Archive image from page 199 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture . 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 cyclopediaofame03bail Year: 1906 1218 PARONYCHIA UB. Awns of the caJyx-segmeuts divergent, dicli6toina, Nutt. Woody at the base, glabrous or puberuleut, 4-U in. tall; stipules entire, often 5-6 lines long, tapering into a slender awn: fls. in forlting cy
Archive image from page 199 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture . 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 cyclopediaofame03bail Year: 1906 1218 PARONYCHIA UB. Awns of the caJyx-segmeuts divergent, dicli6toina, Nutt. Woody at the base, glabrous or puberuleut, 4-U in. tall; stipules entire, often 5-6 lines long, tapering into a slender awn: fls. in forlting cymes. Dry soil, Md. and N. C. to Ark. and Tex. '2:39. Adv. 1883, by Woolson, Passaic, N. J. -w. M. Paronychia argyrocoma is an interesting little plant whicli shows remarkable geographical distribution; it occurs rather abundantly on the high rocky summits of the Carolina and Tennessee mountains, but does not appear northward in the Appalachian system till the peak of Mt. Washington is reached, where it grows sparingly; stations are also reported on several lower mountain tops in Maine. It is not difficult of culti- vation and is prized tor rockeries, its silvery tufted appearance lending a distinct charm to the collection for this purpose. Propagated by seeds and division. Harlan P. Kelsev. PABROTIA (after F. W. Parrot, a German natural- ist and traveler, afterwards professor of medicine at Dorpat; 1792-1841.). Bumameliddcetr. Ornamental deciduous shrubs or small trees, with alternate, short- petioled, orbicular to oblong â .iumII iU. in dense heads appearing before the Ivs., and m itli fi. similar to those of the Witch Hazel. The ~|h, i. i. Lardy as far north as Mass. Its chief beauty -i>K in the brilliant autumnal tints of the foliage, which changes to golden yellow, orange and scarlet and remains a long time on the branches. The early appearing fls., with the purple pendulous stamens, are also attrac- tive. The Himalayan species is much more tender and i
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