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50 “SSS, - ‘THE DICTIONARY. OF GARDENING, 
an, $  Alocasia—continued.* . ‘ 
“Alder; the, young trees mae * fats in, shee made with 
a ‘an ordinary garden, spade, about 9in. deep, and about 4ft. 
apart. They are also increased, but rarely, by-cuttings, by 
_ suckers, an@uby grafting. _ i i 
cordifolia (heart-shaped-leaved).* fl. greenish-brown, “March 
“Aged epifo before the "aca ofthe leaves. Z. heart-shi 
acuminate, dark gréen, and shining. æ 16ft: to 50ft. * Cala 
and Naples, 1820. A large, very distinct, and handsome roel 
headed tree. 
interesting of ornamental trees. ae, 
A. firma (firm).*_ l. oval lanceolate, acuminate, sharply serrated, 
many-nerved. Japan. One ofthe most distinet of alltthe Alders. 
Fic. 60, ALNUS GLUTINGSA, showing Catkins and Fruit. 
A. glutinosa (sticky)*. barren catkins long, large, and cylindrical, 
pendent, their footstalks branched. fertile catkinsysmall, ovate, 
with deep-red scales. Spring, l. roundish-cwneiform, obtuse lobed 
at the margin, and ‘serrated, somewhat glutinous, downy in the 
axils of the nerves beneath. h. 50ft. to 60ft. Britain, ‘The Alder 
affects moist and damp’situations, and, as it grows quickly, it is a 
useful tree to plant in baresituations. It is valuable as a nurse to 
other trees by the sea-side. See Fig. 60 
A. g. aurea (golden).* Foliage golden colour. 
A. (incised).* * Compact form, with leaves qŭite like those 
of co hawthorn. SYN. A. g. oxyacanthifolia, 
A. E ta (cut).* l, oblong and pinnatifid, with the lobes 
has elegant droo b * 
pees is one of the gS ping branches and fern-like leaves, 
A. g. oxyacanthifolia (sharp- prickled). Synonymous with A. g. 
that of bye: com 
imperialis (= aspleni, 
incisa. 
a ad rie ms the 
form, e variety 
slightly di 
or cut foliage ; A. g. varie = arak in i riea or less lobed 
A. g. crea 
* 
A. incana (hoary).* 1. eae pal or erate aie at the 
base, 
sharply serrate, whitened, and mostly dow 
20ft. North Tom iate regions. Thilsects drier n 
our native A. glutinosa, 
K ridis (ereen) Aa miil Sa stalk lustered, 
l. round oval or er ge heart-shaped, rh ous and rp agew 
softly downy beneath, serrate, with ver D and glosely set 
teeth. Mountainous regions of northern hemisphere 3 
E Amer 
ALOCASIA "(Erom a, without; and Coloc 
to Colocasia. Orn. 
often with large and handsomely variegated, usually pel- 
tate, Teac and shortly petiolate diko spathes. . They - 
rong thoist heat, and 
consist of fibrous peat, with a little light- fibry loam, in 
“large lumps; ‘to this add a good proportion of sphagnum 
“and lumps. of charcoal, with plenty of silver sand. 
It grows rapidly in-dry soil, and is one of the most |e 
bat 
a R cucullata (hood-leaved). jl. green, whitish. Spring. 
ie 
roideé@. Stove plants of great beauty.. 
_ ~ "veins distinct ivory white. 
A, Thibau repo ihe 2 t erate atiii ite deeply cordate; basal 
obes rounded an sharply poin athe me 
by numerous grey ve ae ae from ssn, 
an abundant supply of ie o to thea pots. - 
rp 
Keep 
the bulbs and soil raised well above the rim of the pots, 
and finish off with a surfacing of- either sphagnum. or 
cocoanut ‘fibre. The latter will soon encourage new root- = 
lets» Crock the pot quite two-thirds up with clean, broken ki 
potsherds. “Water freely when in good growth, and give | 
liqhid mantire once or twice a week through the growing = 
season. = Shade. during bright sunshine in ‘the spring and 
summer months. Increased by seeds and divisign of the stems 
or rhizome, Winter temperature, 60deg. to 65deg.; summer, + 
7odeg. to s5deg. See also Caladium : and Colocasia. 
