlores, states it to be unequalled in the 
flora of the East Indies, and perhaps not 
surpassed in magnificence and elegance 
in any part of the world. 
AMMOBIUM (R. Buown.) Nat. 
Order Composites. Pretty annuals of 
hardy character from New Holland, pro¬ 
ducing white everlasting flowers; may 
be sown hi the open border, in almost 
any situation, between the middle of 
March and end of May. 
AMORPHA (Linn.) Nat. Order 
Leguminosee. The hardy species of this 
genus are ornamental free-flowering 
shrubs thriving in any soil; the prevail¬ 
ing colour of the flowers is blue. They 
are natives of North America. 
AMPELOPSIS (Michaux. ) Nat. 
Order Pit ace re. A. hederacea , the Vir¬ 
ginian creeper, is well known for its 
usefulness as a rapid covering for walls 
or arbours, and may be grown where 
nearly every tiling else will fail; the 
whole of them are free-growing plants, 
easily increased by cuttings or layers. 
AMPHICOME (Royle). Nat. Order 
Bignoniacece. A. Arguta , the only known 
species, is a handsome greenhouse plant 
from the Himalaya mountains, producing 
large lilac blossoms. It thrives best in 
sandy peat and loam; increase is had by 
cuttings or seed. 
ANAGALLIS (Tourneeort.) Nat. 
Order Primulacea;. A genus of pretty, 
dwarf, annual and biennial plants; the 
former have given place to the many 
seminal improvements of the latter, in¬ 
somuch as to be rarely met with. They 
are universal favorites for planting on 
the beds of the flower-garden, where 
their numerous blue or red blossoms 
expanded whenever the sun shines, are 
very effective; they are propagated by 
cuttings during the summer months, and 
require to be protected through the win¬ 
ter in a warm pit or on the shelves of the 
greenhouse. When seed is desired, the 
branch or plant on which it is growing 
should be taken entire,- a little before 
the autumn frosts begin, and hung up in 
a dry sunny place, such as before the win¬ 
dows of a shed, allowing the pods to re¬ 
main upon it, until wanted in the spring 
for sowing, as it requires a long time to 
become properly ripened; afterwards 
they vegetate freely in a gentle hot-bed. 
A lew of the best are: Bhilipsii, rosea 
elegans , Breicerii, carnosa grandijlora , 
magniflora, and cerulea. 
ANCHITSA (Linn.) Nat. Order 
Boragineee. Coarse, hardy, herbaceous 
plants, suitable for deep shrubbery bor¬ 
ders, or other unfrequented places. Most 
of the species have purple flowers. 
ANDROSACE (Linn.) Nat. Order 
Primdaceee. Pretty dwarf plants from 
the northern parts of the European 
Continent, and a few from North Ame¬ 
rica, requiring to be grown in pots with 
a soil composed of turfy loam and peat, 
and the protection of a frame in winter, 
