58 AMES 



in the New World! His importaii 



horticulture are commeiiKirati-i 



AMORPHOPHALLUS 

 : to he confounded with Elettaria Carda- 



31 i 



AMHfiESTIA (Countess Amherst and her daughter, 

 Lady Amherst, promoters of l..it;my in liidinl. />/-<;«- 

 mindste. One of the nohlcst Mt it..\M tihl'- irr. -.. ii;iii\'- 

 to India, where it reaches ;i 1.. ivhi i.i id ii.an-l nn-n. 

 Gaudy red fls.8 in. long, with -., ;.|. |.i d.iiMi- ; . i,.l~. iIm- 

 upper ones gold-tipped, and r,,i,,i, , I |,. ,,i,. ii;,,;-.i]i 

 long, hanging racemes: Ivs. piun.-iN , in m:. ; '■ Imu'. 

 The tree first flowered in Eng. in IM' I i li'it- 



house treatment. The fls. last only :i ^ir I' ^ mis 



rich, loamy soil, and abundant moist u it <iu i ni- t li ■ l^i. iw-. 

 ing season, after which the wood musi I..- niiiiiL-d lirm. 

 B.M.445:i. F.S.5:.-)1.'!-516. 



AMIANTHIUM. See Zno'xh-nns. 



AMMOBIUM ((ir.M.iv, ;,,■,„., /„ .:„„,/). ('n,„i„:s;i„. 

 Hardyherb.cult. a^:ln (n .i la-i ih^m,' ni,i,i..,i.il.'. i'|..ii-is 

 Perfect, yellow, surroinnlrd li>- a ,li\-. mIvii'v h liii.' iii\-.j- 



lucre, and SUbteudr'l N-, .'h:!;! \ -rah-; [.:i|>pu- di' J i'li^- 



tles and 2 teeth, i-!," i: '■ ,;. .| ;, - nn ,,i i , , l.nt 



seeds are sometiiii--- .. ; , ~. , m -i i ;,-,:•:■ i ■■ Mit-d 



as a biennial. Of ',,,i 



where the plants ai '!<':■ I ', . In u,<- s . -''W ^^ ■ is in 

 spring. Cut the tis. befciro tlicy are inlly i-xpandeil, and 

 hang in a dry, shady place. They will theu remain white. 

 alitum, E. Br. Three ft. or less high, erect and 

 branchy, white-cottony, the brancln-s liroadly wingfd : 

 early root-lvs. orate at tin- .imI, ic:! liu fi]Mr;i - h.- 

 low (javelin-shaped) ; st.- 1\ - 1 1 1 ■ I ' ' ,, : ,' ■. , 



entire or nearly so : heads 1 



becoming pearly white. Aii.>ii ..n,. ! ..[;,i 



is var. grandifldruo. j^ ]l j- 



AMM6CHARIS (am»i.o.?, sand; c/mris, beauty). Ama- 

 ryUi(l<)iiie. Greenhouse bulb from Cape of Good Hope. 

 J. G. Baker, Amaryllideae, p. 96. For cult., see Bulbs. 



faloita. Herb. Bulb ovoid, sometimes 6-9 in. in diam., 

 with brown tunics : Ivs. 1-2 ft. long, 1 in. wide, strap- 

 shaped, spreading, produced before the Ivs.: fls. 20-40, 

 in an umbel, bright red, fragrant. Winter. Probably 

 the fruit figured in B.M. 1443 is that of a Brunsvigia, 

 mismatched with the flowers. 



Amniocharis falcata requires rich, loamy soil. It 

 starts to grow in tlie spring. Give plenty of water during 



L. H. B. 



AM6RPHA 1 1 link (imorphos, deformed; the fls. are 



.ii-iiimc .if w MIL'S and keel). Legnminisce. Shrubs: 

 Ivs. all. iTiiii. , M.M pinnate, deciduous, with entire leaf- 

 lits : II-. ill ci.iis,', t. rininal spikes, small, iiapilionaceous, 



but without wings and keel; si, n- i\~.rt.il: pod 



short, slightly curved, with 1 J i ; species, 



CinN.Amer. Hardy flowerim.' I i i nifulfo- 



liage, well adapted for small -hi wmh i s , , ,| \,i\\y jq 



somewhat dry and sunny situations. I'r.j].. nsiuiUy by 

 seeds ; also by greenwood cuttings under ghiss in early 

 summer, or bv hardwood cuttings, placed in sheltered 

 situations early in fall and left undisturbed till the fol- 

 lowing autumn. They may be grown, also, from layers 



can6scens, Nutt. Lead Plant. Low shrub, 1-3 ft., 

 ilcnsily wliite-canescent: Ivs. sessile, 2-4 in. long, leaf- 

 lets lM-4!I, nearly sessile, oval or ovate-lanceolate, 4-7 

 lines long : fls. blue, the spikes crowded into terminal 

 panicles. .June. S. states. Mn. 5:707. B.J1.G618. R.H. 

