. 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. See SQUAW BEKEY. Mitcliella SQUIEKEL COEN. Dicentra Canademis. SQUIETING CUCUMBEB. Echalliiim. Elaterixim. STACHYS (from an old Greek name applied'by Dios- ooridfs to aiiotlier group of plants, coming from the word for .s;)iA-e). Lahi('itw. Woundwort. A genus of perhaps 150 species distributed mainly in tempera
. 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. See SQUAW BEKEY. Mitcliella SQUIEKEL COEN. Dicentra Canademis. SQUIETING CUCUMBEB. Echalliiim. Elaterixim. STACHYS (from an old Greek name applied'by Dios- ooridfs to aiiotlier group of plants, coming from the word for .s;)iA-e). Lahi('itw. Woundwort. A genus of perhaps 150 species distributed mainly in temperate countries: perennial or annual herbs, rarely shrubby, with opposite simple, entire or dentate leaves and mostly small flowers, ranging from purple, red, pale yellow to white, sessile or short-pediceled, in axillary whorls or terminal dense spikes: calyx 5-dentate, teeth equal or the posterior larger; corolla-tube cylindrical, eate, rarely somewhat tl:il; I, ., the anterior longer, asi-imlin^' r iii'l'.r lip and very little exserted, often . all. r aiith.'-is. Very tew of the species are cultiyati-<l, ,'li tlicn- are several with showy spikes. They are usually found in moist or even wet places when growing wild. A tuber-bearing species {S. Sieboldi) has lately come into notice as a kitehen-garden 2388. Vegetable M A. Plants grown for the showy SjuJcrs of fli,. or fur foliage. B. Corolla-tube twice or more exceeding the calyx. Betdnica, Benth. (Betdnica officindlis, Linn.). Bet- )Nr. A hardy perennial herb 1-3 ft. high: lower eaves long petioled, ovate-oblong, crenate, obtuse, cor-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954; Miller, Wilhelm, 1869-. New York [etc. ] The Macmillan company
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