. 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. h fewIvs.: root-lvs. petioled, pinnate, the lobes ovale-trian-gular, sharp-pointed : sessile : termi-nal on the branches, globose : involucre scales withscarious, ciliate margins, scarcely spiny : fls. AA. Corn Flower, or Bachelors Button. — Tall-growing annual, with very narrow Ivs., gro
. 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. h fewIvs.: root-lvs. petioled, pinnate, the lobes ovale-trian-gular, sharp-pointed : sessile : termi-nal on the branches, globose : involucre scales withscarious, ciliate margins, scarcely spiny : fls. AA. Corn Flower, or Bachelors Button. — Tall-growing annual, with very narrow Ivs., grownfor the showy fls. 4. CJanus, Linn. Bluebottle. Bluet. BachelorsButton (see also GoiiipAi-fiiu). Corn Flower RaggedSailor. Fig. 406. Annual, slender, branching, 1-2 ft. 274 CENTAUREA CENTAUREA high, woolly-white when young : Ivs. linear, entire, orthe lower toothed, sometimes pinnatifld : fls. blue, pur-ple or white, the heads on long, naked stems : involu-cral bracts rather narrow, fringed with short, scariousteeth. Gt. 38, p. 6«; 39, p. of themost popular of garden fls., running into many is perfectly hardy, blooming until frost and comingup in the spring from self-sown seed. The following are i pure white and very fragrant. It was. 406. Ce . Cyanus {X %). varieties of this: Pure Wliite ; Victoria, a dwarf, forpots and edgings ; Emperor William, fine dark blue ;flore pleno, with the outer disc fls. converted into rayfls.; nana compacta, dwarf. AAA. Sweet Svi^tavs. — Straight-growing, smooth an- nxalx nr perennials, ivith dentate Ivs., grown for the large fragrant heads. 5. mosch^ta. Linu. {C. suaveolens, Linn. C. odordta Hort. C- Antberbdi, MWl. Amtierbda moschdta,Less.} Sweet Sultan. Fig. 407. Annual : sts. 2 ft. high. branching below, erect: whole plant smooth, bright green: Ivs. pinnatifld, the lobes dentate : pediuK-led; invol. round or ovate, smooth; only the in nermost of the invol. scales with scarious margius: fls wh
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