. 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. 100. Youiig spike of a dwarf form of Antirrhinum majus (X 3-'3). 101. Antirrhinum maurandioides, in bud (X K). the plants with a mulch on the approach of cold weather. These fall-sown plants may be transplanted into pots (or grown in them from the first) and flowered in the house. For forcing in this way. Snapd
. 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. 100. Youiig spike of a dwarf form of Antirrhinum majus (X 3-'3). 101. Antirrhinum maurandioides, in bud (X K). the plants with a mulch on the approach of cold weather. These fall-sown plants may be transplanted into pots (or grown in them from the first) and flowered in the house. For forcing in this way. Snapdragons are very satisfac- tory. The temperature and treatment required for gera- niums and carnations suit them well. Dwarf vars. are used for edgings. A. Common Snapdragons, strictly erect. majus, Linn. Common or Large Snapdragon. Pig. 100. Perennial, or practically a biennial under cult.: 1-3 ft., not downy except in the : lvs. oblong or lanceolate, entire, sometimes variegated : fls. large, long-tubular, with spreading, very irregular lobes, in an elongated terminal spike or raceme. In many colors and varieties (ranging from red and purple to white), in forms both tall and dwarf. Mediterranean region ; sometimes running wild about gardens. 9:909; 13:949. 41:22. :379. 7: are double forms. Some of thevarietal names used by hor- ticulturists are dlhnm, bicolor, coccineuin, variegdtitm. Or6ntium, Linn. Small Snapdragon. A low, slender annual, with linear lvs. and small fls. purple or white (H in. long) in the axils. An occasional weed in cult, grounds, 6 in. or less high ; not cult. AA. Native species, producing tendril-like branches in the inflorescence. Orcuttiinum, Gray. Slender, 2-4 ft., glabrous: corolla 3^ in. long, white or violet, lower lip not much larger than the upper : lower lvs. spatulate-lanceolate, the up- per linear. Annual. Lower and S. Calif. Int. by Orcutt in 1891. AAA. Climbing vine. maurandioides. Gray {Maurandia a
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