. 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. HYPERICUM HYPERICUM 791 cc. Fr, a capsule, l-S-celled. D. Plant low, 6-15 in. high. 9. adprSssum, Barton. (B. fastigiAtum, Ell.)- Practi- cally a herbaceous perennial, erect from a creeping or decumbent base, growing in dense masses: Ivs. oblong or lanceolate, 1-2 in. long, acute, thin: cymes few-sev- eral-flow
. 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. HYPERICUM HYPERICUM 791 cc. Fr, a capsule, l-S-celled. D. Plant low, 6-15 in. high. 9. adprSssum, Barton. (B. fastigiAtum, Ell.)- Practi- cally a herbaceous perennial, erect from a creeping or decumbent base, growing in dense masses: Ivs. oblong or lanceolate, 1-2 in. long, acute, thin: cymes few-sev- eral-flowered. July, August. Moist places, Nantucket, Mass., south. 2:431. Spreads rapidly by under- ground stolons, suggesting occasional use as a ground cover. Not very hardy in New England. 10. Buckleii, M. A. Curtis. Later written Buckleyi. Dense shrub, with slender, 4-angled stems, forming neat, rounded tufts : Ivs. bluish, broadly ovate oblong, i4-2]4 in. long, rounded at the apex, gradually narrowed at the base, pale below, becoming scarlet in autumn : fls. soli- tary or in cymes of 3, 1 in. in diam.; sepals ovate; petals striated and strap-shaped; styles connate: cap- sule oblong-ovoid, large. June, July. Found only in the highest mountains of the Carolinas and Ga. 4:581. —Adapted to rockeries and margins of small shrub- beries. 11. Slegans, Steph. A low perennial, 1-lK ft. high, with erect, winged stem filled with black dots: Ivs. ovate-lanceolate, rather clasping, bright green: fls. race- mose, 1 in. in diam., appearing in late summer and au- tumn; sepals ovate, much shorter than the petals, the stamens somewhat longer: capsule ovoid, with 3 apices. —A scarcely hardy plant from Siberia. 12. Jap6nicuin, Thunb. Decumbent, with ovate or oval 3-nerved clasping Ivs. >2 in. or less long, the stems 4-an- gled, 2-15 in. tall : fls. 34 in. across, yellow, with petals equaling the linear-lanceolate sepals and bracts; styles one-third the length of the ovary. .Japan to I
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