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They are easily increased either by cut- 
, tings or seed. The following are a few 
of the best of the new varieties. Fowlii, 
venosum, Brightii, quadricolor, luteum 
maculatum , atrostriatum, lilacina , & c.; 
there are also several double flowering va¬ 
rieties, though not so generally esteemed. 
AOTUS (Smith.) Nat. Order Legu- 
minosce. Pretty greenhouse plants from 
New Holland, easily cultivated in peat; 
their flowers are yellow. 
APHELANDRA (R. Brown.) Nat. 
Order Acanthacece. Some additions have 
been recently made to this genus, which 
now constitute it one of the finest of 
autumn flowering stove plants; they have 
all ample foliage, and large heads of 
splendid orange-coloured flowers; may 
be grown with ease in sandy peat soil, 
and increased by cuttings. The finest 
are A. aurantiaca and cristata. 
APIIELEXIS (Don.) Nat. Order 
Composite. These are indispensable to 
every collection of greenhouse plants, 
however small. They are natives of the 
Cape of Good Hope, should be grown in 
sandy peat, and may be successfully 
managed with the ordinary treatment of 
such plants. All are beautiful; though 
perhaps the most desirable are : humilis , 
sesamoides , and a new one called pur¬ 
purea. 
APONOGETON (Thunberg.) Nat. 
Order Saururacea;. Curious and pretty 
aquatic plants, which should be potted 
in loam and sunk in a tub of water. 
They succeed best in the greenhouse. 
AQUILEGIA (Linn.) Nat. Order 
Banunculacece. Showy border plants, 
may be grown in any soil, and are readily 
increased from seed. The prettiest are: 
A. glandulosa , A. canadensis , A. Skin- 
nerii, A. Garneriana, A. Jiybnda , and 
A . vulgaris. 
ARABIS (Linn.) Nat. Order Cru¬ 
cifer re. Hardy herbaceous plants, suit¬ 
able for rockwork, or the front of the 
flower-borders; propagated by seed or 
layers. 
ARCTOTIS (Linn.) Nat. Order 
Compos'd or. Showy species from the Cape 
of Good Hope; should be grown in turfy 
loam and peat in the greenhouse; their 
flowers embrace nearly every conceivable 
shade of colour: increase is had by means 
of cuttings. 
ARDISIA (Swartz.) Nat. Order 
Mgrsinaceec. Handsome stove plants 
from the East Indies, producing either 
red or white flowers, and may be grown 
in sandy peat, with plenty of water 
through the summer months. A. cre- 
nulata is admired alike for its white 
flowers and Vermillion berries, being con¬ 
stantly covered with either one or the 
other. 
ARGEMONE (Tournefort.) Nat. 
Order Papaveraceee. Interesting and 
showy dwarf species, that will grow in 
any soil in an open situation; propagated 
by suckers. 
ARISTOLOCHIA ( Linn. ) Nat. 
Order Aristolochiacece. A genus of climb¬ 
ing plants of various habitudes, occupying 
every station from the open air to the 
hottest part of the stove; most of them 
extend their branches for a long dis¬ 
tance, though some are to be found that 
are neat and compact in their growth. 
The flowers of them all are extremely 
curious, generally of some lurid colour, 
and bearing a resemblance to the ex¬ 
panded mouth of a horn; the larger ones 
have, not inaptly, been compared to the 
ear of an elephant, while others are dis¬ 
tinguished by a long pendent pouch. The 
tender species require either the stove or 
greenhouse, and a few are sufficiently ro¬ 
bust to bear exposure to our winters ; all 
of them grow freely in rich loam and 
peat. 
ARMERIA(Wildenow.) Nat. Order 
Flumbaginaceee. A genus of highly or¬ 
namental, hardy, herbaceous plants, of 
dwarf habit, with flowers of various 
shades between pink and purple, pro¬ 
duced on the majority of the species in 
great profusion. The common Thrift A. 
vulgaris is a well known substitute for 
Box, as a edging to flower borders. They 
grow with freedom in almost any kind 
of soil, and without regard to situation, 
except that the drip of trees is injurious 
to most of them; increase is obtained by 
division. A. cepJialotes, A. dianthoides , 
A.fasciculata, and A. latifolia , are among 
the most ornamental. 
ARTEMISIA (Linn.) Nat. Order 
