EEANTHI5 



THE BULB BOOK 



ER-AJSTHIS 



Stove and greenhouse perennials be 

 longing to tliis genus, but. the only 

 one having tuberculous roots is — 



B. tuberculattun. — This species 

 ■was introduced from Xew Caledonia 

 about 1563. It is a beautiful bushy- 

 plant with slender stems, small, oval, 

 opposite leaves, and pure white 

 flowers about 3 ins. across. The 

 corolla is five-lobed, with a long tube, 

 {Bot. Mag. t. 5405.) 



This species flourishes in a stove 

 house in a compost of sandy loam and 

 leaf-soiL It likes plenty of water 

 when in full growth, and frequent 

 syringings or sprinklings overhead 

 before the flowers appear in summer. 

 It is easily propagated by cuttings of 

 the young half-ripened shoots a 

 couple of inches long, inserted in 

 sandy soil in a close frame or under 

 a bell-glass, and kept shaded from 

 strong sunshine till established. 



ERANTHIS (er, spring : anthos, a 

 flower : referring to its early flower- 

 ing). WesTEP. Acon'ite. Xat. Ord. 

 Eanuncidaceae. — A small genus of 

 dwarf - growing perennials having 

 tuberous roots, palmately cut leaves, 

 and solitary yellow flowers, composed 

 of five to eight petal-like sepals. 

 The real petals are small, each with a 

 claw. The stamens and carpels are 

 numerous. 



E. hyemalis. — This is the best 

 known of the "Winter Aconites. It 



irregular tubers, about the size of a 

 small filbert, send up roundish leaves 



Fig. 1-24.— EromtAukynuiJt;. 



Fig. 123.— £ra««Ai» Aynuiiu, tnbers. 



Fio. V2o.—BTant\i* eilieica. 



is a native of W. Europe, and grows which are deeply and irregularly 

 only a few inches high. The blackish lobed. The bright glistening yellow 



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