Archive image from page 140 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. 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 cyclopediaofamer02bail Year: 1906 COBBETT period before orcharding over large areas gave rise to essentially American horticultural writings. Unfortu- tunately for horticulturists of the present day, Cobb
Archive image from page 140 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. 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 cyclopediaofamer02bail Year: 1906 COBBETT period before orcharding over large areas gave rise to essentially American horticultural writings. Unfortu- tunately for horticulturists of the present day, Cobbett's thunder seems forever silenced. He has the fatal faults of being old and amusing. Yet, to the discrimi- nating mind, Cobbett's horticultural writings, especially 'The American Gardener' (which is still not uncommon in second-hand book stores), are full of suggestiveness and refreshment. 'W. M. COB(£A (after Father Cobo, Spanish Jesuit of the seventeenth century, naturalist, and resident of America for many years). PolemoniAcea;. A genus of G tropical American climbers, of which C. scdndens, a tender per- ennial plant, is amongst the dozen most popular vines commonly treated as annuals. This is the only genus of climbers in the order. Prop, by seeds, which should be placed in moist earth, edge down. It is a rapid grower. COCCOLOBA 339 M:. â 'iS'W' m?iM\ 502. Coboea : 8c4ndens, Cav. Figs. 502, 503, 504. Height 10-20 ft.: Ifts. in 2 or 3 pairs, the lowest close to the stem, and more or less eared : fls. bell-shaped, 1-1} in. across, light violet or greenish purple, with protruding style andstamens: tendrils Mex. There is a white-fld. form (('..(/''(, Hort.), and one with varie- gated Ivs., var. variegata, Hort. âThe terminal 1ft. represented by a tendril (Fig. 502). .Sometimes there are indications of tendrils on other Ifts. (Fig. 504), mak- ing the plant an interesting one for students of mor- phology. macrostmma, Pav. Taller, later-flowering,
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