. 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. EHYTHROCHfflTE, ERYTHHOCHSTON. See kept back EEYTHEONIUM (from the Greek word for red). LUi&eew. Dog's-Tooth Violet. Adder's Tongue. Handsome plants of the north temperate zone. Four belong to the Old World, four to eastern N. America, one is found in the Rocky mountains, while in the cool woo
. 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. EHYTHROCHfflTE, ERYTHHOCHSTON. See kept back EEYTHEONIUM (from the Greek word for red). LUi&eew. Dog's-Tooth Violet. Adder's Tongue. Handsome plants of the north temperate zone. Four belong to the Old World, four to eastern N. America, one is found in the Rocky mountains, while in the cool woods and high mountains from northern California to the British possessions the genus is represented by nine species and a number of well marked varieties. Erythroniums have bulbs standing erect and from ob- long to linear in form, two radical leaves, which in most species are handsomely mottled : scape slender and leafless, producing from one to many flowers. The peri- anth consists of six similar divisions, usually recurved, six stamens and a single S lobed st\le The species are confused and are much in nted of revision See. Watson, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. l-4:2r,0 ; 22-A7H. Baker, Journ. Linn. Soe. 14:29G. Weathers, , III. 20:301. The Erythroiiimn- :.v m--! 'i ^:ii,- --lii,-- ilnw- ers. They suecci â : I' ' l! â â¢' : ' ' :i par- tial shade. In r^.i . ^ .1 : nials, especially those â . m. ; 1 i ,â -. iln-y profit bv a wintir I. ..1 I, ,,,. > ..1 TK,- west- ern Erythroniums :ul- all pliuits uf the cmuI woodlands, except a few whifh grow at sucli altitiulc-s as to reach like conditions. They tlirivi- best in shade, a thoroughly drained soil, moist and rich in mold, a surface cover- ing of half rotten leaves tending to equalize condi- tions. Any good fibrous material, as fibrous peat, cocoa- nut fiber or spent tan bark, or even well rotted sod, will answer the purpose to lighten the soil and give that abundance of mold they delight in. Po
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