The century supplement to the dictionary of gardening, a practical and scientific encyclopaedia of horticulture for gardeners and botanists . Fir,. 140. Flower of Barkeria Lindleyana. B, Lindleyana. This species is one of tlie most beautiful in the whole genus. See Fig. spectabllis. A showy species, which is at its best about midsummer. See Fig. 141. Barkeria Fig. 141. Flower op Barkeria spectabilis. B. Vanneriana (Vanners). Ji. fine rosy-purple, with a small,whitish disk on the lip, equal in shape to those of />. LiiuUrifana ;lip rounded, acute, much like that of II. Sk
The century supplement to the dictionary of gardening, a practical and scientific encyclopaedia of horticulture for gardeners and botanists . Fir,. 140. Flower of Barkeria Lindleyana. B, Lindleyana. This species is one of tlie most beautiful in the whole genus. See Fig. spectabllis. A showy species, which is at its best about midsummer. See Fig. 141. Barkeria Fig. 141. Flower op Barkeria spectabilis. B. Vanneriana (Vanners). Ji. fine rosy-purple, with a small,whitish disk on the lip, equal in shape to those of />. LiiuUrifana ;lip rounded, acute, much like that of II. Skimteri. 1885. .-V tineplant, intermediate in character between the two species nanieil. BARKHOUSIA RUBRA rubra (which see). BARK A synonym of Crepis A popular name for Scale Insects. BARK-WOUNDS. These are of far greater con-sequence than is usually attached to them by the gardener,especially in the case of dicotyledonous trees. Woandsmay resiflt from a number of causes, chief amongstwhich are careless pruning, hard knocks at felling time,cuts from scythes and mowing-machines, and barking bycattle, deer, and small mammals like mice. Trees soinjured are liable to various forms of rot, some ofthe most destructive being those for which fungi likeArtnillaria tnellea {Agaricus melleus) are insects like Sirex gigas (Horn-tailed Sawfly) andcertain
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