Increased by cuttings, which strike freely in sand under a bell-glass, with a mild bottom heat.
Antholoma. Tiliaceæ.
Propagated by cuttings of the ripened wood, which will strike root in sand, under a hand-glass.
Antholyza, Petamenes, including Anisanthus. Irideæ.
Increased by seeds which should be sown as soon as ripe, in light soil, in a cool house. Here they will germinate the following spring, and will be fit to plant out in the summer of the same year. Also by offsets.
Anthospermum (Amber Tree). Rubiaceæ.
Increased by cuttings, inserted in sand under a bell-glass.
Anthurium. Aroideæ.
Propagated by seeds sown as soon as ripe in shallow well-drained pans or pots filled with a compost of peat, loam, moss, broken crocks or charcoal and clean sand. Cover lightly and place in a close, moist propagating case, where a temperature of 75° to 85° is maintained; or the pots may be covered with bell-glasses. Keep the soil in a uniformly moist condition. Also increased by divisions, which should be made in January.
Anthyllis (Kidney Vetch). Leguminosæ.