. 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. ANCECTOCHILUS ANffiCTOCHiLUS (Greek, open Up). Orchidiiceff, tribe JYeotfiea;. A genus cultivated for the beautifully reticulated Ivs., which are oval or ovate, membranaceous and diversely colored. Fls. small, not ornamental. The known species belong to India and the Malay Archi- pelago. Although many methods h
. 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. ANCECTOCHILUS ANffiCTOCHiLUS (Greek, open Up). Orchidiiceff, tribe JYeotfiea;. A genus cultivated for the beautifully reticulated Ivs., which are oval or ovate, membranaceous and diversely colored. Fls. small, not ornamental. The known species belong to India and the Malay Archi- pelago. Although many methods have been adopted for the successful cultivation of the best species and varie- ties, failure has been the general rule, so that at the present time few Amer. collections contain even a single specimen. "For a time —it may be two, or even five years —thev will grow and remain in health, and then suddenly they go wrong, the pLants perishing one after the other, in spite of all one can ;—W. Watson. Blilleni, Low. Lvs. about 2 in. long, bronze-green, with 3 longitudinal bands of copper-red. Borneo. regalia, Blume. One of the most attractive species of the group : lvs. oval, large, bronze-green netted, veined with gold, the surface of the lvs. like velvet. Java. 2: 79 as A. se^ good va- E6xhurghii, Lindl. Lvs. ovate, median line of pale green, reticulated and veined with gold. Java and Ind. Many species are described aTid flgnrcrl in fnivien pnlilica- tions. but they are all taneiers'planis (MIh'c ap- pear in the Amer. trade are: I I>,ih-,u'I - 1 l'-i"su„i lDawsnmamis)= /»".., 1.,.-,i„i;. Pe(Wa, reilcl,,,,m^x. llmi .\l;, Ir, UAKES ANOMATHfiCA. See Lapeironsia. ANONA (aboriginal name). Anonclcew. CrsTARD- Apple. Tropical trees and shrubs, cult, for their large, fleshy fruits, and for ornament. Fls. perfect, solitary, terminal or opposite the lvs.: pe
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