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ASTEPHANUS.
Green-house evergreen
vision. Peat and loam.
' thus
come regular, the frames may be set
on ; and more earth be applied by degrees
over the crowns of the plants
until it acquires a total depth of five or
SIX inches.
The glasses must be kept open an
inch or two, as long and as often as
possible, without too great a redtiction
Two species,
twiners. Di-
ASTER. One hundred and fifty-two
species. Chiefly hardy, but a few
green-house plants. Suckers or division.
Common soil. The time for
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propagating them is in autumn, or
o*" temperature occurring, so as to ad- early spring ; but many of the species
mit air freely and give vent to the va- are increased by cuttings of the flower
pours ; for on this depends the superi- stalks, planted in a shady border during
ority in flavour and appearance of the May or June. The varieties are numer-
shoots. The heat must be kept up by a
lining of hot dung, and by covering the
ous.
ASTEROCEPHALUS. Fifty-three
glasses every night with mats, &c. species. Mostly hardy annuals and
The temperature at night should perennials. Seed or cuttings. Com-
never be below 50^, and in the day its
maximum at 62^.
Gathering.—In gathering, for which
the shoots are fit when from two to five
mon soil.
ASTILBE decandra. Hardy herbaceous.
Division. Peat.
ASTRAGALUS. One hundred and
inches in height, the finger and thumb eleven species. Nearly all hardy pe-
must be thrust down into the earth and rennials and annuals; the first propa-
the-stem broken off at the bottom.
Insects.—The foliage of this vegetable
is liable to be destroyed by the
Idrvac of two beetles, the Lemaasparagi,
gated by division, the second by seed.
Common soil.
ASTRANTI\. Six species. Hardy
herbaceous. Division. Common light
or Asparagus Beetle, and the Lema duod^cim
punctata. The only remedy is
soil.
ASTRAP^A. Three species. Stove
to pick off and destroy the affected evergreen trees. Cuttings. Rich light
branches.
ASPASIA. Two species. Stove epi-
soil.
ASTROCARYUM. Five species.
phytes. Bulbs. Peat and potsherds.
ASPEN, (Populus tremula.)
ASPERULA, Woodroof. Twentyfour
species. Hardy herbaceous, except
A. hrevifolia, which is a half-hardy
evergreen. Division. Moist shaded soil.
ASPHODELUS. Asphodel. Twelve
species. Hardy bulbs, except A. clavatus
and intermedia. Offsets. Common
Palms. Stove. Seed. Rich loam.
ASTROLOBIUM. Four species.
Hardy annuals. Seed. Common soil.
ASTROLOMA. Two species.
soil.
ASPIDISTRA. Two species. Stove
herbaceous. Suckers. Common soil.
Flowers produced under ground.
ASPIDIUM. Forty-nine species.
Ferns. Hardy, green-house or stove.
Seed or division. Loam and peat.
ASPIDIOTUS. See Coccus.
ASPLENIUM. Forty-nine species.
Ferns. Hardy, green-house or stove.
Seed or division. Loam and peat.
ASSONIA. Two species. Stove
evergreen trees. Cuttings. Sandy
loam.
ASTARTEA fascicularis.
house evergreen shrub.
Sandy loam and peat.
Green-
Cuttings.
ASTELMA. Ten species Greenhouse
evergreen shrubs, Seed or cuttings.
Sandy peat.
Greenhouse evergreen shrubs. Cuttings.
Sandy loam and peat.
ASTYRIA rosea. Stove shrub. Cuttings.
Sandy loam.
ATALANTIA monophylla. Stove
evergreen shrub. Cuttings. Rich
loam.
ATAMASCO-LILY {Zephyranthes
Atamasco).
ATHALIA spinarum. Turnip Sawfly,
known popularly as the Black-caterpillar,
Black-canker, Black-palmer, Negro,
&c.
Mr. Curtis observes, that "As early
as May, or sooner, the Saw-flies make
their appearance ; the female lays her
eggs on the under surface along the
margin of the leaf. These hatch in
about five days, and produce the Negroes,
which are not thicker than a fine
thread, and white, but after changing
their skins, they become black, and
eventually are three-quarters of an
inch long, when they are more of a
lead colour and yellowish-white be-