. 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. 1539. Sensitiv( ONONIS (old Greek name of dubious meaning). Leguminosce. Rest-Hakrow. About 60 species of half- shrubby or rarely shrubby herbs, natives of the Medi- terranean countrii-s. annual, biennial or perennial. Lvs. usually |inii ,ii 1. 1 , the stipules attached to the petic'li ^ i: imrple,
. 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. 1539. Sensitiv( ONONIS (old Greek name of dubious meaning). Leguminosce. Rest-Hakrow. About 60 species of half- shrubby or rarely shrubby herbs, natives of the Medi- terranean countrii-s. annual, biennial or perennial. Lvs. usually |inii ,ii 1. 1 , the stipules attached to the petic'li ^ i: imrple, pink or rarely white, soli- tary, - ' I- or in peduncled racemes; calyx beli nIi:i[" <l, . i]:iiM^i. deeply cut, narrow; standard large, sii]|.,; ^ united in a tribe, the members sometimes partly free; pedicel awn-like: pod usually swollen, few-seeded, without A. Fls. in groups of 2-S, rose-colored. TOtundildlia, Linn. Round-leaved Rest-Harrow. A neat, attractive, shrubby, hardy plant VA ft. high. Lvs. trifoliolate; Ifts. subrotund to ovate, serrate: peduncles axillary: racemes 2-3 fls.: fls. pea-like, bright rose, not bracted; standard striped with lines of a deeper shade. Of easy cultivation in border and rockery, not liking too much shade. Prop, by division or seed. Summer. 335. AA. Fls. solitary, yellow. Natrix, Linn. Goat Root. Yellow-flowered Rest- IIakrow. Low. much-branched perennial: steml-lK' ft. high: lvs. trifoliolate; Ifts. elliptical or oblong, ser- rated near the apex or sometimes entire; stipules large: fls. iixillary. the standard finely striped with red. Mid- summcr to tall. 329. jj. B. COULSTON. ONOPORDON (ancient Greek name). Comp6sita?. The Scotch Thistle, O. Acanthium, is a vigorous bien- nial plant, growing 5-7 ft. high, with cottony white, spiny foliage, and heads of pale purple fls. l%-2 in. across, borne singly on the branches. It is not adver- tised for sale in America, but is sometimes cultivated for "a
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