. 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. HELIANTHUS Ijroad, short-perluncled ; rays 15-25, about l'~ in. long, showy. Prairies, Iiid., III., Wis. Gn. 45:1)00. ! Sl:204. —A desirable Heliiintlnis. The garden form //. xemipleiiiis is better than the type. Kesenible,s tall-grow- ing forms of ff. rUjidiis, but yellow. 20. CaUf6rnicu8, DC. Stem :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. Gardening. HELIANTHUS Ijroad, short-perluncled ; rays 15-25, about l'~ in. long, showy. Prairies, Iiid., III., Wis. Gn. 45:1)00. ! Sl:204. —A desirable Heliiintlnis. The garden form //. xemipleiiiis is better than the type. Kesenible,s tall-grow- ing forms of ff. rUjidiis, but yellow. 20. CaUf6rnicu8, DC. Stem :i-8 ft. high. Ivs. lanceo- late, rough ou both : lis. loosely paniculate. Calif. — Most of the plants grown under this name are a gar- den form of n. anitiiuv. 21. hirsiitus, R;if. Stem 2-1 ft. high, densely hairy: Irs. ovate-lanceolate, thick, very rough, pubescent and pale beneath: fis. several, 2-:t in. across. July-Oct. Dry soils. Pa. to Ga., west to Wis. aud Texas. 22. trachelifdlius, Mill. Resembles strumosus, but stem and usually rongh-hairy and Ivs. thinner, green on both sides. Aug., Sept. Dry soil. Pa. to Wis. S. "W. Fletcher. HELICHE'i'StIM (Greek fors»n and gold: referring to the liower heads!. Gompnsitce. iijn.,JiJUchri/sum. Nearly 31)0 Old World herbs or shrubs, mostly African and Australian. Some of them are grown for everlast- ings, being, with Helipteium, amongst the most impor- tant plants for that purpose. Easily grown as hardy annuals in any garden soil. Fls. of two kinds, the out- ermost ones with pistils only: involucre dry and chaff- like, the stiff overlappingscales glabrous, often colored: heads large, terminating the branches, normally yellow, but now varying into luauy colors in long-cultivated forms. A. Ijvs. o'blong or narroir ; i/fowii for ^verhii<fhigs. B. Heeds Inrgr, si'/lhn-i/. bracteitum, Andr. Fig. lO.'lO. Stout annual, 1'^-:! ft. tall, somewhat branched, the terete stems nearly or quite glabrous: Ivs. many ami rat
Size: 1199px × 2083px
Photo credit: © The Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthor, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, booksubjectgardening
