. 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. 740. Showins how the drains may be gathered into one when there is only one place at which an outlet can be secured. Spircea Filipendula; also Potentilla DEOPWOET. Filipendula, DE6SEBA (Greek, dew; referring to the dew-like drops on the glandular leaves). Droserdceai. Shndew. Dew Plaut. A very interesting group
. 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. 740. Showins how the drains may be gathered into one when there is only one place at which an outlet can be secured. Spircea Filipendula; also Potentilla DEOPWOET. Filipendula, DE6SEBA (Greek, dew; referring to the dew-like drops on the glandular leaves). Droserdceai. Shndew. Dew Plaut. A very interesting group of insectivorous plants. About 100 species scattered throughout the world, except the Pacific islands, and most common in Australia outside the tropics. Perennial bog herbs with basal Ivs. clothed with glandular hairs, which secrete a fluid that holds insects fast. Foliage and inflorescence differ widely. The 3 species described below may be ob- tained through dealers in native plants. For culture, see Darlingtonia, A. Ifvs. thread-like, with no distinct stalk: petals purple. Hliffirmis, Rafin. Lvs. 6-15 in. long, glandular-pubes- cent throughout, at the very base woolly with brown hairs: racemes 1-sided, 10-30-fld.: fls. 4-12 lines broad. July-Sep. Wet sand near the coast. Mass. to Fla. AA. J&vs. with an oblong Hade: petals white. long^ifdlia, Linn. Lvs. long-pet- ioled; blade 8-15 lines long, 1 %~2 lines wide, the petiole glabrous. Summer. Bogs, northern and arc- tic regions. AAA. Ijvs. with a blade that is wider than long: petals white. rotundifdiia, Linn. Fig. 741. Lvs. with a blade 3-6 lines long, glan- dular above, petiole K-2 in. long, pubescent but not glandular : ra- cemes 4-12-fld.: fls. about 2 lines broad, opening in sun- shine. July, Aug. Bogs, Labrador to Alaska, south to Fla. and Ala., and in the Sierra Ne- vada to Calif. Other Droseras are to be expected in fine collections, and some of them are more showy than those men- tioned above. Some of the « , « b
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