ANTHOSPERMUM 



ANTHURIUM 



occupied more than a month. When this beetle, or 

 weevil, leaves the receptacle, it feeds during the summer 

 on the leaves of the trees, and is seldom to be seen. 

 In the autumn, the weevils leave the trees and search for 

 convenient hiding-places, under stones about the trees 

 or under the rough bark, in which they pass the winter. 

 Consequently, as they commence their operations early 

 in the spring, care should be taken to remove all stones, 

 dead leaves, and other litter from under the trees, as well 

 as to scrape off the rough, dead bark from them in the 

 winter season. The apple-weevil is also very injurious 

 to pear-trees. This beetle, or weevil, is scarcely one line 

 and a half long ; its wing-cases are dark brown, with 

 whitish-grey stripes ; its antennae (horns or feelers) spring 

 from the middle of its beak, and all these parts, as well 

 as its eyes and the under part of the body, are black." 



There are several nearly-allied species of predatory 

 weevils, which will be found under the name of CURCU'LIO. 



ANTHOSPE RMUM. (From anthos, a flower, and 

 spertna, seeds. Nat. ord. Cinchotiads [Rubiaceae]. Linn. 

 22-Dicecia, ^.-Tetrandria.) 



Cuttings in sand, in close frame ; peat and loam ; 

 summer temp., intermediate temperature. 



A. athio'picum (Ethiopian). 2. Green and white. 

 June. Cape of Good Hope. 1692. 



ANTHOXA'NTHUM. (Yellow-flower, from the Greek. ) 

 Gramineae. A. odoratum. Linn. One of the sweet 

 grasses, useful in pastures. 



ANTHU RIUM. (From anthos, a flower, and our a, a 

 tail ; referring to the spadix, or Arum, flower-spike. 

 Nat. ord. Aroids [AroideaeJ. Linn. ^-Tctrandria, i- 

 Monogynia. Allied to Pothos.) 



In the old edition there are only two species recorded, 

 but it has since become a most important genus, and 

 there are many garden hybrids of those with showy 

 flowers. They are chiefly hybrids of andrea'num and 

 scherzeria'num. Many of the varieties are named, but 

 seedlings are now so numerous that they are grown under 

 colours only, in some instances. In andrea'num we have 

 various colours from pure white, pink, and various shades 

 up to deep blood-red or crimson. They may be raised 

 from seeds, but it is a slow process, it being nearly a year 

 after flowering before seeds are ripened, and then they 

 are slow to germinate. The seeds should be sown as 

 soon as ripe, the seed pots well drained and filled up 

 with sphagnum moss, rough peat, and sand, and some 

 powdered charcoal may be added. They may also be 

 propagated by divisions, and should be grown in a com- 

 post of rough, fibrous loam, peat, sphagnum moss, sand, 

 and charcoal, with good drainage, and in potting the 

 crowns of the plants should be kept well above the 

 rims of the pots. They delight in a moist atmosphere 

 and a high temperature, but may be kept cooler while in 

 flower. Those grown for their foliage require similar 

 treatment. While growing, liquid manure may be used 

 freely, but it should not be very strong. 



A. acau'le. 3. Green or violet. Spring. W. Ind. 1853. 

 ,, acu'tum. i. Dark green. Brazil. 1887. 

 aeranthe. 3. Spathe green, spadix red-brown. Trop. 



Amer. 



,, affi'ne. Yellowish-green. 1855. 

 Allendo'rfi (GfL, 1889, 121, t. 1293). Hybrid be- 

 tween A. andreanum and A. Lindigii. 

 am't'num. Spathe green. Venezuela. 1848. 

 andi'cola. i. Spathe olive-green, spadix brownish- 

 purple. Mexico. 1855. Syn. A. cucullalum. 

 andrea'num (111. Hort., 1877, t. 271). Spathe scarlet, 



spadix yellowish, whitish. Columbia. 1876. 

 a'lba (Veitch Cat, 1895, 2). Pure white. 

 ., amce'num (G. C., 1893, xiii. 415). Spathe rose- 

 carmine and white spadix tipped with yellow. 

 atropurpu'reum (R. H. B., 1889, 169 t.). Garden 



hybrid between A. andreanum and A. Chanlrien. 

 ,, atrosangui'neum (G. C., 1893, xiii. 415). Dark 

 crimson spathes. 



flo're a'lbo (R. H., 1887, 171). Garden variety. 

 Game'ri (R. H., 1907, 30). 

 Lawre'ncia (G. C.. 1900, xxvii. 370). White. 

 rhodochlo'rum (R. H., 1901, 452 t). 

 uambekea'num (111. Hort., 1892, 109, t. 163). 

 White spathes. 

 ,, angusta'tum (narrow). J. May. Venezuela. 1823. 



A. appunia'num. Spathe green, spadix violet. Vene- 

 zuela. 1860. 



,, Aublc'iii. See A. PENTAPHYLI.UM. 



