. 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. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. 368 CONVOLVULUS COOPERIA Scammdnia, Linn. Hardy perennial trailer, decidu- ous . stem angular, glabrous : Ivs. cordate-sa;^ittate, grey-green, the lobes entire or dentate: sepals glabrous, ovate,obtuse; corolla white,
. 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. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. 368 CONVOLVULUS COOPERIA Scammdnia, Linn. Hardy perennial trailer, decidu- ous . stem angular, glabrous : Ivs. cordate-sa;^ittate, grey-green, the lobes entire or dentate: sepals glabrous, ovate,obtuse; corolla white, creamy or light pink. Asia Minor. —The large tap-roots supply the resinous i-athar- tic drug seammony. BB. Stem erect or ascending, silki/. Cneorum, Linn. Stem shrubby, half-hardy, 1-4 ft. high : Ivs. persistent, lanceolate or spatulate, silky grey: intiurescence a loose panicle, 1-6-tid.: (Is. white or tinged with pink, borne freely during the summer. S. Eu. —Valuable as a pot-plant for greenhouse or window decoration, or trained to a warm wall. Confused with C. olewMius. oleaefblius, Desr. Tender perennial: Ivs. linear-Ianceo late, acute, slightly villose: fls. bright pink, borne freely in loose, umbellate panicles in the summer. Greece, 289 (as C. linearis). — M&uy plants now passing as C. olewfolius are C. Cneorum. The latter may be dis tinguished by its broader, blunter, silvery-villose Ivs and lighter colored blossoms. tricolor, Linn. {C. minor, Hort.). Fig. 544. Hardy annual : stem trailing, ascending 6-12 in., angulate, densely covered with long brownish hairs: Ivs. linear oblong or subspatulate, obtuse or rounded at the apex usually pubescent but sometimes glabrous, the margin ciliate towards the base: peduncle ;t-fld., exceeding the Ivs.: sepals ovate, lanceolate, villose, acute: limb of the corolla azure-blue, throat yellow, margined with white. S. Eu. 27. —One of the best annuals for the home border. Each plant covers a ground space of 2 ft.,
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