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, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom . anist). LiUAcece. WestAmerican cormous plants of lowgrowth, some of which are nowbecoming popular in cult. Thefls. are several on a scape, theperianth mostly funnel-form, andeither saccate or non-saccate,ranging from purple to red, whiteand yellow; stamens 6, 3 of themsometimes reduc
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, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom . anist). LiUAcece. WestAmerican cormous plants of lowgrowth, some of which are nowbecoming popular in cult. Thefls. are several on a scape, theperianth mostly funnel-form, andeither saccate or non-saccate,ranging from purple to red, whiteand yellow; stamens 6, 3 of themsometimes reduced to Bot. of Calif., Watson includesunder Brodiaea a number ofgenera erected by previous au-thors. Baker, in his latest re-vision of Brodisea, still furtherenlarges the genus by including269. Briza eeniculata. some species of South American(X H ) bulbs heretofore separated under Milla and Triteleia. Brodiaea, asthus outlined, includes Hookera, Triteleia, Milla, Calli-prora and Hesperoscordum. For horticultural purposes,it is better and more convenient to merge all into Bro-disea. In this broad sense Brodiaea includes about 30species, which must be divided into several species differ so widely in every way that culturaldirections must follow the group. For B. volubilis. BRODI^A 181. see StrophoHrion; for B. coccineay see ^r. by Baker, in III. 20, pp. 213, 238, 459, 687:ali^o Watson, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts and Sci. 14: 236. Index to the species: Bridgesii, 4; Californica, 11;Candida,2; cougesta, 19; Dougrlasii, 22; ; ; gracilis, 9; grandiflora, 10; Hendersoni,5; Howellii,23; hyacinthina, 7; ixioides. fi; Jactea, 8; laxa, 1; lilacina,
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