. 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 . eringwalls and said to be hardier than the type. Var. pauci-fldra, Dipp. Of low, dense habit and very thorny: co-rymbs small: fr. yellowish red. Hardy and well suitedfor hedges. Var. friictu 61bo is a form with white oryellowish fruits. crenul&ta, Roem. (Cotonedster crentildta, Wen
. 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 . eringwalls and said to be hardier than the type. Var. pauci-fldra, Dipp. Of low, dense habit and very thorny: co-rymbs small: fr. yellowish red. Hardy and well suitedfor hedges. Var. friictu 61bo is a form with white oryellowish fruits. crenul&ta, Roem. (Cotonedster crentildta, cretiuldta, Roxb.). Closely allied to the pre-ceding: branchlets and petioles rusty-pubescent, gla-brous at length: Ivs. narrower, oblong to oblanceolate,obtuse or acutish, more leathery, bright green and glossyabove, 1-2 in. long: corymbs glabrous: fr. globose,brightorange-red. May, June. Himal. 30:52. —More tenderthan the preceding, with handsomer, glossier foliage. Alfred Rehder. section Hoffmann places the florists chrysanthemums(generally said to be the product of C. Indicumy,Sinense); also Pyrethrum roseum; also the whiteweed or oxeye daisy, C. Leucanthemum; the costmary,C. Balsamita, var. tanacetoides; and C. cineraricefoliumand corymbosum. Here also belong the Golden Feather^. Pyracantha coccinea (X %). PYRfiTHRUM in garden literature and languagenearly always means Pyrethrum rosetim, the handsomesummer-blooming hardy perennial composite, with finelydissected foliage, pictured on page 312 of this 403. It is a favorite border plant in Europe, butlittle known in America, although it has several hun-dred varieties. It requires special culture, for whichsee p. 310. Nearly all the Pyrethrums with personalnames, as Ajax, Ceres, etc., are forms of this varieties are also listed in catalogues as hybridPyrethrums or P. hybridum. Although the genusPyrethrum was long ago reduced to the rank of a meresection of Chrysanthemum, the name Py
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