. 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. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. pink (or varying to white in ff. dlium, Hort.). Austral. B. M. 4801. —A very serviceable and handsome plant. AA. Heads small, clustered. Humboldtianum, DC. (H. Sdiifordii, Hook. Boccdrdia Humboldtidna, Voss). Fig. 103
. 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. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. pink (or varying to white in ff. dlium, Hort.). Austral. B. M. 4801. —A very serviceable and handsome plant. AA. Heads small, clustered. Humboldtianum, DC. (H. Sdiifordii, Hook. Boccdrdia Humboldtidna, Voss). Fig. 1035. Annual (or cult, as HELLEBORUS such), erect or with a decumbent base, the stems some- what branching: lvs. (and stems) white-tomentose, linear or lance-linear, pointed, alternate: heads small, oblong, yellow, in a dense corymbose truss. Australia. corymbifldrum, Schlecht. {Boccdrdia corymbiflora, Voss). Annual, lower than the last, more branchy: lvs. broader: heads 2-3 times larger, top-shaped, in small corymbs, the prominent rays white. Australia. HELLEBORE, See Helleborus. HELLEBORUS (ancient name of H. orientalis, mean- ing unknown). Ban line III deed. Hardy herbaceous per- ennials, about 8 species, natives of Europe and western Asia. Erect, with large palmately divided lvs., the ba- sal long-petioled, the upper sessile and sometimes re- duced to bracts: fls. large, white, greenish, red, purple, or yellowish; sepals 5, broad, petal-like, mainly persis- tent; petals small, tubular, furnished with claws; sta- mens many ; carpels 3-10, sessile, forming leathery, many-seeded capsules, dehiscent at the apex. All the kinds will thrive in ordinary garden soil, but for the best results use a soil of rich loam and coarse sand, with a top-dressing of rotten manure. A moist, well-drained, partially shaded situation is preferable. The species may be planted in shrubbery borders, and in rockeries, or if wanted for cut-flowers they should be planted in beds. An important po
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