 1896:280. — Handsome free-flowering shrub of dense 

 habit, well adapted for rockeries and borders of shrub- 

 beries in sunny and well-drained situations. 



frutiodsa, Linn. Bastard Ixdigo. Shrub, 5-20 ft.: 

 Ivs. petioled, 6-lC in. long, leaflets 11-21, oval or elliptic, 

 mostly olituse and mucronulate : spikes dense, 3-C in. 

 I"ii-. I ii.lly in panicles; fls. dark purple. From Wis. 

 I nth. B.R. 5:427.— Interesting ornamental 



|ii-i.'ading habit, with fine, feathery foliage ; 

 1. s.s.i , . for the unusual color of its dark violet- 

 puij.:, \ v.-rv vari'il.lp sp,.,.i,.s: -li-I.th- fliffering 



form i ,. ' ...,.ni,. . I. -,,,,! ;,:•..,.■,:■ -'iianydif- 



fen-iii <■■<' ■ ::,'■_■ ' ' ' ■.■••• •• , I ■■ •'■! ; rroceo- 



lain,' ■• , I; ., ; . , i: ' : ^ .l./ratlS, 



Sw.'i ; .,■-'',-... |i. -(.: /-,,■,.,.,/,,, Null,; /,, .-•,../. Lodd.; 

 Lmlorirun,,,. H..rt.: inimosifolia . Il.irt. ; .)y/ir,^,,.Wend.; 

 paniculata, Torr. & Gr. ; Tennesseensis, Shuttlew. ; 

 Texana, Buckl. 

 .4.r„/,T,„-„,V„,Nutl. Allie.lto A. fnitii'os!,. Pulifscent : sts. 



AMMONIACAL CARBONATE OF COPPER. See 



Fungichlc. 



AMM6FHI1A (Greek, sand-loving). Graminew. A 

 coarse perennial, with long, hard rootstocks. Spikelets 

 1-fld., in large, spike-like panicles, jointed above the 

 empty glumes : flowering glume surrounded at the base 

 by a tuft of hairs : axis of spikelet terminating in a small 

 bristle-like rudiment. Species one. Eu. and N. Amer. 



areniria, Link. (A. ariindincicea, Host.)'. Beech 

 Grass. Marram Grass. Abundant along the sandy 

 coasts of the Atlantic, and the great lakes. Adapted for 

 binding drifting sands of coasts. p g ^^^^^^^_ 



AMOMUM (Greek-made name). Seitaminclcea>. Hot- 

 house ginger-like herbs, with narrow entire Ivs., and fls. 

 in dense cone-like spikes, which are usually near the base 

 of the plant or on a scape. Closely allied to Alpinia 

 (which see for culture). 



C&rdamon, Linn. Cardamon. Thick, spicy, lanceolate 

 Ivs.: plant 4-8 ft.: fls. brownish, in a recumbent com- 

 pound spike. E. Ind. Produces the Cardamou seeds of 



~'"" ■' ' ■'• Ali i.Li. Keiider. 



AMORPHOPHALLUS (Greek-made name). Aroldece. 

 Giant aroids, fi-om the eastern tropics, grown as curiosi- 

 ties in liothousos. Spathe (or "flower") springing from 

 the great bulb-like tuber in advance of the Ivs., the latter 

 usually pedately compound : differs from Arum and re- 

 lated genera by technical characters. Monogr. by Engler 

 in De CandoUe's Monographiro Phanerogamarum, vol. 2, 

 1879. 



Amorphoplialiuscs -jn- \:y].:fj::<u,\ l.\ ,iti -ris of the 

 tubers. Towarl ■ Hm' . imI ..f M n . , ':. Iiould be 



taken from tlnir wini.r .|u:iii.' : !■ ■ .1 on the 



stages of a nio.l. r:iiii> « Mill :T. . i.r ■■ - ■ : .-iit moist, 

 where, if th.- tuii r- .m' -ii.i _ . , ,iill soon 



flower. Tin- l.av. - Im"'iii 1" :■!.. , ■ . .ifterthe 



flowering seas. ill. ■|■..^^ nr.N 1 1 ■-: M ■ .y should 



be planted out in liir opi-n ^ji-.-ini-i, ..r . i,. . n-n lie used 

 in subtropical Inakling. i'lanls slioul.l 1... liiu-d in the 

 fall, before frost, and potted in any good, rich soil, and 

 placed in a warm greenhouse to ripen off the leaves, after 

 which they may be stored away under the greenhouse 

 stages, or any convenient place where the temperature 

 does not fall below 50°, giving just sufiicient moisture to 

 keep the tubers from shriveling. 



Cult, by Edward J. Canning. 



