Archive image from page 241 of Descriptive catalogue of flowering, ornamental. Descriptive catalogue of flowering, ornamental trees, shrubs, bulbs, herbs, climbers, fruit trees, &c., &c., &c. / for sale by the Yokohama Nursery Co., Limited. . descriptivecatal1909yoko Year: 8 CATALOGUE OF TIIK YOKOiiAMA NUliSKllY Co., [/pd. (1911). lilSCELLANEOUS BULBS & TUBERS. per lo Aiiiary'lls equestris ,SOc. EariiJirdia (Scilhij Japonica, lovdy snuill rohc Howci-h, suiiahle for rockery work. Calla Lily, Japan grown, perfectly free from disease—size J |'-2' diameter. — I>itto —size l|-''2i' diameter.
Archive image from page 241 of Descriptive catalogue of flowering, ornamental. Descriptive catalogue of flowering, ornamental trees, shrubs, bulbs, herbs, climbers, fruit trees, &c., &c., &c. / for sale by the Yokohama Nursery Co., Limited. . descriptivecatal1909yoko Year: 8 CATALOGUE OF TIIK YOKOiiAMA NUliSKllY Co., [/pd. (1911). lilSCELLANEOUS BULBS & TUBERS. per lo Aiiiary'lls equestris ,SOc. EariiJirdia (Scilhij Japonica, lovdy snuill rohc Howci-h, suiiahle for rockery work. Calla Lily, Japan grown, perfectly free from disease—size J |'-2' diameter. — I>itto —size l|-''2i' diameter. — Colocasia Miiltifolia, (Japanese Water T aro). Wo recommend tlils (o our customers as one of the most interesting table decoration plants. By placing the tuber in a shallow disli with a little Avater and gravel at the bottom, the same way as the Cliinese sacred lily giown in water, it products no flower but great clusters of dark pui ple coloured stems with rich green leaves, almost as ])retty as flowers, keeping the same appearance of beautiful growth nearly all through summer. In spring, about April or May when the young shoots 'negin to sprout, take a knife and cut ofl'about of tlie bottom part of tubers flat, so as not to allow the steams to grow too long in the ilish ; w Ithout doing so, the stems grow too tall for pot culture. As a garden plant it is very ornamental attaining to the height of from 4 to 5 feet when it is fully grown in the open ground, with quite a inimber of stems growing from single tuber which is edible when boiled like a potato (see photo page 10) 80c. $ Coiiopliallus Kciijak, very ornamental spotted leaves resendjling monarcli of the East. The Konnyak, a gela- tions tough food is prepared from its tuber—per 100, $ Criiiinii Asiaticum (Spider Lily), evergreen bnll)Ou.'; plant grow to the height ol about 5 ft., leaves very splendid ; in summer, pro- duces a strong flower stalk bearing white flowers at th( top forming an umbel oi|
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