. 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. 2634. Eel-grass -Vallisneri spiralis. (Reduced.' rate near the apex: lis. white. 20, p. 194. V. 4:157. Wm. Trickek and W. M. VALLdTA (Pierre Vallot, French botanist; wrote an account of the garden of Louis XIII i
. 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. 2634. Eel-grass -Vallisneri spiralis. (Reduced.' rate near the apex: lis. white. 20, p. 194. V. 4:157. Wm. Trickek and W. M. VALLdTA (Pierre Vallot, French botanist; wrote an account of the garden of Louis XIII in 1623). Amaryl- lidacecv. The Scarborough Lily, Vallota purpurea, is a South African representative of the American genus Hippeastrum, popularly known as "; It is a bulbous plant with large, red, funnel-shaped, 6-lobed flowers, blooming in September and later. A pair of well- grown specimens in large pots or tubs make a showy ornament for the porch. Plants have been grown with over 50 flower trusses, each truss bearing an um- bel of 4-9 fls., the individual fls. being 3^1 in. or more across. Vallota is a genus of only one species and is distinguished from Hippeastrum by the seeds being winged at the base. The tube of the flower is longer than in the typical Hippeastrums and at the base of each perianth-segment is a cushion-shaped callus some- what different from the minute scales or distinct neck that is often found at the throat of a Hippeastrum. Other generic characters: Perianth erect; tube broadly funnel - shaped ; segments equal, ascending, broad, connivent; stamens inserted below the throat: ovules many, superposed: stigma capitate: seeds black, com- pressed. It has recently been proposed that Vallota be considered a subgenus of Cyrtanthus. The latter is a group of about 20 species of plants with fls. of various colors and naked at the throat. Cyrtanthus proper and. 2635. Scarborough Lily — Vallota purpurea. (From a specimen 2 feet high) the subgenu
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