. 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. 1694 SPARAXIS SPARTIUM. more long, usually yellow or purple, and larger anthers. 779 {i\s. primrose inside, flamed purple outside). 3:258 (fls. white inside, niidveiu on the back purplej. 541 (Ja-m grandiflora. Fls. rich purple, margined lighter). —According to Baker, the principal named forms ar
. 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. 1694 SPARAXIS SPARTIUM. more long, usually yellow or purple, and larger anthers. 779 {i\s. primrose inside, flamed purple outside). 3:258 (fls. white inside, niidveiu on the back purplej. 541 (Ja-m grandiflora. Fls. rich purple, margined lighter). —According to Baker, the principal named forms are: atropurpurea, dark purple; anemonaeflora, pale yellow; Liliago, wliite, flushed with dnn-t-purple nut- side; and stellaris, dark purple, the segments narrower than the type, oblanceolate and acute rather than oblong. tricolor, Ker. Fig. 2358. Dif- fers from ^'. grandiflora only in the color of the flowers, which are very variable but al- ways have a bright yellow throat and often a dark blotch at the base of each segment. 1482; 381 {Ixia tricolor). 2:124. F. 1843:213 {S. picia, purp^irea, pulcJiella). — Accord- ing to Baker, this is the favor- ite species among cultivators. It certainly has the greatest va- riety of colors and markings. In the works cited the floral segments range from nearly white through rose, brick-red, carmine, crimson and light pur- ple to dark purple, excluding blue and yellow, which latter color usually appears in the throat. ^^ jj^ SPARGANIUM (Greek, fillet: referring to the ribbon-like Ivs.) Ti/phacece. Bur-reed. Bur- reeds are marsh herbs closely allied to cat-tails but with fls. 3;lobular heads instead of ob- long spikes. Three hardy per- ennial kinds are advertised by collectors of native plants and one or two are procurable from specialists in aquatics. Bnr-reeds are desirable only in bog gardens or in wild gardening operations. The beauty of these plants often lies in each species being massed alone, as well as in the mixing with
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