. 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. LEPTOSYNE LESPEDEZA 903 fls. In tbo North tbesu plnnts are mostly treated as half-hardy annuals. None of thciii has anything like the popularity of either Cosmos or CaHiopsin elegatiR. The commonest species is L. waHtiuia, but L. Stlllmani promises to outrank it, thoui:;h it is not yet advertised in America. 1/
. 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. LEPTOSYNE LESPEDEZA 903 fls. In tbo North tbesu plnnts are mostly treated as half-hardy annuals. None of thciii has anything like the popularity of either Cosmos or CaHiopsin elegatiR. The commonest species is L. waHtiuia, but L. Stlllmani promises to outrank it, thoui:;h it is not yet advertised in America. 1/. Slilbnaiii is said to bear fls. lia in. across, tor 5 or G Aveeks. Its seed germinates ([uickly and can be sown outdoors. Sandy soil and a sunny position is advised. It is said to bloom in four to five weeks after sow- ing. L. marUima should be started indoors,transplanted in May, and can be brought into flower by July. Two dis- tinct plants ai'e passing in the trade as //. mari/hnn, one of which is L. calliopsidea, and is considered an in- ferior plant by some. The seeds of the two plants are easily distinguished. Genus monographed 1880, in Gray's "Synoptical ; A. Hays obouatc. B. Seeds having long, soft, villous hairs. calliopsidea, Gray (Agarlsta calliop^idea, DC. Co- reSpsis calliopsidea. Bob). This is the plant figured in 1873:M30, erroneously as L, manfima. Annual, l-2ft. liigh: Hs. ;t in. across; rays fewer, shorter and broader than in , IM in. long, %-\ in. wide. BB. Seeds having short, rigiel bristles. Doiiglasii, DC. Annual, 9-12 in. high : Ivs. 1-3-times parted; ring of the disk-tis. distinctly bearded. Int. by Orcutt, 1891. BBB. Seeds not hairy. Stlllmanni, Gray. Stouter than L. Doiiglasii: ring of the disk-Hs. beardless. Gn. 52, p. 401. III. 22:33;{. 23, p. 275. Gt. 40, p. 012. :44. Int. 1898, by Binary. AA. Mays oblotig. B. Stems low, from a thick base. maritima, Gray. Perennial: Ivs. 2-pinnate: across, bor
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