. 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, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. 1C9G SPATHOGLOTTIS SPERGULA Vieillardi, Reiehb. f. [S. Augustbrum, Reiehb. f.,. Fig. 2359. Lvs. long-lanceolate, acuminate, 1-2 ft. long: scape 12-18 in. high, robust: raceme 6 in. long, broad, corymb-like at first: f
. 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, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. 1C9G SPATHOGLOTTIS SPERGULA Vieillardi, Reiehb. f. [S. Augustbrum, Reiehb. f.,. Fig. 2359. Lvs. long-lanceolate, acuminate, 1-2 ft. long: scape 12-18 in. high, robust: raceme 6 in. long, broad, corymb-like at first: fls. 2 in. across, very pale lilac, nearly white; sepals and petals ovate-oblong, subacute; labellum as long as the sepals, lateral lobes orange- brown, with orange calli speckled with red, middle lobe narrow, with a broadened tip variable in form. New Caledonia. 7013. 12:93. 6(ff. aiiriK- Vie iII'anil, Hort , is a hybrid between this and S. aurea. Fls. pale chrome-yellow, with the sepals slightly and the petals profusely dotted with crimson, the tips of the lobes of the lip rich crimson. III. 23:309. 41:308. S. Eimballiana. Hook., is often regarded as a variety of S. aurea, from which it differs in having the backs of the sepals mottled with red-brown, the crest glabrous, and narrower lvs. 7443.—S. plicata, var. Micholitzii, is advertised by San- der. Fls. amethyst color, with the segments broader than in the type. Habit more dwarf. Heinrich Hasselbring and R. M. Grey. SPATHYEMA (Greek; referring to the spathe). Ardcece. Skunk Cabbage. Skunk Cabbage is an ex- ceptionally interesting plant. In the East, it is the first wild dower of the year, though it is oftener considered a weed than a flower by those who have nothing but contempt for it. It is a hardy swamp-loving perennial herb which pushes up its fascinating hooded spathes in midwinter or even before the first of January in favored situations. The spathes are 3-6 in. high, usually grow
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