. The standard cyclopedia of horticulture; a discussion, for the amateur, and the professional and commercial grower, of the kinds, characteristics and methods of cultivation of the species of plants grown in the regions of the United States and Canada for ornament, for fancy, for fruit and for vegetables; with keys to the natural families and genera, descriptions of the horticultural capabilities of the states and provinces and dependent islands, and sketches of eminent horticulturists . petalous epigynous flower,the many ovules and the frequently united stamensare The stamens
. The standard cyclopedia of horticulture; a discussion, for the amateur, and the professional and commercial grower, of the kinds, characteristics and methods of cultivation of the species of plants grown in the regions of the United States and Canada for ornament, for fancy, for fruit and for vegetables; with keys to the natural families and genera, descriptions of the horticultural capabilities of the states and provinces and dependent islands, and sketches of eminent horticulturists . petalous epigynous flower,the many ovules and the frequently united stamensare The stamens are sometimes united bytheir filaments with the anthers free (monadelphous), orby the anthers with the filaments free (syngenesious),or by both filaments and anthers. Ldhcliu inflata (lobelia, Indian tobacco) of NorthAmerica is poisonous. The foliage fiunishes themedicinal lobelia. L. ni/phililicii was used for syphilisby the Indians, but is of no value. The roots of thislatter plant and of the cardinal ttowcr (L. airdinalitf)are more or less |>oisonous. The berries and fleshyroots of some Campanulacea have boon used as food. In cultivation in N. America are some 20 those are: Shephertl s Scabious, or Shoeps-bit(Jasione); Chinese or .Jai) Bellflower or BalloonFlower (Platycodon); Venuss Looking-glass (Spocu-laria); Horned Hampion (Ihytouma); Giant Bellflower(Ostrowskia); Lobelia and the Cardinal Flower (Lo-belia); and the Bellflowers or Bluebells (Campanula).. 57. : 1. Vernonia, fruit. 2. Eupatorium, head. , disk flower. 4. Ambrosia, fniiting involucre. 5. Xan-tbium, fruiting involucre. 6. , head. 7. Dahlia, rayflower. 8. Bidens, fruit. 9. Cosmos, disk flower, corolla Helenium, flower, vertical section. 11. Rlutisia, head. , floral digaram. 13. Cichorium, a, head; 6, fruit. , fruit. 15. Hieracium, ray flower. Compositae (name having reference to theaggregation of the flowers into hea
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