. 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; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. 724 IIELICODICEROS from bulb dealers in the fall and flowered under glass in the spring. It is a most vile-smelling plant when in full flower. The plucky artist who drew the accom- panying picture of this arum wrote at the bottom of his drawing, "Air ';. E
. 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; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. 724 IIELICODICEROS from bulb dealers in the fall and flowered under glass in the spring. It is a most vile-smelling plant when in full flower. The plucky artist who drew the accom- panying picture of this arum wrote at the bottom of his drawing, "Air ';. Eng. (, Schott. Arum crinX- tum. Ait. OranincttlHS crinltus, Schott). Fig. 1031. Height 1K ft.: spathe-limb purple, covered with purple hairs. Corsica. 10:8.'il. 5:445. W. M. HELICdNIA (Mt. Helicon, in Greece, seat of the Musesl. Scilcimi»ilce(f. Foliage plants allied to Musa. Perhaps 25 to 30 species in tropical America. The plants are grown in a warmhouse along with Alocasias, An- thuriuras and Calatheas: the directions given for the cultivation of Calathea apply very well to Heliconia. Under th« Tiiime (,f Wild Plantain or Balisier, R. Bihai is cult. ..11 :.!.".i III >. I'hi. and along the Gulf of Mex. It is an (â I ill rivaling the bananas in foliage and scarh i .1 i ilnwer-sheaths. E. N. Reasoner classes it : I liut sprout up readily in the ex- treme .'^"11 ', .1 ' I \- frost, and recommends it as a From >1 â h : ⢠.liffers chiefly in having a dry, often til li. 1.:. il, .'J-seeded fruit. Pis. in clus- ters beluw lliu 1 iiLiuiided by bracts afterthe way of Musa; sepals 3, linear, free or somewhat joined to the â¢corolla; corolla short-tubed; stamens 5; staminodium 1: Ivs. large and striking, often beautifully marked; stems arising from a strong motstock. Various species have been introiluc-cd into cult., )nit tin- following are the only ones appearing in tlir Atm r. IiaiU'. Bihfii,Linn. :. W hi. I' Becoming 10
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