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, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom . et peas and other cut-flowers that are inclinedto lo<ik luin).y. ()tliir iil^iits for this purpose are Gyp-sniihilii iiiniii-iililii. Slilir,^ hitlfolia, and several Gali-unis, all <if wliii-li have small, abundant fls. in very loosepanicles on long, slender stems. In half-shad
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, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom . et peas and other cut-flowers that are inclinedto lo<ik luin).y. ()tliir iil^iits for this purpose are Gyp-sniihilii iiiniii-iililii. Slilir,^ hitlfolia, and several Gali-unis, all <if wliii-li have small, abundant fls. in very loosepanicles on long, slender stems. In half-shaded andmoist soil, Asperulas grow very luxuriantly until latefall. In dry and sunny places they soon become stunted,and die down before the season is over. Prop, by divi-sion and by seeds. A. Plants perennial: Corollas 4-lobed. odOT^ta, Linn. Sweet WooDRnpp. Fig. 157. Habiterect or ascending : height 6-8 in. : lvs. usually inwhorls of 8, lanceolate, finely toothed or roughish at the ASPHODELINE margin ; corollas campanulate : seeds rough. Eu. andOrient. —Increases rapidly, and is used for carpetingshady places, and for edgings. hexaphylla, All. Plant-stem glabrous : habit ascend-ing, slender : height 1-2 ft.: lvs. in whorls of 6, linear,acute, rough : corollas tuhular-funnel shaped ; panicles. 157. Asperula odorata, very loose : fls. larger than the bracts : seeds , Hungary, Pyrenees on high passes and dry —Well grown specimens may be 3 ft. in diam. andnearly as high. BB. Corollas often 3-lobed. tinctdria, Linn. Dyers Woodruff. Habit procum-bent unless supported : height 1-2 ft.: lvs. linear ;lower ones in Cs, middle ones in 4s, uppermost ones in2s : bracts ovate ; fls. reddish on outside : roots large,creeping widely, reddish. Dry hills and rocks of Plants annual: fls. blue. orientUis, Boiss. & Hohen. (A. asiirea and A. setosa,Jaub. & Spach. A. azurea-setosa and A. setosa-azurea,Hort.). Height 1 ft.: lvs. in whorls of 8, lanceolate,
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