. 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, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom . 2-3 lines broad, subereet: scape solitary orpaired, K-1 ft. high: racemes dense, 30-60-fld.: pedi-cels short, ascending, 3-5 lines long : bracts minute,linear, evanescent: perianth rose-purple, \)4 lines long:single ovule in each of the ovarian cells: capsule small,globose, grooved
. 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, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom . 2-3 lines broad, subereet: scape solitary orpaired, K-1 ft. high: racemes dense, 30-60-fld.: pedi-cels short, ascending, 3-5 lines long : bracts minute,linear, evanescent: perianth rose-purple, \)4 lines long:single ovule in each of the ovarian cells: capsule small,globose, grooved. Flowering in winter in its nativehome, Algeria. 5. Cbin6nsis, Benth. {Barndrdia scilloides, Lindl.).Chinese Squill. Leaves 2 or 3, equaling or exceedingthe scape, rather hard, acute, channeled: bulb small,ovate: scape erect, slender, or wand-like: raceme spi-cate, dense, elongated: pedicels short; bracts whitish,minute: perianth rose-colored tipped with green; stigmaa mere point. June. China. 3788. — beautiful species with the dense elongated raceme ofrose-colored flowers, worthy of cultivation in any 2273. Scilla Peruviana in full bloom (X%).Also known as Hcilla ciliaris. 6. autumna,lis, Linn. Autumn Squill. Starry HvaOiNTH. Lvs. several, obtuse, channeled, half-terete,growing on through the winter and dying away in thespring: scapes several: racemes corymbose, spicate,open : perianth rose-colored, 14 in. across. July-Sep-t(ml)er. Europe (Great Britain), North Africa. —Hardy. The flowering stems generally precede the SCILLA SCILLA 1631 Ivs. but occasionally the two come up together. As theflowering advances, in most cases a tuft of Ivs. similarto those of S. verna shoot out by the side of the stemfor the following year. 7. Peruviana, Linn. (S. cilidris, Hort. S. Clusii,Pari.). Cuban Lily. Peruvian Jacinth. HyacinthOP Peru (once thought to be a Peruvian plant). Pigs.
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