. 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. LINUM AA. Planf perennial: fls. yellow or blue (white vars.). B. Bloom yellow (L. trigyniim, wldeh vunj he sought lure, will be found under the genus Beinu-ardlia)'. flivum, Linn. Erect from a somewhat woody base, glabrous, 1-2 ft.: Ivs. lanceolate or linear, alternate: fls golden yellow, in a niucli brancbitif
. 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. LINUM AA. Planf perennial: fls. yellow or blue (white vars.). B. Bloom yellow (L. trigyniim, wldeh vunj he sought lure, will be found under the genus Beinu-ardlia)'. flivum, Linn. Erect from a somewhat woody base, glabrous, 1-2 ft.: Ivs. lanceolate or linear, alternate: fls golden yellow, in a niucli brancbitif; cyme, the showy petals much exceeding the glandular-ciliate sepals. Eu. ,-112. —A good halt-hardy perennial, but not popu- larly known in this country. BB. Bloom blue (or ivhite). pertnne, Linn. Pig. 1301. Erect-growing and branchy, glabrous, 1-2 ft. tall: Ivs. linear and acute, alternate: fls. rather small, azure blue (there is a white-Hd. form), on the ends of slender pedicels, the styles and stamens of different lengths (fls. heterogenous) in different fls.: capsules ovoid, dehiscent, on inclined pedicels. Eu.— Worthy hardy perennial, summer-lilooming, often How- ering the first year from seed. LSwisii, Pursh (L. perdnne. var. Liwisii, Eaton & Wright). The West American representative of the above, and scarcely distinguisliable from it except that the fls. are not heterogonous, pedicels more erect in fruit, calyx nerves not evident. Wt, in. across, clear sky- blue, very pretty. 14:1103 (as L. Sibiricum, var. Lewisii). Austrlacum, Linn. (L. perenne, var. Anstrlaeutn, Voss). Lvs. linear, punctate: fls. rather small, violet- red or light blue : fruiting pedicels horizontal or re- flexed. Austria.— Hardy North, growing 1-2 ft. high and blooming all summer. NarbonnSnae, Linn. One to 2 ft. high, forming a spreading clump, glabrous and slightly glaucous, and very handsome for rockwork : lvs. linear-lanceolate, pointed, alternate: fls. 1% in. across, on s
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