. 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. .L. H. B. ANTHOXANTHUM [inUow-nower, from the Greek).Graminea. A. odoraliim, Linn., of the temperate partsof the Old World, is theSweet Vernal Grass. It isa perennial, of low growth,very early bloom, andsweet odor when is used in mixtures ofpasture grasses,and is alsospontaneous in the in pastures, mead-
. 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. .L. H. B. ANTHOXANTHUM [inUow-nower, from the Greek).Graminea. A. odoraliim, Linn., of the temperate partsof the Old World, is theSweet Vernal Grass. It isa perennial, of low growth,very early bloom, andsweet odor when is used in mixtures ofpasture grasses,and is alsospontaneous in the in pastures, mead-ows, and along roads. , Lee. & an annual species, ofsmaller size, sometimesused in forage mixtures. ANTHtlElUM (Greek,tail • flower). A ro 1 d e herbs, of 200 ormore species, cult, mostlyin stoves, grown for theshowy spathes and spadi-ces or for foliage. Spatheusually spreading or evenreflexed, only rarely par-tially enclosing the from Alocasia andallied genera in technicalcharacters. Monogr. byEngler in DeCandollesMonographiEB Phanero-gamarum, Vol. 2 (1879). Propagation is effected by .suckers or cuttings of therhizome inserted in .small pots containing a mixture ofpeat fiber, chopped sphagnum moss and silver sand in. m Scherzenanum. 72 ANTHURIUM equal proportions, and plunged in a propagating box ma temperature of 75° to 80°, with bottom heat. Aboutthe end of January is the most suitable time to take thecuttings. Anthuriums may also be propagated by seedssown in a mixture of very fine fibrous peat and choppedsphagnum mo.^^s in 4-inch pots. The seeds should belightly covered with sphagnum and tho pots placedeither in a propagating case or under bell glasses, wherea temperature of 80° can be maintained. A constant hu-mid atmosphere is very necessary to induce the seeds togerminate. The compost in which Anthuriums thrivebest is a mixture of one-third fern root, or the fiber ofpeat with the dust shaken out, one-third sphagnummoss
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