Archive image from page 309 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. 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 cyclopediaofam01bail Year: 1900 274 CENTAUREA high, woolly-white when young: Ivs. linear, entire, or the lower toothed, sometimes pinnatifid : fls. blue, pur- ple or white, the heads on long, naked stems : involu- cral bracts rather narrow, fri
Archive image from page 309 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. 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 cyclopediaofam01bail Year: 1900 274 CENTAUREA high, woolly-white when young: Ivs. linear, entire, or the lower toothed, sometimes pinnatifid : fls. blue, pur- ple or white, the heads on long, naked stems : involu- cral bracts rather narrow, fringed with short, scarious teeth. Gt. 38, p. 641; .'SO, p. of the most popular of garden fls., running into many -warieties. It is perfectly hardy, blooming until frost and coming up in the spring from self-sown seed. The following are 406. Centaurea Cyanus (X K). varieties of this: Pure White; Victoria, a dwarf, for pots and edgings ; Emperor WiUiam, fine dark blue ; flore pleno, with the outer disc fls. converted into ray fls.; nana compacta, dwarf. AAA. Sweet Scitass. âStraight-growing, smooth an- nuals or perennials, with dentate Ivs., grown for the large fragrant heads. 5. mOBCh&ta. Linn. (C. suaveolens, Linn. C. odor&ta, Hort. C. Amberbdi, Mill. Amberbda moschAta, Less.). Sweet Sultan. Fig. 407. branching below, erect : w green : Irs. pinnatifid, tin-1' petioled ; invol. round it ' nermost of the invol. sculr white, yellow or purple, fla; Gn. 54:1195. 42, p. IOC. Annual : sts. 2 ft. high, lolc plant smooth, bright I. - (1. iiiiiii' : iiir, ,ih ; only the in- \ ii li . margins : fls. rant. Oiieut. :149. ting. 4:147. Var. Alba, Hort. (C. Margarltce, Hort.). Fls. white. Gn. 19,p. 337; 54:1195. 13:607. This form, known CENTAUREA as C. Margaritm, is pure white and very fragrant. It was int. by an Italian firm in lb91. Var. rtbra, Hort. Fls. red. Gn. 54:1195.âA popular, old-time garden flower, with long-stalked heads
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