. The standard cyclopedia of horticulture; a discussion, for the amateur, and the professional and commercial grower, of the kinds, characteristics and methods of cultivation of the species of plants grown in the regions of the United States and Canada for ornament, for fancy, for fruit and for vegetables; with keys to the natural families and genera, descriptions of the horticultural capabilities of the states and provinces and dependent islands, and sketches of eminent horticulturists . t the top, the sinus narrow: fl. short-stalked,purple, the calyx-lobes broad and rounded; styles 6,2-lobef
. The standard cyclopedia of horticulture; a discussion, for the amateur, and the professional and commercial grower, of the kinds, characteristics and methods of cultivation of the species of plants grown in the regions of the United States and Canada for ornament, for fancy, for fruit and for vegetables; with keys to the natural families and genera, descriptions of the horticultural capabilities of the states and provinces and dependent islands, and sketches of eminent horticulturists . t the top, the sinus narrow: fl. short-stalked,purple, the calyx-lobes broad and rounded; styles 6,2-lobefl; anthers not pointed. Va., S. in mts. arifdlium, Michx. Lvs. thickish and usually mottled,orbicular to hastate, obtuse: fls. stout-stalked, urn-shaped and much contracted at the throat; styles 6, 2-lobed: anthers pointed. Va., S. L. IL B. ASCLEPIAS (ancient Greek and Latinized name).Asclepwitlficea;. Milkweed. .Silkweed. Perennialmilky-juiced herbs, sometimes in the hardyborder or wild garden. Erect, with deep thick and hard perennial roots: or verticillate Crarely alternate), entire: , the corolla segms. generally stronglyreflexefJ; stameas 5, attached to the corolla, the anthersmore or less imited about the stigma; between thecorolla and the stamens is a crown of 5 cornucopia-likehorns or appendages; pollen cohering into a waxy mass(poUinium; which is removed bodily by thatvisit the fl.: fr. 2 warty, or echinate or .smooth Plume ofDooax. Anindo The pollination of an asclepias fl. is shown in Fig. i)ollen-masses are usually twin (as at 6), and thehandle or caudide lies in a chink on the side of thestigma. The pollen-masses become attached to thelegs or mouth parts of the insect, and are thereby trans-ferred to another fl.—The milkweeds are common inwaste places in N. Amer., and are rarely cult. About80 species are known, mostly North American, butothers in Cent, and S. Amer. and Afr. Several species(described
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