. 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. A rundo Donax is one of the most popular of all grasses or hardy foliage plants, especially wherever the Pampas Grass is not hardy. Although it succeeds almost any- where in borders, beds, and on lawns, it is really at home in moist soils and near the water. It is, therefore, one of the standard plants for stri
. 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. A rundo Donax is one of the most popular of all grasses or hardy foliage plants, especially wherever the Pampas Grass is not hardy. Although it succeeds almost any- where in borders, beds, and on lawns, it is really at home in moist soils and near the water. It is, therefore, one of the standard plants for striking aquatic effects. Prop, chiefly by division, or as follows: The ripe canes may be laid on damp moss during winter, and in a few months nearly every .ioint will sprout and form a small rooted plant. The canes may then be cut up and the young plants potted off singly, to be planted out the following spring. J. B. Keller. ASARUM (obscure name). Aristolochi- Acece. Low, nearly stemless herbs of a few species, but widely disseminated in N. Temp, zone, with odd purplish or brown fls. on the sur- face of the ground (or nearly so), under- neath the heart-like or kidney-like Ivs.: corolla wanting, but calyx corolla-like ; stamens 12 : ovary inferior. The Asa- rums inhabit rich, shady woods, spread- ing on the ground, and the fls. are un- seen except by the close observer. They are of easy culture if transplanted to rich, moist places. They make attractive car- pets in borders and groves. The species described below are sold by dealers in native plants. Some of the species are reported to have medicinal properties. A. Plant markedly pubescent. Canadfinse, Linn. Wild Ginger. Canada Snakeroot. Lvs. about 2 to a plant, thin, kidney-shaped, pointed, with a deep and open sinus, not mottled : fl. slender- stalked, with lance-acuminate calyx-lobes an inch or more across at the expanded mouth, chocolate-brown : style 6-lobed. Frequent in woods E. 2769. 13:517. D. 279. H4rtwegi, Wat
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