. 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. HIPPEASTRUM HOFFMANNIA 751 Distinct, and one of the best. Apparently not in the Amer. trade, but it has been used in hybridizing. 11. prdcerum, Lem. {AmarifUis Rcii/ueri, Hook. f.). Bulb ovoid, with a neck 10-12 in. l
. 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. HIPPEASTRUM HOFFMANNIA 751 Distinct, and one of the best. Apparently not in the Amer. trade, but it has been used in hybridizing. 11. prdcerum, Lem. {AmarifUis Rcii/ueri, Hook. f.). Bulb ovoid, with a neck 10-12 in. long, on the apex of which —as on a trunk —the drooping, curling, bulf-edged Ivs. are borne (the Ivs. 16-20 in. long): scape 12-18 in. high, 2-edged, green, bearing 2-3 horizontal pale lilac fis. 4-5 in. across : segments oblauceolate, acute, not 1 in. broad ; throat without a star ; stamens much shorter than the perianth ; stigma capitate. Brazil. 11:408. 20:2077-8. 5883. Gn. 45 One of the most distinct of the genus. In the Amer. trade. Sometimes called "Blue Amaryllis" and "Em- press of ; Plant out for late summer or fall bloom, in a warm, sunny place. Keep bulb dry until late spring. cc. Stigma markedly 3-parted. 12. nitilum, Herb. Bulb nearly globular, 2-3 in. in stuloniferous, with short neck: Ivs. 6-8, elongat- ing after flowering, bright green, 1 ft. long and an inch or more wide: scape as long as the Ivs., somewhat com- pressed, glaucous, bearing 2-4 red fls.: perianth tube % in. long, green, with a minute crown in the throat; segments oblong, acute, crimson and green keeled ; stamens shorter than the perianth, the filaments red. Braz. 1:23. 15 chiefly known in the var. fulgldum, Baker (ff. fiilgidum, Herb.), which is in all parts larger, deep crimson, the 3-5 in. long. ::{:22(;. 1943, as Amiirfflh's tnhn'tKa: 2475 as JI. snhhnHnif/im. Var. croc&tum, Ba
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