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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Arum—continued. 
the growing season, after which the tender kinds should 
be kept moderately dry, warm, and at rest during the 
winter. The hardy kinds may be left in the ground. 
Propagated by seeds or division 
of the roots—usually the latter. 
The best time to divide them is 
just as they commence their 
new growth, securing as many 
roots as possible to each divi- 
Set sion. Any rootless pieces should 
46; be placed in heat shortly after 
AZ removal; this hastens the for- 
mation of roots and excites top 
growth. Arums are useful in 
sub-tropiéal gardening, and are 
otherwise interesting plants 
both for indoors and outside cul- 
tivation ; and the hardy kinds 
are very suitable fornaturalising 
in woodlands, &c. ‘There are 
i h many other species besides 
: Fic, 154. ARUM DRACUNCULUS thoss. hero” dëkoribed, ous -the 
neg * following list comprises the 
best. Sub-sections of the genus will be found treated 
separately, such as Amorphophallus (which see), &c. 
A. bulbosum (bulbous). Synonymous with A. ternatum. 
A, 
Par ana are pakhea Aet te goon spath e mea Tea gpa d 
k. 2ft. Nort 
A. ea ie. ton Dragon).* 
shorter than the cone, One flat, pine eee rie spathe. July. l 
tire. h. 3ft. South Europe, 1548. Hard’ 
i, marmorata (marbled).* J. marbled with yellow. oe very 
porto and oire. hardy border plant. 
spotted). Lords and Ladies; Cuckoo Pint. E 
spathe v prai pratit below and above, constricted in the mid le, 
with inflexed ee when open, spotted with dull purple ; spadix 
usually purple, shorter than the spathe. Spring. l. vernal "radical, 
hastate-sagittate, bi ay deflexed lobes. h. 9in, Britain, &c. This 
ble is admirably adapted for a corner in the wild garden. 
A. Malyi rie N Jl. whitish. Montenegro, 1860. 
A. Nickelli (Nickel’s). Levant, 1859. A form of A. italicum. 
A. orientale (eastern). f. — - those of A. maculatum. 
June. l. brownish, simple, ovate, slightly sagittate. h. lft. 
Tauria, 1820. Hardy. 
A palostisuim (Palestine).* fl., spathe 7in. to 1lin. long, purplish 
or spotted outside, geo velvety black insidean venowiah 
. white at the base of the tube ; spadix much shorter than the 
 spathe ; petiole 1 rising 8in. or Gin. above the leaves. May. 
pa four or five, tr -hastate, acute, from 6in. to 14in. long, 
pore ga pee mood; petioles 12in. to 18in. long. Jeru- 
Page pictum (painted). h. 2ft. Corsica, 1801. Hardy. 
ALP € oorelike)* K Pa afen al purple, 
horizontal, termi terminated by a scapes arising 
from among the les. May. l tae i , about fo four, cordate- 
A; sposta Gaal showy). fl., ovate-oblong, acuminate, dark 
lish insi 
Pec angi Eres nnd the peopl SS. ee 
lee A, spadix lanceolate, shorter than the oblong- 
late. Plant stemless, rast haat China, 1816. 
i pace geen pano ngs, Cpe lanceolate. E 
‘Maen: h, lft. South Europ 1670. Harty 
um (three-leafleted). A at Pou ieee 
n (variegated). Dalmatia, 1859. Hardy. 
ebor’s). she Fasion Europann teem of d. tree 
ge ala Ss E 
ARUM LILY. See Richardia ethiopica. 
ARUNDINARIA ‘(altered from arundo, a reed). 
ORD. Graminee. A small genus of hardy or nearly hardy 
shrubby grasses, having 
strong jointed stems, 
and frequently included 
under Bambusa. For 
sub-tropical gardening 
purposes more particu- 
larly it is exceedingly 
ornamental as an isolated 
tuft.. It thrives best in 
a deep, rich soil, and ~ 
requires plenty of water 
when in a growing state. 
Increased by division 
of the roots. 
A.falcata (sickle-shaped).* 
l. linear-lanceolate, ve 
acute, shortly stalked, 
very light green. Stems = 
freely branched, deep ~ 
n, and very ‘slender. 
i. 3ft. to 6ft. India. An 
extremely handsome spe- 
cies for greenhouse decoration ; also for outdoor work, particularly 
in the South of England, &c. SYN. Bambusa gracilis, of 
gardens. 
Tic. 155. ARUNDINARIA FALCATA, 
A. Maximowiczii (Maximowicz’s). This Ja apia species is 
believed to be allied to, if not identical with, ambusa Simonit. 
Quite hardy. 
ark groen vena neal L lanonolate,, yiia verg ital in, 
persistent, narrowed into a short leafs 
Sek ens ee ample. Z wl to 6ft. da i ia 
some, hardy, dwarf, m “feels mr 
specimens, an Poper Bege iiem aih SYN. 
ARUNDO (origin of word doubtful ; KAR by some 
authorities to be from arundo, a reed; ‘and others as from 
the Celtic arn, signifying water). ‘Reed. ORD. Gre 
A very ornamental group of half or quite hardy p 
very easy culture in ordinary garden soil, preferring ae 
situations. Panicle loose; calyx two-valved, unequal, 
many-flowered ; corolla of two very unequal valves ; all, 
except the lower and imperfect one, surrounded by a tuft 
of hairs. Fruit free, covered by the corolla. Arundos are 
very valuable either for conservatory decoration, sub- 
tropical gardening, or cultivation in clumps on the turf of 
the flower-garden or pleasure ground, and the margins of 
lakes. Although well worth growing, all are inferior to 
their ally, the Pampas Grass. Propagated by seeds or 
divisions, the spring being the best time to adopt either 
method of increase. 
A. conspicua (conspicuous).* Ya silky-white, on large 
racemes, and lasting in res or several months, 
but in a good deep and and sandy loam it sometimes the he 
of 12ft. New Zealan tes Th vs in de 
tufts, from whieh pem meae = ja Pi smooth 
4 ens 
slightly i rough), lo ing leaves, and erect, gti culms. 
The plant is not ently hardy to withstand a severe winter, 
and a ould. therefore, be proi with mats, or be grown in 
tubs, so that it can be remoyed agg o ‘before the Agee 
of winter. more 
1: Š p ‘i South 
Europe, 1648, This also Sept Soy Sale EE 
colder counties. See Fig. sa 
A. D. 
Alth 
h. 3ft. South maea 
rior to the t; 
with w! 
