Identifier: populargreenhous00catl (find matches)
Title: Popular greenhouse botany; containing a familiar and technical description of a selection of the exotic plants introduced into the greenhouse
Year: 1857 (1850s)
Authors: Catlow, Agnes, 1807?-1889
Subjects: Botany
Publisher: London, L. Reeve
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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is a genus of New Hol-land plants, of very extraordinary appearance; the roots aresaid to be nutritious when roasted, and the natives appearto like them. A. jlavida and rufa have brownish-greenflowers; coccinea, scarlet; humilis, crimson; Manglesii, scar-let-green ; pulcherrimus is also a handsome species; these maybe grown in the greenhouse, and will bear putting out insummer, except perhaps, the species humilis. To give anidea of the curious appearance that some of the specieshave, the following account of two, which may shortly be-come common, will be given : they were discovered by Mr.Drummond, in Australia, who calls A. fuliginosa a realmourning flower, the upper portions of the stem and lowerportion of the corolla being covered, as it were, with blackvelvetthe flowers themselves are lemon-coloured andcovered with hairs, those on the stem being found, on ex-amination, to be like feathers. A. tyriantliina is quite asmagnificent a species; it grows in marshes, stands three or Plate
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Anigo z. audio s t^aiithiTnirn AM ARYLLID ACEiE. 33 four feet high, and bears branches, and flowers clothed withthe richest Tyrian purple-coloured down; the tube of theflower is rather long and curved, and within, the flower isof a delicate straw-colour, which contrasts well with thedeep colour of the exterior. These two magnificent speciesit is to be hoped may get into cultivation in this country.The plants require to be kept dry in winter, to be repottedin spring, and then to be well watered during their periodof growth; they prefer a light soil of peat, loam, and sand. AM ARYLLID ACEJE. Endogens, with six-parted flowers, six or more stamens, withthe anthers turned inwards. Ovary three-celled. Leaves sword-shaped, with parallel veins. Generally bulbous plants.—Nativesof many parts of the world, particularly the East and WestIndies, and the Cape. The qualities of some poisonous, othersproduce edible roots. GETHYLLIS. Gen. Char. (Hexandria Monogynia.) Flowers six-parted, witha long

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