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ANT 
when the application of water must _ be 
cautiously managed; their interesting- 
white or pink flowers are produced in 
the early months of the year. Increase 
is usually effected by division. 
ANEMONE (Linn.) Nat. Order 
Hanuncalacete. The value of the Ane¬ 
mone as an ornament of the flower garden 
is so well known as to require no comment. 
The major part of the double varieties 
grown in England are obtained annually 
from the Continent, and form a consider¬ 
able item of the Dutch florists’ trade, as 
without much care in the preparation of 
the soil, they are found to deteriorate in 
our climate; they delight in very rich, light 
earth, and should be planted in Eebruary 
or March at the depth of about an inch 
and a half from the surface; and after¬ 
wards be covered with a layer of loose 
mulch or decaying leaves, to shield them 
from the drying influence of the sun in 
summer. The single kinds are easily 
obtained from seed, and by successional 
sowings may be had to bloom from 
Eebruary till the autumn ; rich earth in 
a warm situation is also essential for 
these. A short time after flowering the 
roots of both kinds should be taken up, 
and being dried, carefully preserved 
until the planting season again arrives, 
which may be either autumn or spring, 
according to the time the flowers are 
desired. The species of Anemone are 
very numerous, and are found in nearly 
every part of Europe, many places in' 
North America, and even at the Cape of 
Good Hope. 
ANGRiECUM (Thouars. ) Nat. 
Order Orchidctcea. A genus of splendid 
epiphytes from Sierra Leone and Mada¬ 
gascar, very rare and valuable; their 
flowers are white, and remarkable for a 
singular prolongation or spur at the base 
of the flower, that in A. caudatum is 
commonly a foot or more in length; they 
require to be grown on blocks of wood, 
suspended in a very hot and moist at¬ 
mosphere. 
ANIGOZANTHOS (R. Brown.) 
Nat. Order Haviodoracece. Interesting- 
herbaceous plants from New Holland, 
which should be grown in pots of light 
fibrous peat, in an airy part of the green¬ 
house. A. Mcmglesii , and a recent in¬ 
troduction called A. pulcherrimus, are 
the most beautiful. 
ANflECTOCHILU S (Blume.) Nat. 
Order Orcliidacece. This admired little 
plant has small white, rather inconspi¬ 
cuous flowers, but its want of beauty 
here is fully compensated for, in the rich 
and lovely markings of the leaves, which 
are covered with a gold network on a 
chocolate coloured, velvet-like ground. 
It should be potted in a mixture of fibrous 
peat and moss, and a bellg'lass kept con¬ 
tinually over it, in the warmest part of 
the stove, in order to assimilate its pre¬ 
sent condition with the native one in 
the hot humid jungles of the East, from 
whence it is derived. 
ANOMATHECA (Ker.) Nat. Order 
Iridacea. Interesting little bulbous- 
rooted plants from the Cape of Good 
Hope. A. cruenta is useful for planting 
in masses in small beds, as it produces 
its "blood-coloured flowers in great pro¬ 
fusion ; they may be increased to almost 
any extent from seed, and the young 
plants will bloom the same season, if 
sown in a gentle heat about the early 
part of March, and afterwards removed 
to the open air. 
ANTHOLYZA (Linn.) Nat. Order 
Iridacece. Another pretty genus of Cape 
bulbs, but of stronger habit; they should 
be grown in light rich earth, and have 
the protection of a frame or some other 
covering- in whiter, to exclude the frosts. 
Scarlet and orange are the prevailing 
colours of the flowers. 
ANTIIYLLIS (Linn.) Nat. Order 
Leguminosce. The hardy species, both 
annual and perennial, are handsome or¬ 
naments of rockwork, thriving best in 
elevated situations. The more tender 
kinds are also beautiful, and should be 
grown in loam and peat. 
ANTIRRHINUM ( Linn. ) Nat. 
Order Scrop h u la via cece. Snapdragons are 
known to every one as handsome, hardy 
border plants that whl grow anywhere. 
Many superior varieties have been ob¬ 
tained from A. majus of late, tending to 
increase the interest attached to these 
plants, and rendering them still more 
valuable for flower-gardening purposes. 
