Anodontia

Four species. Hardy and half-hardy plants. Seeds, cuttings, or division. Common soil.

Anoectochilus

Anoectochilus setaceus. Stove terrestrial orchidaceous plant.

Anomatheca

Two species. Half-hardy bulbs. Seeds. Common light soil.

Anona

Custard apple. Seventeen species. Cuttings or seeds. Rich loam.

Ant

Ant, (Formica.) To drive this insect away, sprinkle flowers of sulphur over its nests and haunts. To kill it, pour over the nest at night a strong decoction of elder leaves. To trap it, smear the inside of a garden pot with honey, invert it over the nest, and when crowded with them, hold it over the steam of boiling water. They may be kept from ascending standard and cspalier trees, by tying a piece of wool round the stems and the supporters.

Antennaria

Eight species. Chiefly hardy herbaceous. A. hyperborea is an evergreen creeper. Cuttings or divisions. Light rich soil.

Anthemis

Forty-six species. All hardy except A. apifolia and punctata, which are green-house plants. Seed. Common soil. See Chamomile.

Anthericum

Twenty-six species. Green-house herbaceous, except A.scro-tinum and sulphureum, which are hardy. Cuttings or seed. Loam and sandy peat.

Anthocercis

Three species. Green-house evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. Loam and peat.

Anthocleista

Anthocleista macrophylla. Stove evergreen tree. Cuttings. Peat and loam.

Anthodon

Two species. Stove evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. Rich loam and peat.

Antholoma

Antholoma montana. Stove evergreen shrub. Cuttings. Rich loam and peat.

Antholyza

Three species. Hardy bulbs. Offsets. Sandy south border.

Anthophyum

Anthophyum lanceolatum. A stove fern. Seed. Light rich soil.

Anthospermum

Anthospermum aethiopicum. Green-house evergreen shrub. Cuttings. Loam and peat.

Anthyllis

Twenty-two species. Hardy herbaceous and green-house evergreens. Seeds or cuttings. Sandy loam and peat.

Antidesma

Three species. Stove evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. Rich loam.

Antirrhinum

Snap-dragon. Twelve species. Hardy herbaceous, except A. asarina and molle, which are half-hardy evergreens. Cuttings or seeds. Common soil.

Antler Moth

Charaeas.

Antwerp Hollyhock

Althaea ficifolia.

Anychia

Anychia dichotoma. Hardy biennial. Division and seed. Sand and loam.

Aotus

Three species. Greenhouse evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. Loam and sandy peat.

Apeiba

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

Aphananthe

Aphananthe celosioides. Greenhouse evergreen shrub. Cuttings. Peat and loam.

Aphanochilus

Aphanochilus incisus. Hardy herbaceous. Cuttings. Light soil.

Aphelandra

Aphelandra cristata. Stove evergreen shrub. Cuttings. Loam and peat.

Aphelexis

Four species. Greenhouse evergreen shrub. Cuttings. Peat and sandy loam.

Aphyllanthes

Aphyllanthes monspelien-sis. Half-hardy herbaceous. Division and seed. Sandy peat.

Apicra

Twelve species. Greenhouse succulents. Suckers. Sandy loam and peat.

Apios

Apios tuberosa. Hardy tuber. Root. Sand and peat.