Asclepias (Milkweed, Swallow-wort). Asclepiadeæ.
Increased by seeds sown in pots in spring, pricked out singly when large enough, and treated like cuttings. By cuttings, which should be secured in spring, struck in gentle heat, under a bell-glass, and as soon as they are well-rooted potted into small pots. Seeds of A. tuberosa must be sown or stratified at once.
Ascyrum. Hypericineæ.
Increased by seeds and by careful divisions of the roots in spring.
Ash. See [Fraxinus].
Propagated by seeds procured from their native country. The seedlings should be raised in pots, and sheltered carefully. By layers made in autumn.
Aspalathus. Leguminosæ.
Propagated by young cuttings of half-ripened wood, placed in sand, in spring, under bell-glasses, which must be wiped dry occasionally.