. 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. 742 HIBISCUS A. Annuals. E. Plant low and diffuse. 1. ,Cav.(B'.>lft'ic(J«t(s,Hoi't.). Flower-of- AN-HOUR. Bladder Ketmia. Trailing Hollyhock. Fig. 1054. A foot or 2 high, bushy-spreading, the main branches becoming prostrate,usually hispid-hairy: Ivs. 3-5-parted, the upper ones 3-parted, with the
. 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. 742 HIBISCUS A. Annuals. E. Plant low and diffuse. 1. ,Cav.(B'.>lft'ic(J«t(s,Hoi't.). Flower-of- AN-HOUR. Bladder Ketmia. Trailing Hollyhock. Fig. 1054. A foot or 2 high, bushy-spreading, the main branches becoming prostrate,usually hispid-hairy: Ivs. 3-5-parted, the upper ones 3-parted, with the middle lobe much the largest, the lobes linear-oblong or some- times widening upwards, coarsely notched, the root-lvs. uudivided: tls. .solitary in the upper axils, opening wide in the sunshine but closing in shadow, 1-3 in. across, sulfur-yellow or white, usually with a brown eye ; pedicel elongating in fr., and the calyx becoming much inflated. Cent. Afr. —An interesting annual, blooming freely throughout the hot weather of summer, and thriv- ing in any open, warm place. Seeds are jusually sown where the plants are to stand. Excellent for rockwork. 2. Tridnum, Linn., to which the above species is usu- ally referred, has much wider and more spatulate and relatively shorter , which are round-toothed oi lyrately lobed: tls. smaller. From S. Ku. and Afr. B M. 209. —Sometimes a weed about cult, grounds. BB. Plant mostly tall, strict and stout. 3. SaMariSJa, Linn. {S. Bosilla, Hort.). Ja- maica Sorrel. Eoselle. Strong, 5-7 ft. high, .^'[ * nearly glabrous, the stems terete and reddish: ^i^^ root-lvs. ovate and undivided, the upper ones ^^^te^^ digitately 3-parted, the side lobes sometimes again lobed ; lobes lanceolate-oblong and ere- nate dentate : tls. solitary and almost sessile in the axils, much shorter than the long leaf-stalks; ciljx and bracts red and thick, less than half the length of the yellow corolla. Old World tropics.—Widely cult, m the tropics, and
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