. 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. 898. Closed Genti: 6db GEXTIAN'A ovate, usually spreading or recurved, shorter than the calyx tube; corolla lolies entirely obliterated, the teeth at the t()p being supposed to be the remains of the ap- pendages often found between the corolla lobes in other species. Moist places, N. Amer. B. M. 6421.


. 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. 898. Closed Genti: 6db GEXTIAN'A ovate, usually spreading or recurved, shorter than the calyx tube; corolla lolies entirely obliterated, the teeth at the t()p being supposed to be the remains of the ap- pendages often found between the corolla lobes in other species. Moist places, N. Amer. B. M. 6421. D. 273. 2:01(1. Gn. 27:477. 9:813 erroneously as G. Siipo- wbite-fld. form is cult. For culture, see 20. 2'!. \\nehri3,YTa:\.[ P,i,âmnnihithe, .Schult.). Stem strict, 1-2 ft. high: fls. blue, 1-5 in the terminal cluster; corolla narrowly funnel-shaped ; lobes erect, roundish ovate, obtuse, a little longer than the triangu- lar, acute, entire or 1-2-toothed appendages. Bogs, N. Amer. BE. 2:«17. 21. PyrenMca, Linn. Stem tufted, about as long as the fl.: Ivs. with a cartilaginous, sca- brous margin: fls. solitary, dark blue ; corolla funnel- or nearly bowl-shaped. May, June. Eu., Asia Minor. distinct and dainty. Cultivated Gcntiana Andrewsii. I'ke 48. (Xi-i.) 25. proBtrita, Hfpnke. An- . nual, dwarf : Ivs. white-mar- gined : fls. blue, solitary, the parts usually in 4's ; corolla salver form, in fruit inclosing the capsule. N. Amer., Asia. 26. sc&bra, Bunge. Stem erect, leafy: fls. dark blue, clustered; corolla bell-shaped. G. Fortuni is considered a variety by recent authorities. Var. Bu6rgeri is advertised by Yokohama Nursery Co. 27. Fdrtuni, Hook. Lvs. rather distant, 3-nerved : terminal fls. rather clustered; corolla lobes blue, spotted white; outside of tube green; plaits blue, terminated by 3-toothed appendages, much shorter than the corolla lobes. China. 4776. 9:947. thought to be a var


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