Archive image from page 407 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 cyclopediaofam01bail Year: 1900 db» CONVOLVULUS Scammdnia, Linn. Hardy perennial trailer, decidu- ous : stem angular, glabrous : Ivs. cordate-sagittate, grey-green, the lobes entire or dentate: sepals glabrous, ovate,obtuse; corolla white, crea
Archive image from page 407 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 cyclopediaofam01bail Year: 1900 db» CONVOLVULUS Scammdnia, Linn. Hardy perennial trailer, decidu- ous : stem angular, glabrous : Ivs. cordate-sagittate, grey-green, the lobes entire or dentate: sepals glabrous, ovate,obtuse; corolla white, creamy or light pink. Asia Minor. —The large tap-roots supply the resinous cathar- tic drug scammony. BB. Stem erect or ascending, silky. Cnedrum, Linn. Stem shrubby, half-hardy, 1-i ft. high: Ivs. persistent, lanceolate or spatulate, silky grey: inflorescence a loose panicle, 1-6-fld.: lis. white or tinged with pink, borne freely during the summer. S. Eu.—Valuable as a pot-plant for greenhouse or window decoration, or trained to a warm wall. Confused with C. oleceMius. oleaefdlius, Desr. Tender perennial: Ivs. linear-lanceo- late, acute, slightly villose: fls. bright pink, borne freely in loose, umbellate panicles in the summer. Gref r. 289 (as C. linearis).-M&iiy plants now passing .-i, C. olecefolius are C. Cneorum. The latter may be di- tinguished by its broader, blunter, silvery-villose h - and lighter colored blossoms. tricolor, Linn. (C. minor, Hort.). Fig. 544. HarMv annual: stem trailing, ascending 0-12 in., angulair densely covered with long brownish hairs: ivs. lini:i oblong or subspatulate, obtuse or rounded at the a\>i \ usually pubescent but sometimes glabrous, the marL-i ciliate towards the base: peduncle 3-fld., exceeding tin Ivs.: sepals oratp, Iniicciilatc, villose,acute: limb of tbi- corolla aziirr-bliir, ilndat vcllow, margined with white. S. Eu. -Our ..f the best annuals for the home border. Earh plant i'..\ iivs a ground space of 2 ft., a
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