Archive image from page 128 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 cyclopediaofamer03bail Year: 1906 1012. Oypsophili elegans. Natural size. BB. Lvs. long: plant glabrous or nearly so. panicul£tta, Linn. Baby's Breath. Fig. 1013. Dif- fuse and rather tall-growing (2-3 ft
Archive image from page 128 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 cyclopediaofamer03bail Year: 1906 1012. Oypsophili elegans. Natural size. BB. Lvs. long: plant glabrous or nearly so. panicul£tta, Linn. Baby's Breath. Fig. 1013. Dif- fuse and rather tall-growing (2-3 ft.), forking: Ivs. lin- ear-lanceolate, the largest 3 in. long, but becoming smaller towards the inflorescence, sharp-pointed: fls. white, very numerous: pedicels 2-3 times as long as the calyx. Eu. —A very popular plant, especially for use in the trimming of bouquets. A most graceful subject. Stems stiff and wiry, therefore excellent for cutting. A picture of its use in floral arrangement will be found in 6:340. acutifdlia, Fisch. Very like the last, but the plant greener, the Ivs. narrower (indistinctly 3- nerved) and the pedicels scarcely longer than the calyx. Caucasus. — G. paniculata seems some- times to be cult, under this name. StSveni, Fisch. (G. glauca, Hort.). Lower than , glau- cous-green : Ivs. linear- lanceolate and carinate, mostly radical; fls. rather larger, white, the panicles smaller than those of G. paniculata; petals shorter than the calyx. Caucasus. rtpens, Linn. Stems trailing or prostrate, ascending at the ends, not glaucotis : Ivs. lin- ear, sharp-pointed, gla- brous : fls. rather large, white or rose, the petals about twice longer than the sepals and the pedicels usually much longer. Alps and Pyrenees. 1448. —Best adapted to the rock- 'X' L. H. B. 1013, Gypsophila paniculata.
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