. 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; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. PENNSYLVANIA Tyson, Bramlywine, Ott, Jones ami Kiuffsessing; also the Kieffer, now a leading iMniimri-rial \;(iiety. In floriculture a portion of (In .^tir .onniy iias become noted as the "carnation lult " 1 nu^f d tiie numerous establishments there makin;; ;
. 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; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. PENNSYLVANIA Tyson, Bramlywine, Ott, Jones ami Kiuffsessing; also the Kieffer, now a leading iMniimri-rial \;(iiety. In floriculture a portion of (In .^tir .onniy iias become noted as the "carnation lult " 1 nu^f d tiie numerous establishments there makin;; ;.|.i(i:ilti. s ,if producing the cut-flowers and breeding improved varieties. The Bartram Garden was the first attempt in the United States to gather plants and trees for the pur- pose of study. See p. 758. It was established in 1728 by John Bartram along the Schuylkill river. It is now in that part of Philadelphia known as Kingstssing. PENTAS 1267. and beautifully figured in Blanco's "Flora of the Phil- ippines," but rare in European gardens and unknown in America. It is a branched plant growing 2-5 ft. high, with fls. which open at noon and close at the following dawn. The fls. are nearly lyi in. across, 5-petaled, axillary, short-peduncled. Recommended to lovers of rare, tender annuals. A genus of one species. Bractlets 3, caducous: sepals 5, lanceolate, connate at the base; petals 5; stamens 20, connate at the base, 15 fertile in 5 groups of 3 each, alternating with 5 staminodes which are nearly as long as the petals: ovary 5- celled ; cells many-ovuled: capsule »licidally 5- vhich. ho' floral parts; not strictly true of the genus nor a rarity in the family). Nubi(tf:i-(e. Nine species of tender herbs and subshrubs, resembling Bouvardias of the tbei 1712. Pennsylv I illustrpte of the horticultural reeions. Through the untiring and zealous eft'orts of that broad- minded horticulturist,Thomas Meehan, the city of Phila- delphia in 1891 purchased 12 acres of land
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