ANTHOLYZA 



THE BULB BOOK 



ANTIGONON 



unequal segments, the upper arching 

 ones being much longer than theothers. 

 Antholyzas are rarely met with 

 except in botanical collections. They 

 flourish in warm sunny spots out of 

 doors in stiflSsh, well-drained loamy 

 soil with a little peat and leaf -mould. 

 They may be treated the sanie as 

 Gladiolus, and increased in the same 

 way by offsets from the older corms, 

 or by seeds. 



In cold localities it is better to 

 grow the plants in a cool greenhouse. 

 The best kinds for gardens are : — 



A. sethiopica (A. florihuTida ; A. 

 proscdta), which grows about 3 ft. 

 high, and produces spikes of scarlet 

 and green flowers in June. The 

 variety ringens {A. vittigera) has 

 orange-red flowers, smaller than those 

 of the type, borne on plum-purple 

 stems with a "bloom" {Bot. Mag. 

 tt. 561, 1172). 



A. caffra {Anisa/nthus splendens). — 

 A showy species about 2 ft. high, 

 with spikes of rich scarlet flowers 

 appearing in June. 



A. Carolina, bright' orange; A. 

 fvlgens, rich coppery rose ; and A. 

 pamietdata, with panicles of red, 

 brown, and yellow flowers, and its 

 variety major, are other members of 

 the genus. 



A. Cunonla {A. hicolor ; Anisanthus 

 Cwnonia), with scarlet and black 

 flowers (Bot. Mag. t. 343 ; Bed. Lil. 

 t. 12). 



Fig. 53. — Antholyza Hckweinfurthi, corm. (^.) 



A. Sctiwemfurthi, from Abyssinia, 

 has bright red and yellow flowers 



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borne on loose simple spikes {Bot. 

 Mag. t. 7709). 



ANTIGONON {anti, agains t, 

 opposite ; gonia, an angle). Nat. 

 Ord. Polygonacese. — A genus contain- 

 ing a few species of decorative 

 hothouse climbing plants bearing 

 their flowers in clusters at the 

 ends of the young shoots or in 

 the axils of the upper leaves. The 

 flowers have five segments, of which 

 the three outer are broadly heart- 

 shaped and most conspicuous, the two 

 inneronesbeing oblong. They remind 

 one forcibly of the Bougainvillaeas. 



The species mentioned below have 

 a reputation for being very difficult 

 to flower. One, however, sees one or 

 other of them occasionally in th^ 

 finest perfection. They require to 

 be planted out in a weU-drained 

 border in a warm house, the compost 

 being rich sandy loam and leaf -soil. 

 The shoots should be trained up wire 

 trellises near the glass, but not too 

 close, so that the leaves may obtain 

 as much light as possible. Plenty of 

 water should be given during active 

 growth, but the roots should be kept 

 almost dry during the resting period 

 in winter. The best way to increase 

 the stock is by cuttings of the shoots 

 in spring in a hotbed or in a close 

 frame in the greenhouse. 



A. amabile. — A Mexican plant 

 with tuberous roots, angular climbing 

 stems, bearing oval heart-shaped , 

 leaves, and clusters of bright pink 

 flowers from August to October. 



A. inslgne, from Colombia, has 

 broadly oval oblong leaves with 

 cordate rounded lobes, and bright 

 rosy pink flowers (Gard. Chron. 1877, 

 vii. 789). 



A. leptopus. — This is the best- 

 known and perhaps the most orna- 

 mental species. It is a native of 

 Mexico, and has stalked, heart-shaped 