Å. alba (white Th. whitey h. 13ft. Java, 1854. ° * 
A, amabilis (lovely). Synonymous with A. longiloba. ise 
A; chelsonii (Chelséa).* An interesting hybrid bet Wéen A. cuprea” 
and A. longiloba. 4, large, upper surface deep green, glossy and’ 
metallic, under side purplish, as in A. cuprea. 
h, att, > 
India, 
“A. cuprea (coppers). * Jf., spathe purplish-red, with short” lamina. 
l. cordate-ovate, peltate, "deflexed, 12in. to 18in. long, rich bronze . 
colour, p e beneath, 2fte. Borneo,’ 1860. - S¥NS.. A. 
metallica, Xanthosoma plumbea. 
A, gigantea (gigantic), Synonymous with A. longiloba. 
guttata (spotted). fl., spathe white otted with purple. 
l leafstalk also spotted. R. 2ift. Borneot 189. 
At elipti i (hybrid).* A cross between A. Lowii and A. cupred. 
tic in outline, with a very short acuminate point, and very 
astignty arted at the base, deep olive-tinted green on the upper 
Surface, having stout, the bak Gay p: the “pees qh an ivory 
E Py meake dull m ae aTa 
Sa thei Diades, de green, aeS 
ha iotelson of dark brown ; be sige 
long. India, 1867. A very- Se r A 
_A. Johnstoni (Johnston’s).*° Le sen 
Age the front lobe being about T2in. lone, Det the two back lobe 
l4in. long and diver; ent,- Olive-green, prettily variegated inde 
strikingly veined with brig: t rosy red. The leafstælks are fut- 
nished at intervals with irregular whorls of stiff spines, the points 
of which are turned upwards. - Stem darkly mottledwith flesh- ~ 
coloured bands just above the spines. Solomon Isles, 1875. This _ 
plant has quite a unique appearance. s 
A. Liervalii (Lierval’s), l. bright green. Philippines, 1869. wi 
l. large sagittate, with the upper ee à 
A. longiloba (long-lobed). 
spreading out, green, With silvery veins, A. 4ft, Java, 1864. Syns 
A anai; A A. gigantea. y 
Fy Lowii (Low’s). fl., spathe white. 1. cordate- sagittate, vine 
to lóin. long, pelfate, deflexed, olive- green, | with thick white - 
ribs, deep purple beneath. Borneo, 1862, 
A. macrorhiza (long-rooted). (jl. green, whitish: “h. 5ft. Ponik 
A. m. variegata (variegated). J. large; somewhat cordate, with 
slightly waved margins, bright green, blotched and marbled with 
white, sometimes aren Al, quite ‘white ; footstalks broadly ki 
with pure white, Ceylon. A very striking and effective’ lar, 
haa plant. 
Marshallii (Marshall’s). i eteen, with dark "blotches, 
broad central silvery band. India, 1 
A. metallica (metallic). p i At wit, cuprea hapal 
A. navicularis Cosina spath Er the boat-s , 
whitish. h. lft. ibs. Ç > 
A, Roezlii. See olan marmoratum. ~ 
A. sca’ sniper A eT ‘flyespathe entirely white ; limb 
i an K Tong, oblo te. A spreading, not deflexed, sagittate, # 
"not in the least’ oat te, deep ining green a pale ane 
beneath, e length 22in. lin. A. 4ft. to 4itt. orth- 
West Borneo, 187 1878, . Altho his is not such an ornamental 
species as A, Lowiiy A. Thibautiana, or A. cuprea, it has the merit’ 
of being a much larger and bolder plant than either of these, an 
fs one of the largest species in the pe 
A. Sedeni’ winged s).* A hybrid bet@hien A, if and A. cupred. 
4 oval, cordate, sagittate, deflexed, bronzy i purple beneath, 
traversed 
“which is Se purple beneath, 
said to be by far the finest of the genus. | 
k varga Sor Ca A. whitish. 0. leafstalk e muted with 
violet. 
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