Archive image from page 84 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. 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 cyclopediaofamer01bail1 Year: 1900 AMOEPHOPHALLUS AMPELOPSIS 59 79. Inflorescence and bit of leaf of KiviSri, Dur. Devil's Tongue. Snake Palm. Fig. 79. Scape (sent up in early spring) preceding the Ivs., 3-4 ft., dark colored and speckled with
Archive image from page 84 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. 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 cyclopediaofamer01bail1 Year: 1900 AMOEPHOPHALLUS AMPELOPSIS 59 79. Inflorescence and bit of leaf of KiviSri, Dur. Devil's Tongue. Snake Palm. Fig. 79. Scape (sent up in early spring) preceding the Ivs., 3-4 ft., dark colored and speckled with light red: If. often 4 ft. across, pedately decompound, the petiole mottled, stand- ing on a stalk like an umbrella: spathe rosy, calla-like, with a long-project- ing and slender dark red slightly curved spadix, the whole 'flower' often measuring 3 ft. long. Cochin China. 1871, p. best known species in Amer. gardens. Has a strong and disagreeable odor. campanuiatus, Blume. Stanley's Wash Tub. Scape lower (2 ft. or less): spathe nearly or quite 2 ft. broad and 15 in. high, with a hori- zontal, spreading fluted bor- der(not calla-like), red-purple on the margin and grayish, spotted white lower down, and becoming purple in the cen- ter : spadix 10-12 in. high, the purple top enlarged and convoluted: If. much as in .4. Rivieri: tuber weighing 8-10 lbs., shape of a flat cheese. An old garden plant from E. Ind. ~.M. 2812. 15:1602-3. :1720, 1721; III. 5:755. gigantSus, Blanc. 'Fl. larger than A. campanulatus {often 2 ft. across) and much more pleas- ing in color, shading from deep red to cream color towards the center. The club-shaped spadix is dark maroon, with yellow and red base. After flowering, the foliage - stem appears,—a stout stem of deep green color, mottled with gray. After growing at the Amorphophallus Rivieri. rate of several inches a day, it ex- pands into a large palm-like leaf, of a rich, dark green color, often measuring 5 ft. across.' Blanc
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