ARUM AM) CALLA, 301 



September is a good season for removing the 

 voung plants; and where the open garden is found 

 too cold for the roots to stand the winter, we re- 

 commend them to be planted in pots filled with 

 garden mould that may be taken into the house 

 during the winter ; and as soon as the frost is over, 

 the pots may be plunged into such parts of the 

 parterre, or the shrubbery, as require the aid of 

 white flowers to enliven it or to contrast with those 

 of heavier colours. These plants may also be 

 increased from the seeds, which ripen in August ; 

 but, as they require three years before they arrive 

 at a state to flower, this mode of cultivation is sel- 

 dom attended to. It should be observed, that this 

 plant has a thick, fleshy, tuberous root, which 

 rots if too freely watered. The French call this 

 plant Calla cV Ethiopia, Pied-de-Veau, and Arum 

 d Etldopie, 



The common Dragon plant, Arum Dracunculus, 

 grows naturally in Italy, and other southern parts 

 of Europe, from whence it has long been intro- 

 duced to the gardens of this country, as Gerard 

 observes, in 1596, that he had two of these plants 

 growing in his garden. This species of Arum, 

 although objectionable on account of its disagree- 

 able odour, deserves a place in large gardens, from 

 its singularity of appearance ; for in the spring it 

 sends up a straight stalk about three feet in height, 



