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 . A. Color of stems purple, or Height 1--2 ,N. E. Browu(B((«i6«sa Veitchii,Ca^n.).Fig. 183. Height about 2 ft.: stems pur-ple white-waxy below the nodes- Ivs5-7 m long al out 2 in wide bright— gieen above below pale and minutely scent serrate lapC III lo 169
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 . A. Color of stems purple, or Height 1--2 ,N. E. Browu(B((«i6«sa Veitchii,Ca^n.).Fig. 183. Height about 2 ft.: stems pur-ple white-waxy below the nodes- Ivs5-7 m long al out 2 in wide bright— gieen above below pale and minutely scent serrate lapC III lo 169 oi R B M 2S p 1 ut0 5^ H4. ^J-C*^- ^mifi. 183. Arund which are pictures of B. palmata, as explaiued in 15:209. —This is also liable to confusion with .S. (es-sellata. No. 20. The edges of the Ivs. wither in late au-tumn, giving a variegated but shabby appearance. 2. ,Mitford(jB.;)H/»it?<(,Hort.). HeightI2-20in.: stems very slender, purplish, white-waxy below thenodes : Ivs. 4-5 in. long, % in. or less wide, minutely pu-bescent, bright green. —Much rarer than No. 1, dwarfer,the stems merely purplish, the Ivs. shorter and nar-rower. The Ivs. are a darker green than in A . humilis,shorter, narrower, and tapering less gradually : nodesless well defined and less downy, but having a waxybloom; internodes about 2% in. long. BB. Height 6-8 ft. or more. 3. A. nitida, Mitford. Fig. 184. Stems slender, aboutthe size of a goose-quill : Ivs. 2-3 in. long, K in. wide,shining green above, pale beneath ; sheaths purplish,pubescent. China. M. 73. III. 18: 179; 24:211. , p. 388. —Considered by Mitford the
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