. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Floriculture. i88 THE BOOK OF GARDENING. velvety-crimson flowers. These hybrid Cannas vary in height from I Sin. to 4ft., and flower during the late summer and autumn. Daturas are handsome massive-foliaged plants, with large trumpet-shaped flowers, and are much admired. The half-hardy annuals may be easily raised from seed sown in a hotbed in early spring, potting up singly, and finally planting out into a. Fig. 92.—Datura meteloides. light, warm soil in June. D. ceratocaula grows 3ft. high, and in July produces large sweet-scente
. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Floriculture. i88 THE BOOK OF GARDENING. velvety-crimson flowers. These hybrid Cannas vary in height from I Sin. to 4ft., and flower during the late summer and autumn. Daturas are handsome massive-foliaged plants, with large trumpet-shaped flowers, and are much admired. The half-hardy annuals may be easily raised from seed sown in a hotbed in early spring, potting up singly, and finally planting out into a. Fig. 92.—Datura meteloides. light, warm soil in June. D. ceratocaula grows 3ft. high, and in July produces large sweet-scented flowers, with green tubes, and white corollas tinged with pink. D. cornucopice (i^ft. high) has large flowers formed of three layers, one within the other, like three cones. They are rich purple in colour, with white throats. D. meteloides {D. Wrightii, Fig. 92) is a handsome plant, growing 2ft. high, and bearing white flowers bordered with 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 Drury, William D. , 1857-1928, ed. London, Eng. , L. U. Gill; New York, U. S. A. , C. Scribner's sons
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