. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 94 ARGEMONE ARISARUM AA. Fls. white {rarely purple). grandifWra, Sweet. Glabrous and glaucous, 1-3 ft. high, almost destitute of prickles: Ivs. sinuate-pinnatifld, the lobes only weakly spinescent: bracts scattered along the fl. branches: capsule valves scarcely crested. S. W. Mex. 1264. 16:1546. B.
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 94 ARGEMONE ARISARUM AA. Fls. white {rarely purple). grandifWra, Sweet. Glabrous and glaucous, 1-3 ft. high, almost destitute of prickles: Ivs. sinuate-pinnatifld, the lobes only weakly spinescent: bracts scattered along the fl. branches: capsule valves scarcely crested. S. W. Mex. 1264. 16:1546. 3073. platycferas, Link & Otto. Robust, 1^-4 ft., very spiny, the Ivs. glaucous ; Ivs. sinuate-pinnatifld, spiny : bracts aggregated below the tls.: petals large (rarely purple): capsule valves crested or spiny. Mex. to Colo. Var. hispida, Prain. {A. Jiispida, Gray). Petals rounded; sepals and capsule densely prickly: plant hispid. Wyo. and Ark., W. and S. l. h. b. ABGYBfllA {silvery, referring to the under side of the Ivs.). ConvolviilAcem. Tender climbers from the orient, allied to Ipomcea. Lvs. usually large, silvery, tomentose or villous beneath : cymes usually few-fld. They require too much room before flowering to be popu- lar here. A. cuneafa is one of the dwarf est and most florif- erous kinds. Light, rich soil. Prop, by cuttings or seeds. tilieefdlia, Wight. Lvs. heart-shaped : fls. white and violet. Prop, from seeds. E. Ind.—Int. 1890 by Peter Henderson & Co. ARIA. See Sorbus. AKISAmA (Greek-made name, of no particular sig- nifloance). Ardide<e. About 60 widely distributed herbs, with tuberous roots, and a spathe rolled in or convolute about the spadix below, and often arched over it: fls. unisexual, the pistillate on the lower part of the spadix, and each consisting of a 1-locuIed ovary, and generally ripening into a showy berry. Some species are native, and several of them are hardy in the open ; others are cult, under cover, as recommended for
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