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. 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. HELENIUM HELIANTHEMUM 719 Moist places, Can. toFIa. and west to B. C. and Ariz. 29H. Gn. 29:533; 55:1216. 12:082. III. 10:433. —Very showy. It has distinct merit for the back of borders, but is more appreciated in Europe than in America. There are several garden forms: var. ptimi- lum is 1-2 ft.
. 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. HELENIUM HELIANTHEMUM 719 Moist places, Can. toFIa. and west to B. C. and Ariz. 29H. Gn. 29:533; 55:1216. 12:082. III. 10:433. —Very showy. It has distinct merit for the back of borders, but is more appreciated in Europe than in America. There are several garden forms: var. ptimi- lum is 1-2 ft. high, a very free bloomer, and is largely grown for cut-flowers in some places; var. grandiflorum. 31:293. 1025 Helenium autumnale. Commonly known as Sueezeweed. and var. supfirbum are unusually vigorous and large-fld.; var. stria- tum has a maroon and gold disk, with yellow rays variously striped and splashed with rich crimson. This should be distinguished from the striped forms of S. nudiflorum. BB. Disk hroivn or purplish. c. Lvs. all entire: heads solitarg or few, long-stalked. Bigelovii, Gray. Stem 2-3 ft. high, nearly smooth: upper lvs. narrow to oblong-lanc3olate, lower spatulate: heads commonly l}4-2}4 in- broad: rays %m. long: flower-stalk slender. Aug. Wet ground, Calif. 1:373. Eol&nderi, Gray. Stem 1-2 ft. high, stout, somewhat pubescent : lvs. oblong to ovate-lanceolate, the lower obovate: heads commonly 3 in. wide: rays often 1 in. long: flower-stalks thick, hollow. June-Sept. Low ground, N. E. Calif. Gn. 29, p. 191. 1891, p. Sometimes grown as S. grandiflorus. cc. Lower Jvs. toothed : heads numerous, coryinhose^ short-stalked. nudiJldrum, Nutt. Stem 1-3 ft. high, roughish, leafy: lower lvs. spatulate, toothed : heads 1-1^ in. across: rays wedge-shaped, drooping, yellow, brown-purple or striped with both colors. July-Oct. Moist soils, to Fla., west to 111. and Tex. —A garden form, var. grandic^phalum striatum, has fls. over 2 in. across
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