. 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. /4 1598. Othonna Capensis, known to gardeners as O. crassifolia. A yellow-flowered trailing plant with succulent leaves. given to the O. cratfslfoUa of Harvey and of the horticul- turists, and this is done below. What, now, is Linnseus' Othonna crassifolia ? As early as 1771, this plant was figured in color by
. 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. /4 1598. Othonna Capensis, known to gardeners as O. crassifolia. A yellow-flowered trailing plant with succulent leaves. given to the O. cratfslfoUa of Harvey and of the horticul- turists, and this is done below. What, now, is Linnseus' Othonna crassifolia ? As early as 1771, this plant was figured in color by Philip Miller as the "Othonna foliis lanceolatis integerriinis " of LinniBus' Hortus Cliffort- ianus. It was figured by Edwards in 1818 ( 4:2G6). It is an upright or ascending undershrub, with flat leaves reminding one of leaves of the stock. It is described in the European books, but is probably not in commercial cultivation. It is native to the north of Africa. A reproduction of part of Philip Miller's pic- ture of the plant, reduced in size, is shown in Fig. 1599. Cap6nsis (Oth&nna crassifolia, Harv., not Linn., nor Meyer. Othonndpsis cheirifdiia, Bailey in "Field, For- est, and Garden Botany," not Jaub. & Spach). Pig. 1598. Perennial, becoming shrubby at base in its native country, glabrous, with slender trailing or drooping stems; Ivs. 1 in. or less long, fleshy and cylindrical-ob- ovoid, sharp pointed, either scattered or in clusters: pedicels 2-6 in. long, ascending, slender: heads nearly or quite M in. across when well grown, the narrow, bright yellow rays wide-spreading. S. Africa.—An ex- cellent plant for hanging baskets, for it withstands ex- tremes of moisture and temperature. It is readily prop- agated by planting pieces of the stems. It blooms in nearly all seasons. Fls. open only in sun . £,, jj. g OTJBfSIA (Gov. Ouris, of the Falkland islands). Scrophnlariacew. O. coccinea is a choice alpine of tufted habit, heart-shaped
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