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PBAGTICAL GUIDE TO GARDEN PLANTS antholtza 



named Lemoi/nei, a pale salmon-pink, and 

 Marie Lemoime, a straw-white, and these 

 and many others are stiU grown. They 

 are vigorous growers and free bloomers, 

 and produce their flowers between the 

 early and the very late kinds. 



Culture and Propagation. — This is 

 the same as for the ganda/vensis hybrids 

 referred to above. 



G. nanceianus. — This race of hybrids 

 was also raised by M. Lemoihe of Nancy, 

 and distributed in gardens for the first 

 time in 1889. The plants surpass in size 

 and beauty all other kinds except the 

 Childsi race. They differ from the latter 

 in being the result of crossing (?. Saim- 

 dersi vpith the best forms of Lemoinei, 

 instead of gandavensis. They are as hardy 

 as the gandavensis section and much 

 more free-flowering, having enormous 

 branched spikes of bloom, many of which 

 are 5 in. or more across. The colours are 

 of the most brilliant and varied hues, 

 heavUy spotted, and having a beautiful 

 lustrous stem. Among the shades of 

 colour may be mentioned purple, claret, 

 orange, red, maroon, orange -scarlet, 

 violet, carmine, variously striped and 

 blotched with distinct and harmonising 

 colours. 



Culture and Propagation. — This is 

 the same as for the gamda/vensis hybrids. 



G. nanus. — This section is valued on 

 account of its dwarf habit and free-flower- 

 ing properties, and is useful for cutting. 

 The corms are best planted from October 

 to December, in the same way as the 

 Colvillei varieties, and during severe frost 

 should be protected with a covering of 

 straw, litter &o. The flowers vary in 

 colour from white through rose, pink, 

 carmine, orange, salmon, and are often 

 beautifully blotched. 



G. ramosus. — There are several 

 hybrids in this section, but they cannot 

 compare in size or colour with those of 

 the ga/nda/vensis, Lemoinei, Childsi, and 

 namceianus sections. The flowers are for 



the most part shades of deep rose or red, 

 more or less flaked and feathered vidth 

 white, but of great substance. The corms 

 may be planted in spring like the more 

 showy kinds, and the flowers are produced 

 from about July to late in autumn. 



Culture and Propagation. — This is 

 the same as for G. floribundus (p. 948). 



ANTHOLYZA. — A genus of plants 

 with Gladiolus-like corms and leaves and 

 spikes of bright-coloured flowers over- 

 topping the foliage. Perianth tubular 

 with 6 unequal segments, the upper arch- 

 ing ones being n[iuch longer than the 

 others. Stamens free. 



Culture and Propagation. — The plants 

 of this genus are rarely met with except 

 in botanical collections. They flourish in 

 warm sunny spots out of doors in stiffish 

 well-drained loamy soil with a little peat 

 and leaf mould. They may be treated the 

 same as the species of Qladiohis, Tritonia 

 (p. 946) and Watsonia (p. 945), and in- 

 creased in the same way by offsets or 

 seeds. 



They are all natives of South Africa, 

 and as they resemble each other very 

 much in habit and foliage it is scarcely 

 necessary to describe these in detail. 

 The best kinds for gardens are : — 



A. sethiopica (A. florihvmda; A. prce- 

 alta) , which grows about 3 ft. high, and pro- 

 duces 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.' 



A. caffra (Anisamthus splendens), a 

 showy species about 2 ft. high, with spikes 

 of rich scarlet flowers appearing in June. 



A. Cunonia {A. bicolor ; Anisanthus 

 Cvmonia), with scarlet and black 

 flowers ; A. Carolina, bright orange ; 

 A. fulgens, rich coppery rose ; and 

 A. paniculata, with panicles of red, brown, 

 and yellow flowers, are other species 

 worth growing. 



Division II. SPADICIFLOBM (see p. 128). 

 CXXIV. TYPHACEiE— Reed Mace Order 



A small order of marsh or water-loving plants with a creeping rootstock, 

 narrow linear obtuse leaves with sheathing bases, and monoecious flowers in 



