Ananassa

Pine Apple. Four species and many varieties. See Pine-Apple.

Anantherix

Anantherix viridis. Hardy perennial. Seed or division. Light rich soil.

Anarrhinum

Three species. Hardy biennials. Seed. Common soil.

Anastatica

Anastatica hierochuntina. Rose of Jericho. Half-hardy annual. Seed. Common soil.

Anchietea

Anchietea pyrifolia. Stove evergreen climber. Peat and loam.

Anchovy-Pear

Grias cauliflora.

Anchusa

Twenty-seven species. All hardy but A. capensis. This requires to be raised in a frame; the others may be sown in open borders.

Andersonia

Andersonia sprengeloides. Greenhouse evergreen shrub. Cuttings. Sandy peat.

Andira

Two species. Stove evergreen trees. Cuttings. Loam and peat.

Androcymbium

Three species. Green-house bulbs. Offsets. Peat and sandy loam.

Andromeda

Twenty-nine species and many varieties Mostly hardy evergreens. A. buxifolia, fasciculata, jamaicensis, and rubiginosa are stove evergreens. A. hypnoides, japonica, ovalifolia, sinensis, and tetragona are half-hardy. The United States has contributed the larger portion of this interesting genus. Seed. Peat.

Androsace

Eighteen species. Mostly hardy. Seed or division. Peat and turfy loam.

Andryala

Nine species. Some hardy, others green-house plants. Seed and division. Common soil.

Aneilema

Eleven species. Stove and green-house. Division or seed. Peat and sandy loam.

Anemia

Eleven species. Stove ferns. Division and seed. Light loam.

Anethum

Four species. All hardy, including Fennel and Dill, which see.

Angelica-Tree

Angelica-Tree, Aralia spinosa.

Angeonia

Angeonia salicdriccfolia. Stove herbaceous. Cuttings. Sandy rich loam.

Angianthus

Angianthus aureus. Green-house herbaceous. Division. Loam and peat.

Angle-Shades Moth

See P/io-logophora.

Angophora

Two species. Greenhouse evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. Peat, sand, and loam.

Angraecum

Nine species. Stove epiphytes. Cuttings. Wood, or moss and potsherds, in baskets.

Anguillaria

Three species. Half-hardy herbaceous. Offsets. Sandy peat.

Anguria

Four species. Stove evergreen climbers. Division. Loam and peat.

Ania

Ania bicornis. Stove epiphyte. Offsets. Peat and potsherds.

Anigozanthos

Three species. Green-house herbaceous. Division. Sandy peat.

Anisacantha

Anisacantha, divaricata. Green- house evergreen shrub. Cuttings. Peat and loam.

Anisanthus

Three species. Green-house bulbs. Offsets. Sandy soil.

Anise

Anise, {Tragium anisum.) Half-hardy annual, used for garnishing or seasoning. Sow during April in pots plunged in a hotbed; remove to a warm, light border in May. Thin the plants to six inches apart. The seed is ripe in August or September. It does not bear transplanting.

Amsekd-Tree

Amsekd-Tree, lllicivm anhahim.

Amsochilt:S

Amsochilt:S camosa. Stove herbaceous. Cuttings. Rich light soil.

Anisomeles

Fourspecies. Three are stove evergreens, and A. ovata, a stove annual. Division or seed. Light dry soil.

Anisopia

Anisopia horticola, is a beetle which often attacks the rose flowers about June. Its maggots live under turf, and feed on its roots.