. 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. lOOG MERTENSIA Tlif common Jlertensia is remain undisturbed for yf. rockery. Its leaves die clci The plant sliould have a sin and rich, loamy soil. ,)/. N even more desirable. Tin- not as distinctive in The foliage of ^f. iilbirira lasts through the summer. Mertensins may be prop, by seed if sown as soon
. 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. lOOG MERTENSIA Tlif common Jlertensia is remain undisturbed for yf. rockery. Its leaves die clci The plant sliould have a sin and rich, loamy soil. ,)/. N even more desirable. Tin- not as distinctive in The foliage of ^f. iilbirira lasts through the summer. Mertensins may be prop, by seed if sown as soon as ripe, but with uncer- tainty by division. Although of secon- dary importance, '-' Mertensias add vari- ety to the border and are nearly always attractive to plant- Fh pulmonarioldes, 1394. Vireinian Cowslip or Blue Bells Kotli. (J/. Virr/hiini, âMertensiapulmonarioides (X ,':i). DC). V I K (i I N I A N Cowslip. Blue Bells. Fig. 1394. Very smooth and glabrous: Ivs. obo- vate or oblong, or the lowest large, rounded and long- stalked ; veins conspicuous: fls. generally more nodding than shown in Fig. 1395. Spring. N. Y. to S. C. and Tenn., usually inhabiting low or moist grounds. 160(asPulmonaria). :B0. , p. 4fi3, and .32, p. 173. :181; 7:244; 11:180, and 12:140. Mn 4:33. AA. Fls. iiilh the upper portion more hell-shaped and in-iiiiiiiu-iit spreading lohes: filaments shorter thtiH the (tutliers or only a little longer. B. Tiihc of corolla 2 or S times as long as the hell. oblongifdlia, About 9 in. high, smooth: Ivs. mostly oblong or spatulate-lanceolate; veins inconspicu- ous: calyx lobes acute. Western N. Amer.âNot easy to cultivate. BB. Tithe of corolla not tivlce as long as the hell. c. Calyx-lobes ohtuse, oblong. Siblrica, G. Don. This and the next grow 1-5 ft. high and Iki". i,,!, A, iiiy Ivs., the upper ones very acute or acuTiiii 'I' '/ ^' 'v"'-/(, is pale, smooth and some- wh:it _ 1 hs. oblong- or lanceolate-ovate. E. Sii , i;
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