. 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. DATURA DAVALLIA 461 species botanically, being founded on a very double garden form of unknown origin. In Vilmorin's Blumen- gartnerei it is referred to D. humilis, Desf., but D. hu- milis, according to Index Kewensis, is to be referred to J), Pods of Datura Stramonium (X ^). AA. Fls. white, sometime
. 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. DATURA DAVALLIA 461 species botanically, being founded on a very double garden form of unknown origin. In Vilmorin's Blumen- gartnerei it is referred to D. humilis, Desf., but D. hu- milis, according to Index Kewensis, is to be referred to J), Pods of Datura Stramonium (X ^). AA. Fls. white, sometimes touched with violet. B. Plants tall, 7-15 ft, high: blossoms pendulous. c. Calyx tubular, with 5 obscure teeth, suav^olens, Humb. & Bonpl. {D. Gdrdneri, Hook.). Angel's Tbtimpet. Tliis is the plant which is usually cultivated as D. arborea. It is said to be very distinct from the true D. arborea of Linn., but it can be sepa- rated with certainty only by the calyx. Tree-like shrub, 10-15 ft. high: Ivs. ovate oblong, 6-12 in. long, 2Ji-4 in. wide, entire, glabrous, petioled, often unequal at the base: fis. 9-12 in. long; calyx inflated, angled, glabrous, with 5 obscure teeth; corolla tube plaited, the limb with 5 short lobes; anthers crowded together. Mes. III. 11:593; 23:71. 2: says it resem- bles D. comigera in habit and fls., but the Ivs. and stems are almost glabrous, and the calyx lacks the char- acteristic spur-like appendage of D. comigera. The double form is much commoner in the gardens than the single. CO. Calyx spathe-Uke, not toothed. arbdrea, Linn. {Brugmdnsia arbdrea, Steud.). Angel's 'Tkdmpet. Small tree: Ivs. ovate-lanceolate, margin entire, never wavy or angled, pubescent, in pairs, one a third shorter than the other; petioles 1 in. or more long: fls. with a musk-like odor; calyx tubular, entire, spathe-like, acuminate; corolla tube terete, the lobes of the limb very long; anthers distinct, not con- glomerate. Peru and Chile. I
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