. 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; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. 1428 PRESTONIA FKESTONIA (probably named after Charles Preston, a correspondent of Ray). ApocynAcew. About 30 spe- cies of tall climbers from tropical America. P. ivnosa is a tender foliage plant once offered in America as Hchites nutans. Prestonia differs from Echites
. 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; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. 1428 PRESTONIA FKESTONIA (probably named after Charles Preston, a correspondent of Ray). ApocynAcew. About 30 spe- cies of tall climbers from tropical America. P. ivnosa is a tender foliage plant once offered in America as Hchites nutans. Prestonia differs from Echites in hav- ing a callous ring inside the corolla-tube at the throat and often 5 linear, erect scales below. Other generic characters: calyx with 5 entire or lacerated scales inside at the base: corolla salver-shaped, the tube constricted at the throat; lobes 5: ovary with 2 distinct carpels; seeds eomose at the apex. The following points are adapted from Lowe's Beauti- ful Leaved Plants: P. venosa is cultivated for the net- work of crimson veins on its foliage. The plant blooms rarely, and its fls. are far inferior to Echites or Dipla- denia. When properly cultivated it makes a charming subject, but if neglected it is as worthless as a weed. It can hardly be propagated by cuttings; the fleshy roots are cut into pieces 1-2 in. long. The plant de- mands a temperature of 85° F., with an atmosphere as moist as possible. Foliage should never be syringed. Young plants should be raised every season, as older plants become unsightly. The plant was formerly con- siderably grown, being trained to a balloon-shaped wire trellis. Needs warmth to bring out the markings. vendsa, Mottet (Echites nutans, Anders. Hamadic- tyon vendsum, Lindl.). Lvs. opposite, ovate-lanceo- late, villous beneath: fls. yellow, in pedunculate pani- cles: corolla-lobes roundish, wavy. St. Vincent in the West Indies. 2473. Lowe 58. ^. m. PRICKIY ASH, Xanthoryliim. P. Comfrey, Sym- phytiim usperrimnm. P. Pear, O/n
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