. 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. ALOCASIA fiom the mulub ind vanishing near the margin petioles neailv^\hite >,ew Guinea 1 H ^3 bO) -Bruised h--. emit a strong odoi cc Veins and midrtb uhtte or siliciy lon^loba, Miq (A gigantea Hort ) Petioles 2 ft , greenish white mottled puiil*- 1 ! i If I'lttite lb m. lon_' thL l>is-il lolies ler-s 1


. 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. ALOCASIA fiom the mulub ind vanishing near the margin petioles neailv^\hite >,ew Guinea 1 H ^3 bO) -Bruised h--. emit a strong odoi cc Veins and midrtb uhtte or siliciy lon^loba, Miq (A gigantea Hort ) Petioles 2 ft , greenish white mottled puiil*- 1 ! i If I'lttite lb m. lon_' thL l>is-il lolies ler-s 1 ii i upper sur- tvi ^'uen with silv<i\ oi _ \tms and miiluli the under surt at h-'i i Putzeysi F bi 1 , idoba Ivs. ilhi. 5,1 Ltn, promi- 1k petioles pale red- cdprea, Koch (A i less long, green 1 I notched at the bi metallic green with side rich purple B< Lone hn Gn jO 33b - th, hafdail colo)td. 67. Alocasia Sanderiana. Eeglna, Brown. Lvs. thick, ovate-cordate, ob- tuse or cuspidate, the basal lobes short and nearly or quite obtuse, the ribs and veins beneath pubescent, somewhat fleshy, dark green above with darker veins and brown-purple beneath; petioles terete, pubescent, spotted purple. Borneo. 32:544. Several cult, varieties and hybrids are in the trade in this country: , hybrid of longilobaxPucciana; />Vi/ii('if')isis, petiole dark purple; dark green; Chaiitrieri (raised by Chantrier Jlortefontaine, France), hyb. of cupreaxSanderiana, with long wavy lvs., purple below and prominently white-veined ( 35:64. 1887, p. 465); C;ie7soH(, cupreaxlongiloba, with lvs. purple below and green above; gigas, much ALOE 49 like Villeneuvei ; intermedia, hybrid by Veitch 25 years aj;o ; La SalUAna; JyiiciAna, ThibautianaxPutzeysi, with lvs. dark green above and whitish veins and mar- L,'ius, beneath ( 44:27); Mortefontainensis, Liiwii â Sanderiana ; Pucci^na, PutzeysixThibautiana; Siih III. i-upreaxLowii, with ovate-pella


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