Asparagus. Liliaceæ.
The common kitchen garden asparagus is best propagated by means of seeds. These are sown in spring as soon as the ground can be worked, usually in rows a foot or two apart. Thin the young plants to two or three inches apart in the row and give good culture, and the plants can be set in the field the following spring, and they will give a fair crop after growing there two seasons. Small growers nearly always buy plants of nurserymen. Old asparagus crowns can be divided, but seeds give better plants.
The ornamental species of asparagus are propagated by seeds when they are obtainable; otherwise, by division.
Asperula. Rubiaceæ.
Increased by seeds and by divisions of the roots during spring and early summer.
Asphodeline. Liliaceæ.
Propagated by division.
Asphodelus (Asphodel). Liliaceæ.
Propagated by seeds and by division of the root in early spring.
Aspidistra. Liliaceæ.