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The Florists' Review 



15 





Note the 6-footer Author of the Article on "Caladium" Bataviensis Standhig Among Iiis Plants. 



:iH)it' lliaii I'uiir J'cct tall, (M- as a .--[(fci- 

 iicii plant in borders or on lawns. Tlif 

 tiMiis aro (lark, wine red. 



The Wonderfnl tiashoen is a xaricty 

 hat is similar to the forc^^oin;; in nian\ 

 I'spei'ts, but has broader and larjfcr 

 I'aves. The wonderfnl part is don I it 



■ ss in the nnnibcr of leaxes t liat are 



■ rodnceil in a season. Jt is not an ex 

 ii^'^eration to say that this caladium 



ill produce live times as many leavi's 

 II tlie same length of time as the oM 

 scnlentum, and the leases aie almost 

 i~ lai'^e and fully as oiiiamcntal. lleic, 

 1 northern Tennessee, the [dant grows 

 dly six or seven feet tall. This \a- 

 ^ety is bound to be widely used as 

 '>un as known. 



This Variety Has No Tubers. 



I'loscly allied to the i ;iladiums nie 

 ■iie eolocasias an(l xanthosoma'^. < '(dn 



■ isia or Xaiithosoma Arar<diallii, how- 

 .(■r, looks more like a giant ' 'rabbit ''- 

 m" or "nuile's ear," surh as we see 

 1 the northern swamps, than like the 

 dadiunis to which we are aciustomed. 

 ' does not produce tubers, and so mu^t 



• sold as a growing plant, a fact that 



' ly mitigate against its popularity. 



' I'c ))lant grows here from four to si.\ 



'■t tall, witli leaves three or moie feet 



ig and of a rich, dark green c(j1oi-. 



Xanthosoma or Colocasia illnstris is a 



.'irf mendjer of the family, seldon. 



owing more than thirty irule's tail 



- leaves are slightly larger than calla 



ives and are wonderfully handsome. 



ing a good green, mottled and 



"tidied with plum, bronze and all in 



niediate shades. For a bor^ier plant 



'e is nothing T have ever seen tjiat 



I ])rodu(e a ric her elYect, cspet iaily a^ 



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er to a bed of the following: 



■lety: 



Oxie of the Handsomest. 



".anthosoma or Colocasia Bataviensis, 



'iiy opinion, is the best of the ele- 



lilt's ear tribe. It grows rapidly, 



"W ing many leaves from even a sm.'ill 



li'. One of the accompanying illus 



tions is made from a photograph of 



• 'laut that grew from a single tubei 



■' summer, and the tuber was no 



-"•r than a ba=!eball at planting time. 



middle of April. I ha\ e noted many 



''ts with as many as thirty-ti\e or 



',v good leaves that would average 



•■ and a half feet tall. The other il- 



' ration, showing a bed of this va- 



'y, indicates the height of the plants. 



I am standing in the (^Ige of tlie be<l, 

 .iml my height is si.x feet one ineh 

 just as I stand, without my hat. 



The stem of eac h leaf is .a dark |diim 

 i-olor, and the l(!af itself is a blue green, 

 with V(Mns the color of tin! stem. 'J'he 

 blade ol' the leaf is not so large as that 

 ol' (.'alailium esculentum, but the general 

 elVect is mncdi ri(her ;ind nujre trojilcal. 



'I'his season I iiad plants, as large as 

 tlie single plant in the illustration, that 

 grew from tubers no more than an in( h 

 in diametei'. The tubers are more easily 

 kept over winter than the esculentum 

 tubers, .and thus far they have never 

 shown the soft rot tiiat destroys the ((■n 

 ter eye in so many caladium bulbs, 'i'hr 

 plant grows rapidly and makes a sliow 

 earlit'r in the season than a '•aladium oi' 

 the old variety. 



While there are se\eial other \aii(- 

 ties, the ones 1 ha\'e named arc the eas 

 iest to grow and 1 think they are tin' 

 must valuable for all outiloor plantin;;. 

 It might be stated that some of these 

 \ari(dies bloom friMdy, but tlo' idossonis. 

 not adding materialh to the bcautv of 



the plants, may be disi'egardecl in stat. 

 ing tludr merits. Flo}'d I'r.alliar. 



CLIMBERS FOR CONSERVATORY 



Kindly name a few \ iio'S that can be 

 surcessfnily grown in ;i consers'atoiy. 1 

 wish to plant tlu'rii in the ground and 

 woiihl like tpiiid'C results, .as the jdace is 

 <|uite bare at [)resent. W. V. .T.--la. 



A t'ew suitable cliinlK'r- arr llit/ lul- 

 lowing: .\llamand;i 1 l.'iideis(jni, .A. 

 W'illiamsi, P)(nig;iin\illra Sjinderiana, 

 Stcphanotis lloribunda. I'hnnb.'iL'o < a- 

 pensis, .lasminum jtrimiiiinuin, (JliToden 

 droll liall'oMii, Clematis indi\i-).'i and 

 < issiis disrfdor. I"(jI- L-o\cring walls ol 

 brii-l<, stone or cement. I'ii'us I'epi'US is 

 -.•it i-fai'torv. S(nne of iln' I'oregoing ari; 

 riassed as sto\r or ii'ojiical pl.'int.-, but 

 all will (|o wi'll in an oidinar\' '•on-fr\'a 

 toi\'. witli :i niininniMi 'if 1" degii-i'~ 

 The hoyas, passifloi'.'is. bi^noni:!-. \l'-<- 

 I lierokec and a lannbrr ui' otlier \;u ietie.-: 

 :iM' a\;iilaMe, Imt 11io<i' lii'-t nauM/d will 

 !ic> I'oiind oidtc -n it .■! 1 ill'. ' . W. 



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Xanthosoma or Colocasia BatavitMisis. 



