ARTHROPODIUM . Madagascar to New Zealand. This is a small but diverse group of perennials of the lily family, grown for foliage and form at least as much as for flowers. They make tight clumps or rather broad thickets of shoots with rhizomes of various length, the leaves usually arching in opposing rows like those of the daylilies (Hemerocallis). Their flower stems are usually branched and open, displaying many wide-open, often spidery blossoms. Most of them are best in light to moderate shade, with reasonably well drained soil and constant moisture. Their hardiness varies.

candidum. A charming small perennial native to New Zealand. It produces little fountains of 6-10" arching, grass-like leaves. These are colored a rich green in the typical form and deep bronze, with what appear to be tiny inlaid crystals of copper, in the selection received from our late friend Marshall Olbrich. Slender, leafy stems rise above the foliage at odd intervals, displaying sprays of tiny white blossoms. A fine container subject, suitable also for shady rock gardens. Probably hardy to 10-15^oF.

cirrhatum. Also New Zealand. This is a relative giant, with broad blue-green leaves 1’ to nearly 2’ long. Intricately branched sprays rise as much as 3’ from the base in summer, displaying dozens of narrow-petalled white to pink blossoms, each 1-1½ “ broad. It is a bold and interesting perennial for shady spots in the garden. Hardy to 15^oF. or less.

strictum (Dichopogon strictus). Chocolate lily. Australia. A grassy perennial, described as growing 3’ high but probably half that in our material. It has clustered shoots of erect, narrow, bright green leaves. 1” reddish purple blossoms with fringed anthers open in long succession above the foliage in spring and summer. Some of them have an interesting chocolate scent.