. 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. 104 ASCLEPIAS ASPARAGUS phytolaccoides, Pursh (A. nlvea. Sims). Plant gla- brous and green, 3-4 ft., erect: Ivs. thin, oval to lance- oval, acuminate and short-petioled : fls. greenish, in large, loose umbels. Moist ground ; frequent. 149. Milk\veed flower, showing pollination. vaiieg&ta, Linn. T
. 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. 104 ASCLEPIAS ASPARAGUS phytolaccoides, Pursh (A. nlvea. Sims). Plant gla- brous and green, 3-4 ft., erect: Ivs. thin, oval to lance- oval, acuminate and short-petioled : fls. greenish, in large, loose umbels. Moist ground ; frequent. 149. Milk\veed flower, showing pollination. vaiieg&ta, Linn. Two ft. or less high : Ivs. 3-7 pairs, oval, ovate or oblong, thinnish, green and glabrous above and pale beneath : lis. white and pink, in 1-3 umbels. Dry, shady places. Cent, and S. states. 1182. erioctirpa, Benth. Densely woolly all over : Ivs. alter- nate or in 3's, long-oblong or lanceolate, short-petioled : fls. dull white, in few or several umbels. Calif. CO. Fruiting pedicels erect, and the pods erect. guadiifdlia, Linn. About 2 ft., not branched, with Ivs. towards the top of the st. in whorls of i : Ivs. ovate or lance-ovate, acuminate, thin, nearly or quite glabrous : fls. pink to white in 2-4 loose umbels. Dry soil; fre- quent. 13:1258. verticiliata, Linn. About 2 ft., slender, very leafy : Ivs. in whorls of 3-6, very narrow-linear and revolute : fls. greenish white, in many small umbels. Dry soil; frequent. 11: 1067. Var. pvlmila, Gray. A few in. high, from a fascicled root: Ivs. filiform, crowded. Plains, W. Mexic&na, Cav. Height, 5 ft. or less : Ivs. in whorls of 3-6, or sometimes opposite or fascicled, linear or narrow-lanceolate : fls. greenish white or purplish in dense, many-fld. umbels. Ore. W. and S. l_ g 3_ ASCYETTM (Greek, not hard OT rough). Syperio&eem. Low herbs or subshrubs, with bright yellow fls., 2 small sepals and 2 large ones, 4 petals, and many stamens. Dry, sandy soils in E. states (also one or two West In- dian and one
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