. 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. DICENTKA ing must be very gentle and the plants kept as near the glass as possible. It is best to have fresh plants each year, and return the forced ones to the border. A. Fls. rose-purple. B. Bacemes simple. spectibilis, Hem. (DUlytra spectdbilis, G. Don). Ma Heart. Fig. 703. Height 1-2 ft.: Ivs. and Ifts. bro


. 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. DICENTKA ing must be very gentle and the plants kept as near the glass as possible. It is best to have fresh plants each year, and return the forced ones to the border. A. Fls. rose-purple. B. Bacemes simple. spectibilis, Hem. (DUlytra spectdbilis, G. Don). Ma Heart. Fig. 703. Height 1-2 ft.: Ivs. and Ifts. broadest of the group: fls. largest, deep, rosy red; corolla heart- shaped ; inner petals white, protruding. Late spring. Jap. 3 4458. 1847:461. Gn. 40 white-fld. variety has a weak growth and sickly appearance. BB. Sacenies compound. c. Itiner petals protruded. eximia, Terr. Fls. deep rose, heart-shaped, tapering to a neck, which is longer and narrower than in D. for- mosa, the tips of the outer petals much longer. Rocks of western N. Y. and Mts. of Va. Var. multipinnita, Hort.,has Ivs. still more finely cut. "The handsomest foliaged hardy plant in our entire ;—J^. W. cc. Inner petals scarcely protruded. Jormdsa, Walp. Fig. 704. Fls. pale rose, with a short, thick neck, the tips of the outer petals shorter than in D. eximia. According to Gray, Syn. Flora, the fls. are cordate, but shows 2 pronounced spurs, with tips pointing toward each other. Mn. 8:17. 1335 (as Fumaria formosa). Calif, north. DICHORISANDRA 4/9 creamy yellow; crest of the inner petals minute. Nova Scotia to L. Huron, S. C. to Mo. 6:215. Mn. 6:41. 13:516. D. 35. ( Fumaria CueuUana). W. M. DICHORISANDHA (Greek words referring to the di- vision of the stamens into two series). Commeli- nAcea. About 28 species of tropical perennial herbs, with handsome foliage, often beautifully variegated, and rich blue fls. borne in thyrse-like panic


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