. 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. CALATHEA with outspreading, dark green blotches of oblong, oval or pyriform shape, the under surface similarly marked, but in red. Brazil. 20:2048-9. 1872:1589. Gn. 4, p. 87. 14. nitens, Hort. Dwarf : Ivs. oblong, glossy green, on each side of the rib marked with oblong, pointed greenish bars, which a
. 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. CALATHEA with outspreading, dark green blotches of oblong, oval or pyriform shape, the under surface similarly marked, but in red. Brazil. 20:2048-9. 1872:1589. Gn. 4, p. 87. 14. nitens, Hort. Dwarf : Ivs. oblong, glossy green, on each side of the rib marked with oblong, pointed greenish bars, which alternate with dark green lines. Brazil. 15. prlnceps, Kegel. Leaf elongated or elliptical-lan- ceolate, 7-10 in. long, 3-3K in. broad, light green above, with broad black-green, flaming, broken band along the middle nerve, violet-purple below. Amazon. CALCEOLARIA 213. 314. Calathea Veitchiana. 16. Veitchitaa, Veitch. Fig. 314. Very handsome, 3-4 ft.: Ivs. large, ovate-elliptic, obtuse or nearly so, rather thin, glossy, purplish below, dark, rich green above and marked with one or two rows of light yellow-green irregular blotches running the length of the blade (often shading into white). Tropical Africa. 5535. 1870:924. Gn. 2, p. 545. F. S. 16 ; one of the handsomest and most serviceable species. The darker parts of the blade are often bronze-brown. 17. 'Warsoewiozii, Koern. Rather large : Ivs. 2 ft. long, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, purple beneath, dark, velvety green above, but the midrib broadly feath- ered with yellow-green. Trop. Amer. 9:939-940. Gn. 17:238. L. of the best. 18. Wiotiina, Makoy {, Hort.). Lvs. bright green, with two rows of olive-green blotches. Brazil. BBBB. Markings white or very nearly so. 19. LegielUitna, Regel. Leaf elliptical, pointed, 5-6 in. long, 2-3Kin. broad, above shining green, with broad, white, flaming, broken middle band along the middle nerve and numerous broken white linear small bands be- twe
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