. 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. 290 CHEILANTHES DDD. Lis. covered beneath %eilh both scales and wool. myrioph^lla, Desv. (C. I'legans, Desv.). Lvs. densely cespitosc from short, erect, scaly rootstocks, 3-9 in. long, beside tlie cliestnut-cidored scaly stems ; tri- quadripinnatifld : ultimiite segments minute, innumer- able. Tex., Ariz, and T


. 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. 290 CHEILANTHES DDD. Lis. covered beneath %eilh both scales and wool. myrioph^lla, Desv. (C. I'legans, Desv.). Lvs. densely cespitosc from short, erect, scaly rootstocks, 3-9 in. long, beside tlie cliestnut-cidored scaly stems ; tri- quadripinnatifld : ultimiite segments minute, innumer- able. Tex., Ariz, and Trop. Amer. Another native species worthy of cultivation is ('. Uucopdda, Link, from Tex., with broadly deltoid-ovate â¢paves. L. j£. Underwood. CHEIKANTHUS I derivation in dispute, but probably from (h-eek for Inniil and floii. i ) Ci uclfext A dozen or more Old World herbs, with large purple or yellow. fls., entire lvs., and a strict or upright habit. Lateral sepals sac-like at the base : valves of the pod with a strong' iiiiiliM rv. Mnrli r,,iif,Mniiled with Matthiola, and the ijriM i:i :iii ih'i ^ u ill > I. ii! I \ .listinct. In Cheiranthus, theivs,:iir ;h nir, -iimn:i ilrriHT lobcd, pod morc flat- Chelri, Linn. WMi i i ..\m k. Fig. 424. Perennial, sliglitlN pnln-,riii. 1 L" II.: ]\s. lanceolate and entire, acute: IN. Iiiiu-' , nm-i l\ in -liailes of yellow, in long, terminal rarrun-s. s. Mii. âAn old garden favorite, blooming iu spring. Allhuiigb a woody perennial, it is best to renew the plants from seed, for they begin to fail after having bloomed one or two years. Seedlings should bloom the second year. There are dwarf and CHENOPODIUM double-fld. varieties, and innumerable forms in various shades of yellow, brownish, and even purple. Not prized so much in Amer. as in Eu. It thrives in any good garden soil. C\ dnnuu^. but early-blooming forms of C. t'lieiri seem to pass under this name.âC. Minzieaii, Benth. * l, g g CHELIDONI


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