. 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. ZEPHYRANTHES ZINGIBER 2009 key. The perianth-segments are sometimes keeled with rose, but in both species the fls. turn pinkish with age. It is a Florida species, found in damper localities and blooming several weeks
. 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. ZEPHYRANTHES ZINGIBER 2009 key. The perianth-segments are sometimes keeled with rose, but in both species the fls. turn pinkish with age. It is a Florida species, found in damper localities and blooming several weeks later than Z. Atamusco. V. 6:299. Gn. 33, p. 11. 3. erubescens, Wats. (Amaryllis embe"scens, Hors- ford). Rare white-tid., August-blooming species sup- posed to be native to sandy plains of Texas, but per- haps from northern Mexico. Distinguished from the two preceding species by the larger, longer-necked bulb, shorter perianth and Hs. strongly tinged with rose outside. Bulb over 1 in. thick; neck as long: spathe bifid above; tube equaling and closely embracing the pedicel (about 1 in. long). —Int. by Horsford 1889 and probably lost to cultivation. 4. vereciinda, Herb. Rare spring- and summer-blooming species, dis- tinguished from other white-fid. spe- cies in cult, by the sessile ovary and long-necked bulb. Bulb 1 in. or less thick; neck 1-2 in. long: fls. l%-2 in. long, greenish white, more or less tinged outside or keeled with rose. Highlands of central Mex. B. M. 2583. - Offered by Dutch dealers. 5. Candida, Herb. Fig. 2790. Most popular of white-fid. Zephyr Lilies, being distinguished from the others by its autumn-blooming habit and capitate stigma. Lvs. appearing in autumn with the fls. and lasting through the winter in favored locali- ties, over 1 ft. long: fls. pure white or slightly tinged rose outside, VA- 2 in. long. Marshes of La Plata. Gn. 37:740. B. M. 2607. L. B. C. 15:1419. 6. carinata, Herb. (Z. grandifldra, Lindl.). Largest and choicest of the rosy-Hd.
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