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, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom . 4-l in. long; pedicels 1-2 in. long:capsule 1-1^ in. long; valves reflexing, and Jap. 17L :1632. 19:18/4— The seed-stalks are sometimes used with dried grassesfor decoration. It is said that the birds sometimes mis-take the seeds for blackberries.
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, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom . 4-l in. long; pedicels 1-2 in. long:capsule 1-1^ in. long; valves reflexing, and Jap. 17L :1632. 19:18/4— The seed-stalks are sometimes used with dried grassesfor decoration. It is said that the birds sometimes mis-take the seeds for blackberries. BELLFLOWER. See Campannhi. BELLADONNA. See Afropa. BELLADONNA ULY. See Amaryllis. 152 BELLIS B£LLIS (Latin, bellus, pretty). CompSsitw. Eng-lish Daisy. The Daisy, as it grows wild in England,has a yellow center, surroiinded bv numerous ravs in a. 220. Beeonia Rex, in its original form. No. Hi;J.(See Begonia, p. 151.) single row, but the favorite cultivated forms are double,the rays rising in tier upon tier, and frequently crowd-ing out every trace of a yellow center. The EnglishDaisy is essentially a pink or pinkish fl. in its generaleffect, the tips of the rays sometimes and the undersurfaces usually being pink or red. There are 27 speciesin the genus, only one of which is American. B. inteq-rifolia is found in moist soil from Ky. and Tenn. toArk. and Tex., but is too rare and sectional to become ageneral favorite. The plant that is most commonlycalled Daisy in America is Chrysanthemuyn JLeitcan-fhemuvi. For an illustrated account of the variousplants known as Daisies in America, see Daisif. Daisies are favorite border plants, and are much usedin spring bedding, especially for edging. They thrivein a cool soil and moist atmosphere, and are, therefore,much better adapted to English than American gar-dens. A light mulch is desi
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