. 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. Gardening. 71C HECHTIA small sessile, axillary, yellow-bracted heads, borne at in- tervals of an inch or so on a very slender scape 2 ft. long. Give perforated pots and high temperature. Mon. hy C. Mez in DC. Mon. Phan. 9:543-551 (189G). glomerita, Zuce.{IT. Ghiesbrerhlii, Lem.). Lvs. 10-18 in. long, rigid, leathery, 9-12
. 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. Gardening. 71C HECHTIA small sessile, axillary, yellow-bracted heads, borne at in- tervals of an inch or so on a very slender scape 2 ft. long. Give perforated pots and high temperature. Mon. hy C. Mez in DC. Mon. Phan. 9:543-551 (189G). glomerita, Zuce.{IT. Ghiesbrerhlii, Lem.). Lvs. 10-18 in. long, rigid, leathery, 9-12 lines wide at base, nar- rowed gradually to the sharp-pointed apex : bracts sheathing, acuminate : corolla 3-lobed nearly to the base ; stamens 6 : ovary 3-eelled. 5842. 10:378. âSoil of chopped moss, old manure and charcoal. HEDEdMA (Greek, Sice'ff smej/). Lubliltm. Ameki- CAN Pennvkoyal. This is a plant of no ornamental value, but the seeds aro offered by our nurserymen to those who cultivate the plant for its medicinal oil, which is commonly sold in drug stores. It is claimed to be offen- sive to mosquitoes, and the plant can be easily natu- ralized in dry, sandy spots. It is common in woods and along roads. The genus has about IG species, all Amer- ican. The Pennyroyal of the Old World is Menilia Pu- lei/iiim, sometimes cult, for its lvs. and tops, which are used as culinary herbs. pulegioides, Pers. American Pennyroyal. Annual, C-18 in. high: stem very slender, much branched, pu- bescent : lvs. opposite, ovate to oblong-obovate, spar- ingly serrate in the upper portion, mostly obtuse at the apex and narrowed at the base, %-VA in. long: fls. in axillary clusters; corolla purple, 2-lipped, the lower one with 3 large lobes. July-Sep. 3:106. HfiDERA (ancient Latin name of the Ivy). Araliit- Ivy. Ornamental evergreen climbing shrubs, with alternate, entire or palmately 3-5-lobed, long-petioled lvs., inconspicuous greenish fls. in terminal, peduncled umbe
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