THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Anthericum continued. 



to August I. tufted, narrow, channelled, 12in. to 18in. high. 

 South Europe, 1596. A very free flowering species, of which there 

 is a major variety in gardens. SYNS. Phalangium and Watsonia 

 Liliago. 



L Liliastrum (Liliaster). St. Bruno's Lily. fl. much larger than 

 the last, 2in. long, and as much across, fragrant, of a trans- 



Fio. 106. ANTHERICUM LILIASTRUM, showing Habit and Flower. 



parent whiteness, with a delicate green spot on the point of each 

 segment, campanulate, arranged in loose spikes. - Early summer. 

 L long, narrow, six or eight to each plant, about 1ft. to 2ft. long, 

 A. 1ft. to 2ft. South Europe, 1629. SYNS. Czackia Liliastrum and 

 Paradiria Liliastrum (this is the correct name). See Fig. 106. 

 A. L, major (greater), fl. about lin. larger than the type. h. about 



6ft. A very desirable border plant. 



A. ramosnm (branched).* fl. white, rather smaller than those 

 of A. Liliago ; perianth segments narrow and spreading ; style 

 straight ; flower stems much branched. June. I. long, narrow 

 channelled, grass-like, h. 2ft. South Europe, 1570. A rapid 

 grower. SYN. A. graminifolium (of gardens). 

 A. serotlnnm Gate-flowering). See Lloydla. 

 A. variegatum (variegated), t keeled, grass-like, striped and 

 margined with white. South Africa, 1875. Half hardy. The 

 proper name of this plant is Chlorophytum elatum variegatum. 

 SYNS. A. WUliamsii and Phalangium argenteo-Uneare. 

 A. Williamsii (Williams'). Synonymous with A. variegatum. 



ANTHERIDIA. The reproductive organs in crypto- 

 gamic plants, analogous to anthers in flowering plants. 

 . ANTHERIFEROUS. Bearing anthers. 

 ANTHESIS. The opening period of flowers. 

 ANTHOCARPOUS. Bearing a fruit resulting from 

 many flowers. 



ANTHOCEBCIS (from anthos, a flower, and kerkis, a 

 ray; in reference to the radiated corolla). OBD. Solanacece. 

 Handsome greenhouse evergreen shrubs, with alternate 

 leaves, attenuated into the petioles or base, thick, 

 sometimes glandularly dotted. Flowers axillary, generally 

 solitary; corolla campanulate. Cuttings strike freely in 

 sand under a bell glass, with a mild bottom heat. So soon as 

 they have well rooted, pot off into very small pots in two- 

 thirds good loam and one of peat. After having made 

 a little headway, the leading shoots should be pinched off, 

 to induce a lateral growth; they may be transferred to 

 pots a size larger when the roots have filled the first pot. 

 Continue growing throughout the summer in frames or in 

 the greenhouse, near the glass, allowing plenty of air. 

 Vigorous growth should be checked ; thus encourajrinjr 

 bushy plants. 



A. albicans (whitish-leaved).* fl. white, streaked with bluish- 

 purple inside the tube, fragrant; petals longer than the tube. 

 April, l. oblong, obtuse, densely tomentose on both surfaces as 

 well as the branches, h. lift, to 2ft. New South Wales, 1824. 



Anthocercis continued. 



A. floribunda (many-flowered). /. white, h. 3ft. New South Wales. 

 A. ilicifolla (Holly-leaved). /. yellowish green. June. A. 6ft. 



Swan River, 1843. 



A. littorea (shore), fl. white. June. h. 3ft. New Holland, 1803. 

 A. viscosa (clammy).* fl. large, white. May. I. obovate, glandu- 

 larly dotted with scabrous margins ; young leaves and branches 

 clothed with fine down. A. 4ft. to 6ft. New Holland, 1822. 

 ANTHODON. Included under Salacia. 

 ANTHOLOMA (from anthos, a flower, and loma, a 

 fringe ; in allusion to the fringed or crenulated limb of 

 the corolla). OED. Tiliacece. A fine greenhouse ever- 

 green tree, thriving in a mixture of light loam and peat. 

