. 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. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. 1724 STERNBERGIA STERNB&RGIA (after Count Caspar Sternberg, a botanist and writer, 1761-1838). AmarylUd&cece. A genus of 4 species of low-growing hardy bulbous herbs from eastern Europe to Asia Minor, with str
. 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. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. 1724 STERNBERGIA STERNB&RGIA (after Count Caspar Sternberg, a botanist and writer, 1761-1838). AmarylUd&cece. A genus of 4 species of low-growing hardy bulbous herbs from eastern Europe to Asia Minor, with strap-shaped or linear leaves and bright yellow crocus-like flowers. Perianth regular, erect, funnelfonn; stamens inserted on the perianth-tube; filaments long, filiform; anthers dorsifixed, versatile : fr. fleshy, scarcely dehiscent; seeds subglobose. The bulbs should be planted rather deeply, about 6 inches. J. N. Gerard says of their cul- ture in 10:158 that they require a rather heavy soil, in a somewhat dry, sunny position where they will be well ripened in 79mm 2400. Sternbergia lutea (X %). A. Fls. and lvs. appearing together. B. Blooming in fall. lutea, Ker-Gawl [Amaryllis lutea, Linn.). Fig. 2400. Bulb about 1% in. through: Ivs. 6-8 to a bulb, strap- shaped, becoming 1 ft. long: fis. yellow, 1-4 to a bulb; tube less than % in. long; perianth-segments about 1H in. long. Mediterranean region of Eu. and Asia. 290. Gn. 44, p. 365; 47, p. 114. II. 13:21. bb. Blooming in spring. Fischeriana, Roem. Has the habit of S. lutea, but differs in season of bloom and stipitate ovary and cap- sule. Wm. Watson says ( 8:144) that the fls. are a brighter yellow and as large as the largest forms of S. lutea. Caucasus. 7441. AA. Fls. and Ivs. appearing at different seasons. B. Iass. linear: fls. small. colchiciflora, Waldst. and Kit. Bulb about K in.' through: Ivs. appearing in spring, 3-4 in. long: fls. yel- low, in fall; segments about 1 in. long by 2 lines
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