The century supplement to the dictionary of gardening, a practical and scientific encyclopaedia of horticulture for gardeners and botanists . s; and where a good force of water canbe applied, as from a stand-pipe or powerful engine, agood washing several times during a very dry summerwould be usefvd in dislodging such pests. ACEBiANTHITS (from Acer, the Maple, and anthos, aflower; the flowers resemble those of the Maple). A monotypic genus. The species, , is a hardy herbaceous perennial, with a creepingrhizome, also known as Epimedium diphyllum (under whichname it i
The century supplement to the dictionary of gardening, a practical and scientific encyclopaedia of horticulture for gardeners and botanists . s; and where a good force of water canbe applied, as from a stand-pipe or powerful engine, agood washing several times during a very dry summerwould be usefvd in dislodging such pests. ACEBiANTHITS (from Acer, the Maple, and anthos, aflower; the flowers resemble those of the Maple). A monotypic genus. The species, , is a hardy herbaceous perennial, with a creepingrhizome, also known as Epimedium diphyllum (under whichname it is described in Vol. I.). Sepals seven or eight, re-sembling the petals, the outer ones rather smaller ; petalsflat; stamens four, free. Stem one-leaved, racemose at apex. ACHRATITJM. Bentham and Hooker include thisgenus under Elseocarpus (which see). ACERINII2!. The Acerineie are now regarded as asub-order of the Natural Order Sapindacem. It embracesthe well-known genera Acer and Negundo (the latter nowincluded under Acer. Flowers regular. Leaves alwaysopposite, simple or pinnately three- to five-foliolale. The Dictionary of Gardening,. ACHANIA. A s\Tionym of Malvaviscus fwhicli^ee). ACHERONTIA ATROFOS. See Beaths-HeadMoth. ACHETA. Tliis was the old generic name for theCrickets, of which there are four representatives in thiscountry, and three of them injurious to field and gardenproduce. The more modem names for the Cricketsare Gryllus domesticus (House Cricket), Gnjllus catn-pesfris (Field Cricket), Nemohius sylvestvis (Small FieldCricket), and Gryllotalpa vulgaris (Mole Cricket). SeeCrickets and Mole Cricket. ACHILLEA. Yarrow. Upwards of 100 species havebeen described by botanists (but according to the authors of the GeneraPlantarum, thenumber may be con-siderably reduced) :they inhabit Europeand Western Asia,A. Ptarmica (Sneeze-wort) and A. MtU^-folium being indige-nous in alternate. The Achilleas areall sun-lovers, andthough, as stated inVol. I., many arecoa
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