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ARUM. 



THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



ARUNDO. 



Some nine or ten kinds are found in South 

 Europe, two coming as far north as our 

 own country. They have, when in bloom, 

 a very offensive odour of carrion. 



A. crinitum (Dragon's Month}. This 

 plant when in flower is very grotesque, 

 from the singular shape of its broad 

 speckled spathe. The leaves are cut 

 into deep segments, and the leaf-stalks, 



mottled with black. It loves best a corner 

 to itself in sandy loam at the foot of a 

 south wall. Many would not care for a 

 plant having such an odour. Division. 



A. italicum (Italian Arum] is larger 

 than our native Arum ; the veins blotched 

 with yellow. As the leaves come very 

 early in the season, they are attractive. 

 In the autumn, when they have died 



Arum crinitum (Dragon's Mouth). 



overlapping each other, form a sort of 

 spurious stem i ft. or 14 in. high, marbled 

 and spotted with purplish-black. Warm 

 borders, fringes of shrubberies, or beds of 

 the smaller sub-tropical plants suit it best. 

 Division of tubers. 



A. Dracunculus (Dragons, Snake 

 Plant\ from South Europe, attains a 

 height of 2. to 3 ft. ; the leaves large ; the 

 stalks and stem of a fleshy colour, deeply 



away, the clusters of scarlet berries, on 

 foot-stalks 10 in. or 12 in. long, are showy. 

 The true use for it is as a naturalised 

 plant, or in the shrubbery. 



Arundinaria. See BAMBUSA. 



ARUNDO (Great Reed}. Important 

 Grasses of fine form sometimes of great 

 height. A. conspicua (New Zealand Reed) 

 is a Grass of noble form a companion 

 for the Pampas Grass, especially in the 



