. 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. URCEOLINA AA. Fls. ycllinr. pSnduIa, Herb. ( Cafirea. hiniM.). Bulb about 1K in. throuich: Ivs. 1-2 to a stem produced after the fls., ob- long, ;ic"ute. 1 ft. long by 4-5 in. broad: scape about 1 ft. long: tls. 4-6. bright yellow tipped with green. Andes 3f Peru. 54(i4. III. 12:211. F. W. Barcla
. 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. URCEOLINA AA. Fls. ycllinr. pSnduIa, Herb. ( Cafirea. hiniM.). Bulb about 1K in. throuich: Ivs. 1-2 to a stem produced after the fls., ob- long, ;ic"ute. 1 ft. long by 4-5 in. broad: scape about 1 ft. long: tls. 4-6. bright yellow tipped with green. Andes 3f Peru. 54(i4. III. 12:211. F. W. Barclay and Robert Cameron. UBfiEA( I 1 a e ofte r 1 11 1 art 1 pp 88 been ottered in Amer ca as Litin 1 1 1 S c H It (lb i Biker ieco,nizp 1 <i total of 24 specie C^i en !â - ( 4( ' (IbOb <) ) he describes bouth \frica nlone The bulbs of Lrginea are coll 1 the Mediterranean region foi t! times attain a maximum weigl Syr sof Ijp. I h fol 1 1 rirely I 1 1 eeled i I H ker m \t that time but m Flora species from. t the right, the hybri i Clibrani. All half s alcesBfdlia, Gaud. ( Pr(iea (7a»'(Jji«, Jacq.). Tree or shrub: Ivs. broadly ovate, acuminate, basal sinus wide and open, crenate-dentate: fls. dioecious, in regu- larly dichotonious cymes; male cjTiies 4-6 times dichoto- mous, stinging or not, rose-colored: female fls. many times dichotomous, the fls. solitary or in 3's. Trop. America. \y^ jj^ UHGlNEA (from the name of an Arabian tribe in Algeria). Lilidceie. The Sea Onion, known to drug stores by the name of Squill, and to gardens as Urijinea maritimn. is a bulbous ]j|ant nutive to the Mediterranean region, which grows l' r- :: li li-]i and has a long ra- ceme of small, wliiti-: ' , ' .M IS. The raceme is often \% ft. long ami . : : . Mui or more fls. each K in. across. It lias iIm -jum -i,[r,.f beauty as Orui- thogaliim pyramiihtle liut uiuVirtuiiately it is only half- hardy. As an ornamental plant it is little known in America. The name seems not to appear in Am
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