. 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. 792 HYPERICUM HYPHENS oblong, mucronate, bluish, pale below, leathery: fls. soli- tary in the native state, in cymes of several in culti- vation, 1/^2-2 in. In diam., bright yellow, heightened by the golden filaments at the center; bracts leaf-like, last- ing two weeks; sepals leaf-like, ovate, shorter than the
. 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. 792 HYPERICUM HYPHENS oblong, mucronate, bluish, pale below, leathery: fls. soli- tary in the native state, in cymes of several in culti- vation, 1/^2-2 in. In diam., bright yellow, heightened by the golden filaments at the center; bracts leaf-like, last- ing two weeks; sepals leaf-like, ovate, shorter than the thick, broad petals, which persist until withered; sta- mens distinct, very numerous; styles connate: capsule ovate acuminate, red. July-Aug. Affects rocky situa- tions when wild, generally shady, where moisture is longest -retained, from Ga, and Tenn., but perfectly hardy in Mass. 2:185. —Prop, by seeds and cut- tings, young plants from seed blooming the second year. 21. nudifldrum, Michx. {H, cistifdlliim, Coulter, not Lam.). Showy subshrub, 1-2 ft. high, with quadrangu- lar winged branches: Ivs. ovate-lanceolate or oblong, subacuminate or obtuse, 2-3 in. long, thin, veiny, pale above and below, with minute reddish dots: cymes leaf- less, loosely flowered, of many small fls; sepals linear to oblong; styles united: capsule ovate-conical, K in- long. N. C. and S. —Ornamental and of easy cultivation. 22. prolificum, Linn. (ff. folibsum, Jacq. Mijridndra proUfica, Spach). A stout, dense shrub, 3 ft. high, with terete branches and exfoliating light brown bark, the twigs 2-angled : Ivs. oblong or oblanceolate obtuse, 1-3 in. long, glossy, dark green, pellucid, punctate: fla. in'^profusion, l^-a in. wide, in several- to many-flowered cymes; sepals lance-ovate; stamens numerous, distinct; styles united at the base: capsules large, oblong, % in. long, July-Sept. Pound in sandy or rocky soil. New Jersey to Iowa and Georgia; one of the most commonly cultivated. 3:526 —A
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