. 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. hardy North and are rare in cultivation, while L. halimi- folium and the following are hardy. Chin^nse, Mill. Similarto the former, of more vigorous growth: branches to 12 ft. long: lvs. ovate to lanceolate, bright gr


. 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. hardy North and are rare in cultivation, while L. halimi- folium and the following are hardy. Chin^nse, Mill. Similarto the former, of more vigorous growth: branches to 12 ft. long: lvs. ovate to lanceolate, bright green, lH-3 in.: fls. somewhat larger: fr. scarlet or bright orange-red, ovate to oblong, sometimes almost lin. long. Juue-Sept. China. 4 larger fruited form is some- times distinguished as var. megistoc&r- pum, Hort. {var. ma- crocdrpiim, Hort). AA. Jjvs. small, ^4 in. long or shorter. Chilfense, Bert Shrub, with slender, often procumbent and mostly spineless branches: lvs. cune- ate at base, oblong, glandular - pubescent on both sides, grayish green, ya-% in. long: fls. usually solitary; pedicels longer than the 5-lobed, whitish pubescent calyx; co- rollaabout' pubescent lowish outsid 5-lobed, purplish within, about as long as tube: fr. orange- red. July-Oct. Chile. — The grayish color and glandular pubes- cence gives the foli- age a frosted appear- ance. Int. 19U0 by Franceschi, Santa Barbara, Calif. Richii, Gray. Shrub, with slender spiny branches lvs. short-petioled, cuneate, obovate, obtuse, glabrous or minutely puberulous when young, about K in. long fls. usually 2-3; calyx as long as pedicels, with elongated teeth; corolla % in. long, tube longer than 4-lobed limb fr. globular, bright red, i^in. across. May-Sept. , hdrridum, Thunb. Erect, spiny, much-branched shrub to 3 ft., glabrous : lvs. sessile, spatulate, glabrous, about ^4 in. long : fls. short-pedicelled, small, whitish, with rather slender tube and 3-4-lobed limb. S. Afr.— As I have se


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