. 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. GTNANDROPSIS kidney-shaped or orbicular, compressed, with a wrinkled or tubercled coat. For culture, see Cteome, speciosa, DC. (Cleome specidsa,SBK.). Rather vel- vety towards the top: Ifts. 5-7, subserrulate, oblong, acuminate. Mex. w. M. GYNfiEIDM {Greek, woolly stigmas), aramlnem. This genus was until 1897 h
. 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. GTNANDROPSIS kidney-shaped or orbicular, compressed, with a wrinkled or tubercled coat. For culture, see Cteome, speciosa, DC. (Cleome specidsa,SBK.). Rather vel- vety towards the top: Ifts. 5-7, subserrulate, oblong, acuminate. Mex. w. M. GYNfiEIDM {Greek, woolly stigmas), aramlnem. This genus was until 1897 held to include the Pampas Grass (Gyneriiim argenteum), which has long been con- sidered the finest of all tall, plumy grasses, as also the most important, commercially, of all ornanieutal grasses. Plumes of Pampas Grass are shipped in large quanti- ties from California to Europe, and are dyed various colors. In nature the plumes are silvery white, with \arieties ringing from ro etocarmme Moltt and purple Thej are often 2-3 ft long Pampas C i iss is giown com mercially only in C alifomia The plumes are not col lected m South America or shipped therefrom The plumes of the male plants are much inferior to those of the females and California growers exeicise the greate t care to allow no male plants in the plantation In this country the plumes are sold chiefl\ to persons of foreign 1 irth (feeeiif??! tmi!, ) is abordi t plant the Pampas Gia s is not perfectly hard\ m the ^orth the best sub stitute for It being Ennuthui, hai nn r Hnticultur allj Pampas ( ii i n tt 1 c mj i Iwithrl ( i it Keed (A) ,i \ , tl tw i\ t i different U\ t I m II \i ii bold hd It 1 wl 1 1 tl 1 |] 1 1 tant featur whil it i 1 mi u \ 1 I II mg smaller th in thr e of the I inii i < i i m 1 i ftiu not produced before the northern frosts The plumes of Pampas Grass and of Uva Grass (G f u It a I f-tile'i) are both sold in London and are presum abh h tinguished in the trade too tender t 1 p âi wn eve
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