. 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. ERIOSTEMON BB. Lrs. 3~i times as long as broad, intermSdius, Hook. Lvs. 9-18 lines long, elliptical, abruptly pointed: petals lanceolate, white, but tipped witli piiik outside in the bud like the rest: ovary placed on a rtat disk and not ringed at the base. Probably of
. 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. ERIOSTEMON BB. Lrs. 3~i times as long as broad, intermSdius, Hook. Lvs. 9-18 lines long, elliptical, abruptly pointed: petals lanceolate, white, but tipped witli piiik outside in the bud like the rest: ovary placed on a rtat disk and not ringed at the base. Probably of garden origin. Intermediate between £. myoporoides and huxifolms. 4439. buzifdliuB, Sra. Lvs. as in S, intermedius, though perhaps smaller: petals obovate, white, tipped pink: ovarv sunk into a double disk of 2 rings. 4101.â if. densifUrum. Seghers., 20:97, looks like a pro- lific horticultural variety of this species. ^y^ jj^ EBITRlCHIUM. For , see Kri/yiitskia. For E. nothofulvum, see PtagiobotJirys. EKdDIUM (Greek, a heron; alluding to the beaked fruit). Gerani&cem. Heron's Bill or Stoek's Bill. This genus contains a few low-growing, hardy herba- ceous perennial plants with finely cut foliage and fls suggesting our wild and h ird\ beraniums from which they differ in hi^mg onlv ii tei i ot 10 anther hp-inng stamen tl 1 I lit I 1 the tails t 1 1 tinctly MuiU r tl tl c f 1 \ i i 1 tl e tier wild Pelargoniums from the Cape of Goo 1 Hope while Erodium and the true genus Geranium of which a few sorts -irt Ui it 1 in ui hard\ 1 oi i rs hive all 5 EBYNGIUM 545 thi frci tly purple flson f mk tches in the 2 n\ per petals and the \ en It i o itli le I in darker shi le These pUnts aie liiefl> f r th t it i the hardy borders in 1 the rock gardi i I I 1 ve in a gritty loam They like dty su i I y be trusted with a conspicuous pi 1 I fl> valued for their steady succession ot bl()f)ra troiii .lune to August. Divided plants are chiefly sold here, but
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