. 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. BAUHINIA BEAN 135 spathe-like ; petals 5, clawed, obovate-oblong, veined, rose-colored, the lowest one larger, broader above the middle, strongly marked with crimson : pod 1-2 ft. long. India. 6818.—The coloring of the fls. varies. Var. Candida, Roxb. {A. alba, Buck-Ham.). Height 12 ft.: ils. white, beauti
. 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. BAUHINIA BEAN 135 spathe-like ; petals 5, clawed, obovate-oblong, veined, rose-colored, the lowest one larger, broader above the middle, strongly marked with crimson : pod 1-2 ft. long. India. 6818.—The coloring of the fls. varies. Var. Candida, Roxb. {A. alba, Buck-Ham.). Height 12 ft.: ils. white, beautifully veined with green ; fls. Feb. to May. "A taller grower than A. acuminata, hlooming in late winter and early spring. Very quick-growing, and ornamental even when not in ;—Eeasoner Bros. purptirea, Linn. Height 6 ft.: Ivs. coriaceous, rufous- tomentose beneath when young ; Ifts. broadly ovate, 4-nerved : petals red, one streaked with white on the claw, lanceolate, acute; fertile stamens 3, very long, the rest sterile or abortive : pod 1 ft. long. India, Burma, China.—Without doubt one of the finest flowering small trees in S. Fla. Flowers are borne in the greatest pro- fusion, 3 to 5 inches across, varying in color from almost white to a shade of rich purple, and marked and shaded with many tones. The plant is very robust and hardy here, growing to a height of 15 feet in less than 2 years, and blooms all winter and spring. GAlpini, N. E. Brown. Half-climbing shrub, 5-10 ft.: Ivs. 1-3 in. long, 2-lobed from one-fifth to one-half their length, 7-nerved ; petiole about K in. long : racemes 6-10-fld.: petals 5, all alike, 1-13^ m. long ; claw as long as the limb ; limb orbicular, cuspidate, brick-red ; fertile stamens 3 : pod 3-5 in. long ; seeds dark brown. S. and Trop. Afr. 1891. Fls borne continuously from spring to late autumn. BE. Fls. pure white, acuminata, Linn. Height 5-6 ft.: Ifts. ovate, acumi- nate, parallel, 4-
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