. 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. 1272 PEPEROMIA PEPEROMIA few plants are better adapted for permanent bordering in tropical houses than Peperomias, their leaves vary- ing so much in depth of colour, in marbling, in the dif- ferent hues of their upper and under surfaces, and in the colour of their stalks; then, too, they are not attrac- tive to
. 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. 1272 PEPEROMIA PEPEROMIA few plants are better adapted for permanent bordering in tropical houses than Peperomias, their leaves vary- ing so much in depth of colour, in marbling, in the dif- ferent hues of their upper and under surfaces, and in the colour of their stalks; then, too, they are not attrac- tive to iasects, make no litter, and give very little trouble in propagating and ; The plant which seems to be the commonest in cult, here is the one figured in 5034 as P. arlfoUa, var. argyreia. However, DeCandolle thought that this plant was not the true P. arifolia, and he renamed it P. Saii- dersii (after Wilson Sanders), but the name is invariably spelled Saundersii in trade catalogues. The distinctions which DeCandolle makes are technical. The main ones are that P. arifolia has a short stem and catkins much longer than the Ivs., while P. SandersH has no stem and the catkins are about as long as the Ivs. In some collec- tions is a plant known as Peperomia crassifolia, a name that does not appear in botanical monographs. It is a very distinct species with dark green, ovate, fleshy Ivs. 3 X 5 inches, becoming very hard when old; stems branched and upright in habit, afoot in height: fls. in insignificant catkins. It is a very good species and deserves to be more generally known. It is not in the trade, at least not under this name. The names of Peperomias are much confused, partly owing to the vast size of the genus, which always in- creases the difficulties of discrimination, and partly to the minuteness of the fls. Moreover, the duration of many kinds is uncertain, while great numbers are. 1718. Catkins of Peperomia arifolia. var. argYreia. monocarpic. that i
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