. 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. IMANTOPHYLLUM IMPHEE eluded uuder CU IMANTOPHYLLUM. IMMORTELLES. Consult Everlasting Flowers. IMPATIENS (from the Latin; having reference to the pods, which, when ripe, on slight pressure burst open, scattering the seed). Geraiiiiiceie. (By some referred toBalsaminacew.) Tender, succulent herbs with very fleshy
. 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. IMANTOPHYLLUM IMPHEE eluded uuder CU IMANTOPHYLLUM. IMMORTELLES. Consult Everlasting Flowers. IMPATIENS (from the Latin; having reference to the pods, which, when ripe, on slight pressure burst open, scattering the seed). Geraiiiiiceie. (By some referred toBalsaminacew.) Tender, succulent herbs with very fleshy stems and simple leaves usually alter nate and the upper ones often in whorls pe duncles axillary, with 1-G or more fls. of colors: sepals 3 (seldom 5), the posterior one taking on a spur-like shape; petals 5 or 3, in which case 2 are grown together: fr. a pod, which, when ripe, bursts when pinched, scattering the seeds. About 220 species, mainly from tropical India and Africa. About 20 have found their way into cultivation for the most part as greenhouse plants, I. Balsamina being the s]jecies best known as an outdoor annual. See Balsam, Propa- gation by cuttings and seed. A. P,>V,ni.:les will, single fls. Hdwkeri, W. Bull. A Im-liy, suft-wooded plant with well branched sttni^ .if a â lull n-d color; Ivs. opposite or in whorls of 3, ovate acuniinate, serrate, dark green: peduncles axillary, long and slender: tis. rounded in outline, about 3 in. in diam., deep carmine, with a white eye. South Sea Islands. Int. about 188G. :761. 34:2. âA greenhouse plant, needing an intermediate temperature. Plants from early spring cuttings bloom all summer and into autumn. platyp6tala, Lindl. (/. pulchh-rima, Dalzell. /. lati- folia, Hort.). Stems strong, succulent, branched and usually reddish purple: Ivs. whorled, lanceolate or oval, serrate, hairy beneath: peduncles axillary, shorter than 801 protected and warm situations outdoors. Prop, by cut- tings, and during growth
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