. 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. striped: fls. about 2, rose-red, contained in two boat- shaped bracts, one of which is much smaller than the other. Mexico.—A very common greenhouse plant, much used for baskets and for covering the ground un- derneath benches. Commonly confused with Trades- cantia fluminensis; Fig. 2785, and some- times with C
. 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. striped: fls. about 2, rose-red, contained in two boat- shaped bracts, one of which is much smaller than the other. Mexico.—A very common greenhouse plant, much used for baskets and for covering the ground un- derneath benches. Commonly confused with Trades- cantia fluminensis; Fig. 2785, and some- times with Comme- llna nudiflora. See 'fradescantia. The Ivs. of Z. pendula seem never to be green. They vary somewhat in color. All forms are easily grown, and they propagate readily from pieces of stem. Var. quadri- color, Voss (Tra- descdntia qnadri- color and T. multi- color, Hort.). Lvs. with metallic green undertone and striped with green, red and white. Handsome. l H. 2783. Flower of Zebrina pendula. Slightly en- larged. 2784. Zebrina pendula, (XM.) 2780. Dent Corn — Zea Mays, var. indentata less crinkled, Var. indu- ). Var. amyUcea [Z. amylti- cea, Sturt.). SorT Corns. This group at once recog- nized by the absence of cor- neous endosperm. Throufih the uniformity of the shrink- age in ripening there is usu- ally no indentation, yet in some varieties an indentation may more or less frequently appear, but splitting the ker- nel infallibly determines the class. Var. saccharata {Z. saccJta- rAta, Sturt.). Sweet Corn. Figs. 2781, 2782, .551. Plate VII. A well-defined group characterized by the translu- cent, horny appearance of the kernels and their more wrinkled, or shriveled condition. Var. amylea-saccharata {Z. amylea-saccha- rdta, Sturt.). Stakcht-s^veet Corn. This group is founded upon three varieties found in the San Pedro Indian collection of Dr. Palmer and sent in 188B. The external ap- pearance of the kernel is that of a sweet, but examination shows that the lower h
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