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ARTEMISIA ARUNDO. 



branches, and flowers. Europe, gene- 

 rally near the sea-coast. Borders, 



rough rockwork, fringes of shrubbery, 

 or arid banks. Division and cuttings. 



Artemisia Stelleriana (Steller'sA.) 

 A hoary vigorous herb, ]. ft. to 2 ft. 

 high. Flowers, in summer ; yellowish, 

 in hemispherical, somewhat erect 

 heads, not at all ornamental. Leaves, 

 silvery white, (lower ones spathulate- 

 incised, those of the middle of the 

 stem pinnatifid with obtuse lobes, the 

 end lobes often confluent), few, 

 scarcely 2 in. long including the leaf- 

 stalk, covered with white wool under- 

 neath ; stem also woolly. Siberia. 



Rough rockwork and borders, or 



fringes of shrubberies, in any soil. 

 Division or cuttings. 



Artemisia tanacetifolia (Tansy- 

 leaved A.) An interesting perennial. 

 18 in. high. Flowers, in summer; yel- 

 lowish, in terminal, simple racemes ; 

 stem sometimes branching at the 

 base, herbaceous. Leaves, bipinnate, 

 somewhat downy, with the lobes 

 linear-sublanceolate, pointed, entire, 

 forming handsome fern-like foliage. 



S. Europe. Borders and banks, 



in ordinary light garden soil. 



[A few other species of Artemisia 

 are in cultivation, for the most part 

 not ornamental, scarcely so much so 

 as the Common Wormwood and Southern- 

 wood.] 



Arum crinitum (Dragon's Moutli). 

 A very remarkable plant, 12 to 20 in. 

 high. Leaves, pedate ; lateral seg- 

 ments lanceolate, intermediate one 

 hastate. Flowers much larger than 

 those of A. Dracunculus; also remark- 

 ably fetid, and quite startling in their 

 aspect ; spadix and inside of the 

 spathe covered with hairs. Native of 

 Balearic Islands, Sardinia, Syria, and 



Mesopotamia. In borders and warm 



banks, among low shrubs in warm good 

 soil. Separation of tubers. I have not 

 seen it seed in this country. 



Arum Dracunculus (Dragon's A.) 

 Dracunculus vulgaris. An old and 

 very curious plant, nearly 3 ft. high. 

 Flowers, in summer. Leaves, pedate, 

 in 5 lanceolate segments, broadly 

 veined, the middle ones the largest ; 

 stem and petioles marbled with black 

 like the belly of a viper; spathe 

 furrowed on the inside, slightly ven- 

 tricose at the base, with a widely 

 dilated limb of a pale green exter- 

 nally, and a deep dull violet purple 

 on the inside ; spadix smooth on the 

 top. Native of S. Europe and the 



Canary Islands. At the warm side 



of walls, in borders, or among low 

 shrubs in half-shady spots, grow- 

 ing best in light sandy soil or peat. 

 Separation of tubers. 



Arum italicum (Italian A.} Re- 

 markable for its strikingly variegated 

 leaves, 9 to 15 in. high. Flowers, in 

 spring. Leaves, appearing in the pre- 

 ceding winter, with long stalks, cor- 

 date-hastate, acute, the lobes at the 

 base large and spreading, shining 

 dark green, veined and often spotted 

 with white, sometimes also spotted 

 with black. Spathe greenish, very 

 much dilated above, shorter than the 

 leaves ; spadix club-shaped, yellowish. 

 Native of Europe and N. Africa. 



Borders, banks, rough rockwork, 



or the margins of shrubberies, thriving 

 in almost any soil, but attaining 

 greatest size and beauty in that which 

 is rich, light, and deep. Division. 



Arundo conspicua (Silvery Arundo}. 

 A noble plant, the largest of the 

 New Zealand grasses, with some 

 resemblance to Gynerium argenteum, 

 3 to 8 ft. high. ; growing in dense 

 tussocks, from which rise a pro- 

 fusion of long curving leaves, and 

 erect, slender culms, with large white, 

 silky panicles, from 1 to 2 ft. long ; 

 branches drooping. Leaves, leathery, 

 narrow, smooth, or slightly rough. 

 Northern and middle islands of New 



