ARUM 



THE BULB BOOK 



AEUM 



namental in appearance, and worthy 

 of a place in gardens. The hardy- 

 species flourish in moist, shady, or 

 sunny spots, and may be grown in 

 rougher parts of the garden. The 

 common British Arum — A . maciilatwm 

 — grows under these conditions, and 

 is by no means a plant to be despised 



Colocasia, Eichardia, etc. The 

 following kinds are worth growing : — 



Fig. 60. — Arwm maculatum, 

 tuberous root-stock. (^.) 



when planted in bold groups. The 

 more tender species flourish in sandy 

 loam, with a little peat or leaf-soil, 

 but few of them are grown outside 

 botanical collections. In all cases 

 the plants are propagated by detaching 

 the offsets or suckers from the older 

 tubers, or from seeds sown in light 

 sandy soil, after they have been freed 

 from the sticky pulp in which they 

 are enclosed. As the name Arum 

 has been loosely employed for many 

 plants, the reader will find it mixed 

 up with such genera as Arissema, 



Fig. 61. — Aium, showing spadix (s), with 

 male flowers (m), neutral flowers (w), 

 and female flowers (/). 



A. crlnltuiu {Helicodiceros crini- 

 ttts). — A highly curious plant from 



Fig. 62. — Arum crinitum. 



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Corsica, commonly called the 

 "Dragon's Mouth," owing to the 



