Archive image from page 259 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. 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 cyclopediaofam02bail Year: 1900 744 HIBISCUS involucre deciduous (with the calyx), 8-10-toothed: fls. 4 in. loug, opening primrose color in the morning, then changing, as the day advances, to orange and deep red. â This species, the next, and p
Archive image from page 259 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. 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 cyclopediaofam02bail Year: 1900 744 HIBISCUS involucre deciduous (with the calyx), 8-10-toothed: fls. 4 in. loug, opening primrose color in the morning, then changing, as the day advances, to orange and deep red. â This species, the next, and probably others, yield the Cuba bast, used for tying cigars and for other purposes. Lvs. and shoots medicinal: wood durable. 16. tilUceus, Linn. {Parltium tilulceum, Juss.). Kound-headed tree 20-30 ft. high: lvs. round-cordate and short-acuminate, entire or obscurely crenate: in- volucre persistent (with the calyx), 10-toothed : lis. 2-3 in. long, yellow. Old World tropics, but naturalized in the W. Indies and at Key recently by Reasoner. Evergreen. Sprouts from the base if frozen. BB. Li's. usiinlly green both sides. 17 heterophyllus, Vent. Tall shrub of Australia, int. in S. Calif., where it is a free and showy bloomer: nearly glabrous: lvs. varying from linear to lanceolate and elliptic-oblong and from entire to 3-lobed, 5-6 in. long, usually serrulate and sometimes white beneath: lis. large (3-4 in. long), white, with a deep crimson eye, the calyx tomentose: capsule hairy. 18. calyoinus, Willd. (Z7'. chrysiinthus, Hort.). Small shrub from S. Africa, and sparingly known in this country: pubescent: lvs. long-stalked, round-cordate, somewhat 3-5-angled and 5-7-nerved, crenate, hairy or velvety: fls. on axillary peduncles which are shorter than the petioles, large, yellow, with a dark center: in- volucre bracts 5, bristle-pointed: capsule tomentose. â To be grown indoors, but may be planted out in the summer with good results. Probably valuable for per- manent pl
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