. 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. AA. Plant biennial. Sibiricum, Linn. Lvs. scabrous to hirsute, pinnate or deeply pinnatiflil; segments lobed or palmately parted, serrate : petals about equal: fr. subrotund-oval, deeply notched at the apex. Eu., N. Asia. —Keller says this bears yellowish green fls. in July and Aug. y^ jj HEEBA IMPIA
. 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. AA. Plant biennial. Sibiricum, Linn. Lvs. scabrous to hirsute, pinnate or deeply pinnatiflil; segments lobed or palmately parted, serrate : petals about equal: fr. subrotund-oval, deeply notched at the apex. Eu., N. Asia. —Keller says this bears yellowish green fls. in July and Aug. y^ jj HEEBA IMPIA of the old herbalists is Fi!a,,o Germanica. HEEBALS. Boolis on plants, published from the fourteeuth to the middle of the eiijhteeiith century, were largely written from the medicinal point of view, and were often called Herbals. The scientific point of view of plant-knowledee is conveniently dated from 1753,when Linna?us published his "Species ; Of the her- balists, John Gerarde is probably read most at the present time. His style is chalty, quaint and personal. One of the notions accepted by the early herbalists was that of the vegetable lamb, which is pictured in this work under Cibulitim (Fig. 470). Another idea that fasci- nated these worthy plant-lovers was that of the barnacle goose tree. Fig. 1040 is reproduced from a book by Duret, 1605, and shows how the fruits that fall upon dry laud become "flying birds," while those that fall into the water become "swimming ; Other conceptions of this goose tree are reproduced in the Gardeners' Magazine 35:749(1892). Almost every large li- brary possesses a few Herbals, as Matthiohis, Bauhin, L'Obel and Fuchsius. The largest collec- tion of Herbals in America is the one given by the late E. Lewis Sturtevant to the Missouri Botanical Garden at St. Louis. of dried pla • Every h profess. u HEEBAEIUM. A collectio systematically named and arra ticulturist who takes delight i
Size: 1757px × 1423px
Photo credit: © Central Historic Books / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthor, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, booksubjectgardening
