. 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. 742 HIBISCUS A. Animals. B. Plant loK and diffuse. 1. vesic4riu3,Cav.(fl".^ft-(rdn?(S,Hort.). Flower-of- AN-HOUK. BlADDEB KETMIA. TbAILING HOLLYHOCK. Fig. 1054. A foot or 2 high, bushy-spreading, the maiu branches becoming prostrate,usually hispid-hairy: Ivs. 3-5-
. 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. 742 HIBISCUS A. Animals. B. Plant loK and diffuse. 1. vesic4riu3,Cav.(fl".^ft-(rdn?(S,Hort.). Flower-of- AN-HOUK. BlADDEB KETMIA. TbAILING HOLLYHOCK. Fig. 1054. A foot or 2 high, bushy-spreading, the maiu branches becoming prostrate,usually hispid-hairy: Ivs. 3-5-parted, the upijer ones 3-parted, with the middle lobe much the larsrt-st. the lobes linear-oblong or some- times widening upwards, coarsely notched, the root-lvs. undivided: tis. solitary in the upperaxils, openiugwide in the sunshine but closing in shadow, 1-3 in. across, sulfur-yellow or white, usually with a brown eye ; pedicel elongating in fr., and the calyx becoming much inflated. Cent. Afr. âAn interesting annual, blooming freely throughout the hot weather of summer, and thriv- ing in any open, warm place. Seeds are usually sown where the plants are to stand. Excellent for rockwork. 2. Tridnum, Linn., to which the above species is usu- ally referred, has much wider and more spatulate and relatively shorter leaf-lobes, which are round-toothed or lyrately lobed: fls. smaller. From S. Eu. and Afr. B. M. 209. âSometimes a weed about cult, grounds. BB. Plant mostly tall, strict and stottt. 3. Sabdarlffa, Linn. (B. Rosllla, Hort.). Ja- ^^ MAicA Sorrel. Roselle. Strong, 5-7 ft. high, ., nearly glabrous, the stems terete and reddish: ^fij^V^vaf root-lvs. ovate and undivided, the upper ones ^"'\', digitately 3-parted, the side lobes sometimes again lobed ; lobes lanceolate-oblong and cre- nate dentate : Us. solitary and almost sessile in i axils, much shorter than the long leaf-stalks ; cui\ .\ and bracts red and thick, less than half the length of the yellow corol
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