., augusii'num. See A. TRINEKVM'M. 



Bake'ri. Spathe green, the spadix being of a pleasing 

 combination of pink and bright scarlet. July. 

 Costa Rica. 1872. 



,, be'llum. 3. Green, red-brown. Brazil. 1860. 



., Bino'ti. i. Olive-green. Autumn. Brazil. 



., bogotf'nsc (Sand. Cat., 1897, 3, f.). 



, bouchea'num. Spathe green, spadix violet. Vene- 

 zuela. 1855. 



., brachygona'tum. Mexico. 1860. 



; , brevi''lobum (C. G., 1887, i. 380). Spathe purplish, 

 spadix dark purple-brown. 



., Bro'wnii (G. C., 1877, vi. 744). Spathe greenish 

 tinged with red, purplish spadix. Columbia. 



burfordie'nse (G. C., 1889, vi. 700). Garden hybrid 

 similar to A. leodiense, A. carneum, &c. 



,, ca'ndidum. See SPATHIPHYLLUM. 



,, ca'rneum (R. H., 1884, 101). Garden hybrid between 

 A. lindenia'num and andrea'num. There is also a 

 garden variety under the same name, a hybrid 

 between A. andrea'num and A. nymph&ifo'lium. 



Chamberlai'ni (G. C., 1888, hi. 462, 464-5, f. 66, 67). 

 Spathe pale, dull, puce-coloured outside, shining 

 crimson inside. Spadix dull red. Venezuela (?). 



,, chantinia'num (R. H., 1889, 157). Garden hybrid 

 between A. houllettianum and A. andreanum. 



ChantriSri (R. H., 1884, 101). Garden hybrid be- 

 tween A. subsignatum and A. ornatum. 



chelseie'nse (G. C., 1886, xxiv. 650). Garden hybrid 

 between A . Veitchii and A . andreanum. 



colocasicefo'lium (R. H., 1879, 452, f. 90). Trop. 

 Amer. 



,, corda'tum. Whitish-green. Trop. Amer. 1854. 



cordifo'lium. 2j. Green. W. Ind. 



coria'ceum. 3. Green. Brazil. 



,, costa'tum (ribbed). Spathe greenish, spadix violet. 

 Venezuela. 1854. 



crassifo'lium (G. C., 1883, xix. 10). Spathe light 

 green, spadix dull green. 



,, crassine'rvium. Green. Panama. 1796. 



,, crombezia' num (R. H., 1894, 552 t.). Garden 

 hybid, of which A. scherzeria'num is one of the 

 parents. 



., crue'ntum (R. H., 1886, 50). Garden hybrid between 

 A. andreanum and A. Veitchii. 



,, crystalli'num. i. Greenish. Leaves velvety green, 

 with frosted veins. Columbia. 



,, ,, illus'tre (G. C., 1898, xxiv. 293). Apparently the 

 same as variegatum. 



variega'tum (G. C., 1893, xiii. 641). Leaves wiih 

 large blotches of creamy-white. 



crystalli'no-Edua'rdi (R. H., 1903, 253). 



,, cymbifo'rme (G. C., 1889, vi 67). Spathe white, with 

 salmon-pink spadix. Colombia (?). 



., Decha'rdi (111. Hort., 1877, t. 269). See SPATHI- 

 PHYLLUM CANN^EFOLIUM. 



denta'tum (R. H.. 1884, 293, f. 71). Garden hybrid 



between A. fi'ssum and A. leuconeu'rum. 

 desmetia'num (111. Hort., 1888, 47, t. 52). Garden 



hybrid. 

 ,, devansaya'num. Hybrid between A. magni'ficum 



and A. galeo'ttianitm. 

 ,, digita'tum. i. Spathe green, spadix violet. 



Colombia. 



,, dominice 1 'nse. i. Dominica. 1860. 

 Edua'rdi (R. H., 1884, 102). Garden hybrid between 



A. crystalli'num and A. subsigna' turn. 

 ,, egre'gium. See A. ELLIPTICUM. 

 e'legans (Gfl., t. 1112). Spathe green and spadix 



green or dark purple. 

 ,, elli'pticum. Caraccas. 1853. 

 ,, emargina' turn. i. Green, brownish. Trop. Amer. 

 ,, exce'lsius (W. G., 1890, 307 t.). A hybrid between 



A. Veifchii and A. orna'tum. 

 ,, ferriere'nse (Fl. and P., 1883, 10). Garden hybrid 



between A. andrea'num and A. orna'tum. 

 ,, fi'ssum. 2. Green. Colombia. 1868. 

 ,, fla'vidum (G. C., 1886, xxiv. 651). Spathe pale 



yellowish or yellowish-green, spadix pale violet 



pink. Colombia. 



,, fioribu'ndum. See SPATHIPHYLLUM. 

 ,, fraxine'nse (G. C., 1899, xxvi. 58). 



