. 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. Gardening. 2788, Zenobia speciosa 1, Subgenus Zephyrites. Flower slightly inclined; tube short; stamens inserted near its throat; style more declinate than in the other two subgenera. (Eleven species, including No. 11 below.) Subgenus Pyrolirion. Flowers erect; tul)e longer, dilated in the urifier half; stamens inserted a
. 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. Gardening. 2788, Zenobia speciosa 1, Subgenus Zephyrites. Flower slightly inclined; tube short; stamens inserted near its throat; style more declinate than in the other two subgenera. (Eleven species, including No. 11 below.) Subgenus Pyrolirion. Flowers erect; tul)e longer, dilated in the urifier half; stamens inserted at the mid- dle of the periauth-tiibc. ( Five species, none in cult. I For the further spparatitni of the species Baker usps the characters which ajipi-ar in the key below, exoe))t the foliage characters and tlip color of the flowers. However, the genus nniy be readily separated into three sections based upon the color of the tis., and this ar- rangement is here used as being more convenient to the horticulturist. The seasons of bloom indicated below are those for localities where the pUmts will thrive out- doors the year round. The Zephyr Lilies must be wintered in a place free from frost, and as the best kinds are natives of swampy places it is fair to presume that they will need more moisture during the resting period than tin; ;i;enci-ality of bulbous plants. The four best sjjei-ies art-: Z. can- difhf, white, autumn: Z. .\ fa nxisro, white, spring: Z. cariiiitf'i, rosy, summer; Z. >r>s'->/, untximn. All of these will probaldy surrivf the winter i.)ut rif doors in our miildle states if given a faii- de^^^ree oj' protection, Z. niii'Jida deserves sp(^ci;d UMti. 174; "The most Z. lid otiK tin- id n satisfactory of a from all otliers kui>\\"i chief beiiiir its hardin^ ordinary ('u|^j\-a^iIill in have tried almost ;ill r with this treatment. 1 Z. ruiid'f/'i tiourished now have a liorder fille<l with i the south wall of a greenhouse The soil is ordinary l
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