. 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. 542 ERICA n. Cavendishiina, Hort. {E. Cdvendishii, Hort.)⢠Hybrid of E. depressa x E. Patersonii. Lvs. in 4's, margins revolute : fls. in 2âi's ; corolla tubular ; sta- mens included; anthers awned. 13:3. 1845, 2:142. 12:1143. Gng. 5:331. G.


. 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. 542 ERICA n. Cavendishiina, Hort. {E. Cdvendishii, Hort.)⢠Hybrid of E. depressa x E. Patersonii. Lvs. in 4's, margins revolute : fls. in 2âi's ; corolla tubular ; sta- mens included; anthers awned. 13:3. 1845, 2:142. 12:1143. Gng. 5:331. II. 18:213 and 20:597. 12. cyllndrica, And. and Hort., not Wendl. or Thunb. Important hybrid of un- known parentage, cult, since 1800. Lrs. in4's: fls. nearly sessile ; corolla 1 in. long, brilliant rosy red, with a faint circle of dull blue about two-thirds of the way from the base; anthers awned, included: ovary gla- brous. 18:1734. 1859, p. very showy and unusually long. The oldest E. cijlindrica. That of Wendland is a yellow-fid. species unlinown to cult. 13. persolMa, Linn. Fig. 773. Essentially a white-fld. and very variable species, particularly as regards hairi- ness. Lvs. erect or spread- ing, hirsute or glabrous : corolla small, originally \yi lines long; lobes ovate, 2-3 times shorter than the tube, the sinuses acute, narrow. S. Afr. The numerous va- Erica pcrsoluta. rieties Bentham found im- possible to separate either in the wild or in cultivation. Var. hispidula, Benth. .Slightly hirsute: lvs. 2J'2-3 lines long, rough: anthers subovate. Var. laBYis, Benth. Lvs. shorter, blunter, often appressed, glabrous ; anthers subglobose. Var. subcdrnea, Benth., has the corolla lobes more evident. To this last variety Bentham seems to refer most of the horticultural varieties cult, under the name of E. persoluta. E. assurgens, Link., he re- fers to the first variety; E. Cdffra of Linnaeus to the first, but of 2:196 (and the trade?) to the seco


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