 Cuttings of ripened wood root in sand, under a hand glass. 

 A. montana (mountain).* fl. white ; corolla ovately cylindrical, 

 with a crenate, rather toothed margin ; racemes axillary, some- 

 what umbellate, reflexed. May. I. elliptical-oblong, leathery, 

 stalked, scattered at the top of the branchiate, h. 20ft. New 

 Caledonia, 1810. 



ANTHOLYZA (from anthos, a flower, and lyssa, rage ; 

 in reference to the opening of the flowers, which resemble 

 the mouth of an enraged animal). SYN. Petamenes. In- 

 cluding Anisanthus. OED. Iridece. A very pretty genus 

 of bulbous plants from the Cape of Good Hope, having 

 narrow, erect, Iris-like leaves, and flower-spikes that over- 

 top the foliage, bearing numerous bright-coloured flowers. 

 Perianth tubular, six-cleft, unequal, the upper segments 

 longest ; stamens three. The species may be grown in a 

 greenhouse, or planted out in a frame. They also thrive 

 excellently out of doors, and should be planted Sin. or 

 9in. deep for fear of frost, or have a winter protection of 

 several inches of cocoa-nut fibre refuse or litter. The safer 

 plan is to raise the roots, winter them in some dry part of 

 the greenhouse ; but, previous to storing, divide the clumps, 

 clean them, and re-plant or pot in February, -jor early in 

 March. A mixture of equal parts peat, sandy loam, and leaf 

 soil is most suitable for their culture. Just previous to 

 flowering, if in pots, frequent doses of weak manure water 

 will be found beneficial. They may be propagated by off- 

 sets, which are produced in abundance, at almost any time. 

 Seeds are sometimes procured, which should be sown so 

 soon as ripe, in light soil, in a cool house, where they will 

 germinate the following spring, and will be fit to plant 

 out in the summer of the same year. With the exception 

 of A. Cunonia, they all much resemble each other. Only 

 four or five species of this genus are worth cultivating. 



A. eethlopica (^Ethiopian).* /. scarlet and green. June. h. 3ft. 



1759. SYNS. A. floribunda, A. proealta. 

 A. . ringens (gaping), fl. red and yellow, rather smaller than 



those of the type. SYN. A. vittigera. 

 A. bioolor (two-coloured). Synonymous with A. Cunonia. 

 A. caffra (Caffrarian).* fl. rich scarlet ; spike distichous, many- 

 flowered. June. I. long, linear, or linear-ensiform. h. 2ft. 1828. 



A very showy and pretty species, but rarely seen in our gardens. 



SYN. Anisanthus splendens. 

 A. Cunonia (Cunon's).* fl. scarlet and black, a combination of 



colours uncommon among bulbous plants ; spikes sccund. June. 



h. 2ft. 1756. SYN. Anisanthus Cunonia. 

 A. floribunda (much-flowered). A synonym of A. cethiopica. 

 A. preealta (very tall). Synonymous with A. cethiopica. 

 A. vittigera (glandular). Synonymous with A. as. ringeng. 



ANTHOMYIA. See Beet Fly, Cabbage Fly, and 

 Onion Fly. 



ANTHONOMUS. See Grubs. 



ANTHOSFERMTJM (from anthos, a flower, and 

 sperma, a seed). Amber Tree. OED. Rubiacece. An 

 ornamental greenhouse evergreen shrub from the Cape of 

 Good Hope. It thrives in peat, loam, and sand, with a 

 summer temperature of 50deg. to 65deg., and winter, 40deg. 

 to 45deg. Increased by cuttings, in sand, under a bell 

 glass. There are above twenty other species belonging to 

 this genus. 



A. sethiopicum (^Ethiopian).* fl. dioecious, male brownish, and 

 the female ones green, disposed in verticillate spikes. June. I. 

 linear-lanceolate, three in a whorl, shining above, glabrous be- 

 neath, about lin. long. Stem much branched, downy above, h. 

 2ft. to 3ft. 1692. 



