. 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. 269. Briza eeniculata. (XX.). 270. Brodiaeas. At top, B. Candida ; at bottom, B. ixioides, var. snlendens : at left, B. Bridgesii. 8,23, and supplementary list; major, 8; minor, 6, 12; multiflora, 20; Orcuttii, 15; parviflora, 20; peduncularis, 3 ; Purdyi, 18 ; rosea, 17 ; splendens, 6 ; stellaris, 14 ; terrest
. 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. 269. Briza eeniculata. (XX.). 270. Brodiaeas. At top, B. Candida ; at bottom, B. ixioides, var. snlendens : at left, B. Bridgesii. 8,23, and supplementary list; major, 8; minor, 6, 12; multiflora, 20; Orcuttii, 15; parviflora, 20; peduncularis, 3 ; Purdyi, 18 ; rosea, 17 ; splendens, 6 ; stellaris, 14 ; terrestris, 13. Group 1. In this group, which contains some of the best species in cultivation, the plants have a fibrous-coated flattened corm, resembling that of the crocus; not usually bulbif- erous. The lvs. are few, all radical and grass-like; the scapes are slender but stifdy erect, naked except for bracts below the many-fld. umbel; the fls. are oftener broadly tubular, borne on slender pedicels, and are in purples, white and yellow. All are hardy, but a protec- tion of straw or leaves is advisable in the colder regions. A light, loose, well-drained, sandy or loamy soil best meets their needs, and an excess of moisture and very rich soils are to be avoided. 1. l£lxa, AVats. Strong, with many broadly tubular purple fls.: tube very narrow, and equaling or exceed- ing the segments ; filaments very slender ; stamens in 2 rows. N. Cal. III. 20: , and one of the best. There are many variations. 2. cdndida. Baker. Fig. 270. Much like B. laxa in characters of bloom, but segments white or bluish with a green vein, and the fls. set at an angle on the pedicel, so that they all face one way : further distinguished by early flowering and the very broad and glossy, scarcely carinate lvs. Calif. 3. peduncumris, Wats. Still stouter (1-2 ft.), with smaller and fewer white fls. on pedicels a few inches to a foot long; filaments short or none. N. Calif. III. 20: 243. —This s
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