. The standard cyclopedia of horticulture; a discussion, for the amateur, and the professional and commercial grower, of the kinds, characteristics and methods of cultivation of the species of plants grown in the regions of the United States and Canada for ornament, for fancy, for fruit and for vegetables; with keys to the natural families and genera, descriptions of the horticultural capabilities of the states and provinces and dependent islands, and sketches of eminent horticulturists . s hairy: lvs. ovate, acuminate. 1in. long: fls. green, in solitary lieads: fr. edible. S. . *••
. The standard cyclopedia of horticulture; a discussion, for the amateur, and the professional and commercial grower, of the kinds, characteristics and methods of cultivation of the species of plants grown in the regions of the United States and Canada for ornament, for fancy, for fruit and for vegetables; with keys to the natural families and genera, descriptions of the horticultural capabilities of the states and provinces and dependent islands, and sketches of eminent horticulturists . s hairy: lvs. ovate, acuminate. 1in. long: fls. green, in solitary lieads: fr. edible. S. . *•• Alfred Rehder. CEPHALARIA (Greek for head, alluding to the capi-tate flower-clusters). Dipsdcese. Coarse annual or per-ennial herbs planted to some extent in herbaries. Much like Dipsacus, but the heads less spiny andmostly smaller: heads terminal, ovoid or globular,bearing many 4-parted yellowish, whitish or bluishflorets; stamens 4, perfect; style filiform: fr. a 4-8-ribbed achene, the calyx-border often remaining on itssummit.—.\bout 30 species in the Medit. region, N. andS. .\fr. and \V. Asia; also in Abyssinia. Lvs. entire,dent;ite. or lobed. They are not much planted in Amer.,but they m;ike strikiiig subjects for summer bloom,and the long sts. make ihem useful for cut-fls. Thebloom is sometliiiig like that of scabiosa. Of simplecult.; grown n;idily from seeds. alpina, Scnrad. Perennial: t:tll and widely branched,5 or 6 ft.: lvs. pubescent ami pinnatifid, the segms. cut. 874. Cephalanthus occidentalis. ( X H) CEPHALARIA CEPHALOTAXUS 715 and decurrent: sulfur-yellow; involucre with8 aristate teeth. S. Eu.—A good coarse plant for sum-mer bloom. Hardy N. leucantha, Schrad. Perennial: Ivs. pinnate-parted,the lobes Unear or oblong: fls. in subglobose heads,creamy white, in autumn. S. Eu. Variable. transylvanica, Schrad. Annual, slender, 2-3 ft.: lowerIvs. lyrate; the segms. serrate and the terminal onelarge; upper Ivs. pinnate-parted into linear-lanceolatedivi
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