The century supplement to the dictionary of gardening, a practical and scientific encyclopaedia of horticulture for gardeners and botanists . a, 1759. r. arhoniis. A. sarmentosns (sarmentose). fi. white, st;ir-like, fraeTant;mceiiii-, Iin. t<» 3in. long, spreading frtim the woody /?. bright sciirlet, pKi-lJke. /. linear, rigid, raucronate,iin. to 3in. long, solitary except at the tips of the branchlets. flat,bright green, with a distinct midrib. Stems woody, sub-erect ortwining, with short, deflexed prickles; brandilets numerous,square, spreading or ascending. South
The century supplement to the dictionary of gardening, a practical and scientific encyclopaedia of horticulture for gardeners and botanists . a, 1759. r. arhoniis. A. sarmentosns (sarmentose). fi. white, st;ir-like, fraeTant;mceiiii-, Iin. t<» 3in. long, spreading frtim the woody /?. bright sciirlet, pKi-lJke. /. linear, rigid, raucronate,iin. to 3in. long, solitary except at the tips of the branchlets. flat,bright green, with a distinct midrib. Stems woody, sub-erect ortwining, with short, deflexed prickles; brandilets numerous,square, spreading or ascending. South Africa, 1810. Cool house.(G. C. 1898, xxiii., p. 179, f. 7V) A. scandens deflexns (deflexed). .rt. smaller th:u) in the tirmer, ^in. to ^,in. long. Branchlets very zigzag. A. scboberioides (.Schoberia-Uke). fi. small, sessile, producedon the lower half uf the branches. /r. red, small, in clustei-s of three or four, Ain. long, linear, falcate, decitiut» about 1ft. high, thin, wiry, branched abuve. Japan. Ofthis hardy but not very omamentiil species there are one or twovarieties, one lia\ing longer Fig. 82. ^Vi>l* SPRBKGliRI. A. Sprengeri (Sprengers).* fi. -ahilich, small, :mes /r. 4in. in diameter. I. fiat, linear, glabrous, bright gieen,straight or slightly curved, Iin. to l^in. long, ^in^ broad,flattened, glossy green. Stems woody, terete, wide-climbing. 6ft. long, freely branched; prickles small, hooked. SouthAfrica, 1890. A very elegant species. (R. G. 1890, p. 490, f. 80.)There i-; a variegated form. See Fig. 82. A. tenulfolins (slender-leaved), fi. white, iin. across, /?. bright red, as large ;is Cherries. /. greyish-green,linear, curved, iin. to Iin. long, in whorls of about a score atshort intervals. Stems ^virj, smooth, 3ft. high; branchesascending. France, Italy, Ac, 1819. • Half-hardy perennial. A. tenuissimns (very slender). A variety of A. piumosus. 1900 Supplement—Recent Introd
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