. 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. 520 ECHIXOCYSTIS true Echinocystis, because its juicy fruit bursts irregu- larly at the top, and contains 2 cells, each with 2 Hat- tish seeds. lobita, Torr. & Gray. Lvs. wider than long, deeply 5-lobed, slightly eraarginate at the base : tendrils :t-4- branched: staminate Hs. small, in raany-dd. panicles l
. 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. 520 ECHIXOCYSTIS true Echinocystis, because its juicy fruit bursts irregu- larly at the top, and contains 2 cells, each with 2 Hat- tish seeds. lobita, Torr. & Gray. Lvs. wider than long, deeply 5-lobed, slightly eraarginate at the base : tendrils :t-4- branched: staminate Hs. small, in raany-dd. panicles longer than the lvs.; calyx glabrous : fr. egg-shaped, sparsely covered with prickles. Saskatchewan to Win- nepeg, south to Va. and Ky., west to Colo. 14: 161. 1«;>, p. 9. III., 22:271. Sometimes be- comes a weed. W. JI. ECHlNOPS (Greek, like a hedgehog; alluding to the spiny involucral scales). Coiup6sitfr. Thistle. A large genus of thistle-like ]>l:in*", >.vitii Mm- -t whit- ish flowers in globose mus-^.s. 'I'ln^ ii t nc of has one all-embracing invulnm-, ,\ii"Hm r \\:i\ mI say- ing the same thing is "heads 1-fld., cniwiU-d into liead- like ; More or less white-woolly herbs: lvs. al- ternate, pinnate-dentate or twice or thrice pinnatisect, the lobes and teeth prickly. Globe Thistles are coarse-growing plants of the easi- est culture, and are suitable for naturalizing in wild gardens and shrubberies. An English gardener with an eye for the pirturfsqun (\V. Goldrinir) recommends massing them atT'iin-^^t m '-| of Tincconia cor- dnto, or with sui-ii i i n, ,,,_ , ii.,w- or white- flowered plants :i- // . . â¢â !â Helianthus multiflorus. The ' ; :> : /,. ;':'â nicus. A few scattered individual- "t â¢.â¢-], -|h , ., , ;,,, not nearly so effective as a condensed mass or group of one kind. E. Huthenieus flowers in midsummer and for several weeks thereafter. The silvery white stem
Size: 1453px × 1720px
Photo credit: © Central Historic Books / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthor, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, booksubjectgardening
