. 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. 208 CALADIUM CALADIUM (1) Veins red. 2. Var. marmdreum, Engl. Blade dull green, with brownish red nerves, bordered with yellow. 3. Var. erytlirEeum, Engl. {O. ScIimltzii,Lem. dddtm, Hort.). Midribs and nerves red. 8:297. 4. Var. pictum, Engl. With white or red spots between the red veins. (2
. 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. 208 CALADIUM CALADIUM (1) Veins red. 2. Var. marmdreum, Engl. Blade dull green, with brownish red nerves, bordered with yellow. 3. Var. erytlirEeum, Engl. {O. ScIimltzii,Lem. dddtm, Hort.). Midribs and nerves red. 8:297. 4. Var. pictum, Engl. With white or red spots between the red veins. (2) i'eins silvery or green. 5. Var. argyroneiiruni, Engl. (C argyroneuron, C. Koch. O. Sc}icelleri,hem.). Midlrib and veins silvery. 8:297. 6. Var. subrotundum, Engl. (, Lem.). Leaf-blade rounded at the base, or shortly cordate, with white or red spots. Brazil. AA. Blade distinctly peltate. B. Zieaf sagittate-oblong-ovate. 7. marmoratum, Mathieu {Alocdsia Rcezlii, Bull. C. tliripedestum, Lem.). Petiole cylindrical, 12-16 in. long, twice as long as the blade, variegated; blade dark green, with irregular gray, yellowish green and snow-white spots, glaucous-green beneath, sagittate-oblong-ovate, the upper lobe semi-ovate, .slightly cuspidate, the basal ones unequal, % or }^ as long as the upper, connate Vz-Vi their length. Equador. 5, p. 310. Caladium bicolor. var. Chantini. (No. 17.) BB. Leaf ovate-triangular, or ovate-sagittate. 8. 'bicolQT,Vent. {Arum bicolor, Ait.). Fig. 310. Peti- ole smooth, 3-7 times as long as the blade, pruinose to- ward the apex ; blade ovate-sagittate, or ovate-triangu- lar,variegated above, glaucous beneath; upper lobe semi- ovate, narrowing gradually to a cuspidate point, the basal ones ii to but little shorter than the upper, oblong-ovate, obtuse, connate 1-5-M their length. S. Amer. Intro- duced into cult, in 1773. 820.—Very common in cult., furnishing many of the fancy-leaved Caladiums. The marked varieties are as
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