376. CALADIUM HUMBLOTTII. C Argyrites. A dwarf Brazilian species that is a gem 
among lovely, delicate tropicals. On slender stems, the green leaves are crisply marked 
with a clear white. 
378. COLOCASIA ANTIQUORUM VAR. FONTANESII. Petioles violet—leaves dark 
green with violet margins. 
380. COLOCASIA ANTIQUORUM VAR. ILLUSTRIS. The Black Caladium. The leaves 
are decorative with black-green spots, the petioles violet. zs 
382. COLOCASIA SPP: Red stemmed ape. This plant is happy in the full sun of the 
tropics, where the leaf stems become a bright red and are most effective. 
384. CULCASIA MANNII. The young leaves are a dull olive green; the mature leaves 
are ovate. The plant is compact and slow-growing. 
386. CYRTOSPERMA JOHNSTONII. The Solomon Island elephant-ear. The leaves are 
shaped like a spearhead, rose spotted, and veined with red. The leaf stems are spiny. 
388. SCHIZOCASIA PORTEI. The hastate leaves of this large Philippine species are 
bright green and are deeply cleft and undulated. Thus they resemble the leaves of a 
split-leaf philodendron. 
390. XANTHOSOMA BATAVIENSIS. This species is a robust grower and is more hardy 
than X VIOLACEUM. The entire plant is a soft medium green with a powdery overcast. 
392. XANTHOSOMA LINDENII. The elongated arrow-shaped leaves are prominently 
marked with white at the midrib and lateral veins. The amount of white in relation to 
the green varies, as does the intensity of each color, with the culture afforded the 
plant, both in respect to medium and to amount of light. The plant grows compactly, 
with short petioles, and carries many leaves. This species is a notable member of the 
genus. Native to Columbia. 
394. XANTHOSOMA SPP. An interesting mutation. The leaves are variegated with a 
few areas of light yellow; the stems are longitudinally striped with white and blue-gray. 
This plant should be kept out of bright light or the yellow areas will turn brown. 
396. XANTHOSOMA VIOLACEUM. Schott. West Indian Taro. It makes a nice garden 
plant, but will not keep its leaves in a cold winter in Southern California. 
GINGERS 
456. HEDYCHIUM JUNGLE GARDENS. This beautiful ginger is a cross between eile 
CORONARIUM and H. GARDNERIANUM. The first named species is the fragrant white 
ginger, the petals of which are used so extensively in Hawaiian leis. It is native to India 
where it is highly regarded and is commonly cultivated. The second species endures 
considerable cold in its native Himalayas. In the Hawaiian Islands it is called the 
Kahili Ginger after the resemblance of the cylindrical inflorescence to the kahili torches 
carried in ceremonies. Among the merits of this hybrid are longer lasting flowers and 
larger sepals and petals than those of the Kahili Ginger, which is structurally dominant 
in the cross. This plant is suitable for semi-tropical gardens. 
458. HEDYCHIUM CARNEUM. Flowers are flesh colored. The plant grows three to four 
feet in height and has leaves a foot long. East Indies. 
460. HEDYCHIUM COCCINEUM, Buch.—Ham. A tropical species from India with 
green leaves and scarlet flowers. 
461. HEDYCHIUM FLAVUM. The leaves about 5 feet in height; the flowers large 
and orange-colored. India. 
464. HEDYCHIUM GREENII. The foliage of this plant is highly ornamental, as the 
underside of the leaves is wine-red and the flowers are attractive. We have not fully 
tested this plant, but we judge it to be as hardy as H. GARDNERIANUM. 
466. KAEMPFERIA ROSCOEANA. Th leaves of this member of the ginger family appear 
to fan out of the ground. Each lead of the plant has two large, oval, beautifully irrides- 
cent leaves. Every day in season a lavendar flower forms in the axes. The plants go 
dormant in the winter. Old World Tropics. 
468. KAEMPFERIA GALANGA. Like the last, except that the leaves are light-green 
and the flowers are white and purple. These plants make fine companions for gesneriads. 
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