. 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. from bulb dealers in the fall and flowered under glass in the spring. It is a most vile-smelling plant when in full flower. The plucky artist who drew the accom- panying picture of this arum wrote at the bottom of his drawing, "Air '; ^. 1031. Helicodiceros muscivorus, Eng. (
. 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. from bulb dealers in the fall and flowered under glass in the spring. It is a most vile-smelling plant when in full flower. The plucky artist who drew the accom- panying picture of this arum wrote at the bottom of his drawing, "Air '; ^. 1031. Helicodiceros muscivorus, Eng. (, Schott. Arum crinl- tum, Ait. Draciinculus crinUus, Schott). Fig. 1031. Height 1 ^2 ft.: spathe-limb purple, covered with purple hairs. Corsica. 10:831. 5:445. W. M. HELIC6NIA (Mt. Helicon, in Greece, seat of the Muses). Scitamindceie. Foliage plants allied to Musa. Perhaps 25 to 30 species in tropical America. The plants are grown in a warmhouse along with Alocasias, An- thuriums and Calatheas: the directions given for the cultivation of Calathea apply very well to Hclicouia. Under the name of Wild Plantain or Balisier, //. Ji^ is cult, outdoors in S. Fla. and along tin- iiulf if It is an evergreen shrub rivaling the banan^ts in i,,|i:ii.'i> and scarlet and black tlower-sheaths. K. ,\. |;.:im r classes it among plants that sprout up readily in the ex- treme South if killfil by frost, and recommends it as a house plant for tlie .South. From JIusa, Heliconia differs chiefly in having a dry, often dehiscing, 3-loculed, 3-seeded fruit. Fls. in clus- ters below the Ivs., subtended by bracts afterthe way of Musa; sepals 3, linear, free or somewhat joined to the corolla; corolla short-tubed; stamens 5; staminodium 1: Ivs. large and striking, often beautifully marked; stems arising from a strong rootstock. Various species have been introduced into cult., but the following are the only ones appearing in the Amer. trade. Bih&i, Linn. Balisier. Wild Plantai
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