Astilbe. Saxifrageæ.
Propagated by division in early spring, and by seeds if they are produced.
Astragalus (Milk Vetch). Leguminosæ.
Seeds should be sown in pots of sandy soil placed in a cold-frame, as soon as ripe, or early in the spring, as they may lie a long time before germinating. The herbaceous perennials also increase by divisions, and the shrubby kinds slowly by means of cuttings placed in a cold-frame.
Astrantia. Umbelliferæ.
Increased by seeds and root divisions in autumn or spring.
Astrapæa. Sterculiaceæ.
Propagated by cuttings of young wood made in spring, placed in a compost of loam and peat, or sand, under a bell-glass, in heat.
Astrocaryum, Phœnicophorum. Palmæ.
Increased by seeds sown in spring in a hot-bed; or by suckers, if obtainable.