. The bulb book; or, Bulbous and tuberous plants for the open air, stove, and greenhouse, containing particulars as to descriptions, culture, propagation, etc., of plants from all parts of the world having bulbs, corms, tubers, or rhizomes (orchids excluded). Bulbs (Plants). ANOMATHECA THE BULB BOOK ANTHEKICUM Colony, with short-necked, ovoid bulbs about 1 in. in diameter, and three or four strap-shaped leaves 1 ft. or more long. The bright, yellow flowers appear from October to February in a wild state, but during the spring (April and May) in British gardens. From two to ten are borne in an
. The bulb book; or, Bulbous and tuberous plants for the open air, stove, and greenhouse, containing particulars as to descriptions, culture, propagation, etc., of plants from all parts of the world having bulbs, corms, tubers, or rhizomes (orchids excluded). Bulbs (Plants). ANOMATHECA THE BULB BOOK ANTHEKICUM Colony, with short-necked, ovoid bulbs about 1 in. in diameter, and three or four strap-shaped leaves 1 ft. or more long. The bright, yellow flowers appear from October to February in a wild state, but during the spring (April and May) in British gardens. From two to ten are borne in an umbel on top of the fleshy peduncle 6 to 12 ins. high. The variety minor is a dwarfer plant, with narrow perianth segments. {Bot. Mag. t. 7072 ; Gard. Ghron. 1889, i. 557; Gard. 1891, t. 814.) This species flourishes in a mix- ture of sandy loam and leaf-mould, and may be grown in a cool green- house ; or even in the open air with protection in winter in the warmest parts of the Kingdom. It may be increased by ofisets from the older bulbs. ANOMATHECA (anomos, singular; tkeca, a capsule; in reference to the. Fig. 5l.—AnomatJieca cruenta. (§.) seed-pod). Nat. Ord. Irideae.—This genus is now referred to Lapeyrousia 82 by botanists; but is still better known as Anomatheca. A. cruenta.—An attractive South African species 6 to 12 ins. high, with rather large, roundish corms or bulbs, and sword-shaped, linear leaves. The flowers, which are of a beautiful deep crimson with a deeper coloured blotch on the base of each of the three larger and lower segments, appear in summer and autumn in loose clusters at the ends of the slender stems, and are very efiective when the plants are grown in bold masses. This species is only hardy on warm soils in the mildest parts of the Kindgom. It should as a rule be treated in the same way as the Ixias (see p. 319), to which it is closely related. ANTHEBICUM (anthos, flower; herkos, a hedge; in reference to the tall flower-stems). Nat. Ord. Liliac
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