. 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. RICHARDIA BIGHAKDIA 1535 2127. Blade about twice as long us wide, cuspidate at the apex, cordate-sagittate at the base, both leaves ami spathes varying greatly in size: spathe li-lO in. long, white, creamy inside at the base, flaring outwards and narrowing to a cuspidate tip. S. Africa. 8H2. Gn. 33:054.— F
. 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. RICHARDIA BIGHAKDIA 1535 2127. Blade about twice as long us wide, cuspidate at the apex, cordate-sagittate at the base, both leaves ami spathes varying greatly in size: spathe li-lO in. long, white, creamy inside at the base, flaring outwards and narrowing to a cuspidate tip. S. Africa. 8H2. Gn. 33:054.— Fragrant. Sports with double and triple spathes often occur. b:S'^. Gu. 4G, p. U7. See Fig. 2129. Var. n&na comp6,cta, Hort. (_ff. nrtna compdcta, Hort.). Little Gem. Fig. 2130. Like the type, but only 12-16 in. high: spathes 3-4 in. long. Var. Devoni- ^nsis, Hort. (R. Vcvoni^nsis, Hort.). Dwarf; freer bloomer than Little Gem, and more fragrant. There are many forms of the Calla Lily in cultivation, a number of which have received Latin names. Some of these horticultural names are: candidissima, spathe large, pure white; g"igant6a, plant very large; Gode- freyS-na, dwarf, white; grandiflora, spathe large. F6ntlandii, Whyte. Erect perennial: Ivs. ovate-cor- date, acuminate-caudate, with an open sinus, basal lobes rounded: midrib thick: spathe golden yellow, broadly trumpet-shaped, its lower margins convolute one third, flaring above, the subulate tip abruptly re- curved, margins recurved, slightly warty and with a black-purple blotch at the base within. Basutoland, S. Afr. writes (in 7397) that "jB. Pentlaudli is much the largest-leaved species, and is the only one with a deeply gamboge yellow spathe within, which is much the largest and broadest of ; First flowered in 1892 by R. Whyte, Pentland House (Lee, England). cc. Base of the leaf-Wade hastate. hast&ta, Hook. f. [JR. I/ufwychei, N. E. Br.). Pride OF THE Congo. Yellow
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