. 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. Botrychium obliquum. (XK.) BOUGAlNVILLJiA BOUGAINVlLLiEA (De Bougainville, 1729-1811, a French navigator). Nyctagin&eeai. A half dozen or more species of S. American shrubs, with alternate petiolate entire lvs. The fls. are small and inconspicu- ous, tubular, the margin 5-6-lobed ; stamens 7-8, on unequal c
. 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. Botrychium obliquum. (XK.) BOUGAlNVILLJiA BOUGAINVlLLiEA (De Bougainville, 1729-1811, a French navigator). Nyctagin&eeai. A half dozen or more species of S. American shrubs, with alternate petiolate entire lvs. The fls. are small and inconspicu- ous, tubular, the margin 5-6-lobed ; stamens 7-8, on unequal capillary filaments ; ovary stipitate. Fls. in 3's, each one subtended by a very large colored bract. These bracts are very gaudy, and constitute the decorative value of the plants. Two more or less scandent species are chiefly known in cultivation. Bougainvilleas are just now receiving much attention in this country. glabra, Choisy. Fig. 249. Growing 10-16 ft. high and wide, when planted in the ground and allowed to have its way ; glabrous : lvs. ovate and acuminate, glabrous and bright green : bracts cordate-ovate, bright rosy red, distinctly veined. Brazil. III. 23:168. Gn. 54,p. 257. 1889:276. A. G. 16:15. 11:137. 10:106.—Free-flowering and handsome ; often grown in pots and kept dwarf. Var. , Hort. Very flo- riferous, blooming even in very small pots: bracts deeper colored. Gn. 45:962. 10:307 ; 11: 977; 12:1185. Gng. 4:281 ; 5: 345.—A very worthy plant. speetdbiliB, Willd. (B. speciisa, Lindl. B. spUndens, Hort.). Taller and stricter, with larger and thicker lvs., hairy : fls. in large panicles ; bracts larger, deep rose color, but varying to purple and greenish. Brazil. 4810,4811. 12:51. 42: ; known also as B. Brasiliensis, B. bracteata and B. Peruviana. Var. lateritia, Lem. {B. laterltia, Hort.), has brick-red bracts. 14: 466. More showy than the last when in full bloom, but more difficult to grow, a
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