. 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. AA. Winter-buds with scales: fls. before the Ivs., axil- lary, with 5 fertile stamens. {Chimonanthus.} prsecoz, Linn. {Chimondnthws frigrans, Lindl.). Lvs. elliptic-ovate or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, green and glabrous beneath, 3-5 in. long: fls. very fragrant, 1-lMin. broad, outer sepals yellow, inner ones
. 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. AA. Winter-buds with scales: fls. before the Ivs., axil- lary, with 5 fertile stamens. {Chimonanthus.} prsecoz, Linn. {Chimondnthws frigrans, Lindl.). Lvs. elliptic-ovate or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, green and glabrous beneath, 3-5 in. long: fls. very fragrant, 1-lMin. broad, outer sepals yellow, inner ones striped purplish brown. Chma, Japan. 466. 6:451. 326 Calypso CALYCOTOME {Kalyx, and tome, a section or cut; cahi looks as if cut off) Lignmindsce Low, spiny, divaricate shrubs lvs 3 foliolate deciduous fls. papilio- naceous yellow fascicled or m short racemes ; calyx truncate obscurely denticulate Pour species in the Mediterranean region, of which two are sometimes culti- vated ; not hardy north. They prefer a sunny position and well drained soil. For prop., see Cytisus. villdsa, Link. Two-4 ft.: branchlets grayish tomen- tose: leaflets obovate, densely silky beneath, under Hin. long : fls. Hin. long, 3 or more, fascicled : pod villous. May, June. —It is excellent for dense, low hedges. spindsa, Link. Closely allied, but somewhat larger in every part, and with glabrous branchlets and pods : fls. solitary or few. 32:55. Alfred Rehder. CALYPSO (from the Greek goddess, whose name sig- nifies concealment ; referring to its rarity and beauty). Orchidacere. One of our rarest and most prized native orchids, a delicate bog-plant, 3-4 in. high, with a small bulb, one roundish or ovate, striated leaf, and one pink flower with a spotted sac. A monotypic genus. For culture, see Calopogon; but more difficult to grow than that plant. boreilis.'Salisb. Fig. 326. Leaf an inch wide and long : scape 3-4 in. high, with about 3 sheaths : sepals and petals similar, ascendi
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