. The standard cyclopedia of horticulture; a discussion, for the amateur, and the professional and commercial grower, of the kinds, characteristics and methods of cultivation of the species of plants grown in the regions of the United States and Canada for ornament, for fancy, for fruit and for vegetables; with keys to the natural families and genera, descriptions of the horticultural capabilities of the states and provinces and dependent islands, and sketches of eminent horticulturists . edveins and niargin; petioles slender, red: fls. numerous,coppery or sahnon-red. \atal. .50S9.—Intro,
. The standard cyclopedia of horticulture; a discussion, for the amateur, and the professional and commercial grower, of the kinds, characteristics and methods of cultivation of the species of plants grown in the regions of the United States and Canada for ornament, for fancy, for fruit and for vegetables; with keys to the natural families and genera, descriptions of the horticultural capabilities of the states and provinces and dependent islands, and sketches of eminent horticulturists . edveins and niargin; petioles slender, red: fls. numerous,coppery or sahnon-red. \atal. .50S9.—Intro, byBackhouse in 1807. Of little decorative value. BB. Lvs. broad-oviite to cordate-ovule. 13. Pearcei, Hook. Pubescent, branching, 1 : lvs. oblique-ovale, cordate, acuminate,toothe<l, glabrous and velvety green above, beneath, pale red on under .surface: fls. , axillarv panicles, large, bright yellow. Boli-via; intro. from La Paz, being sent by Mr. Pearce,collector for Messrs. Veitch. 554.).—A vari- plant, both in habit, size, color of the in the degree of the venation of the stronglym-rved lvs. It is the only ycllow-fld. tuberous begoniain cult. It has been the chief factor in the productionof the hundreds of yellow, buff and orange-coloredgarden forms. Intro, in IStio. 14. Clarkei, Hook. Stout and erect, 2 ft., puberu-lent, the st. purplish, fleshy: lvs. obliquely cordate-ovate, serrate: fls. in pendulous racemes, Begonia tuberhybrida. Single-flowered (X!4)-No. 21.
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