. 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 . en-tire or emarginate, scaly at the base or naked; stamens10: ovary many-seeded: style 2, rarely 3: capsule ovoidor oblong, rarely nearly globose. Saponarias are readily established in any soil and re-quire but little care. S. ocymoides is an attractiveplant for the rockery or for
. 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 . en-tire or emarginate, scaly at the base or naked; stamens10: ovary many-seeded: style 2, rarely 3: capsule ovoidor oblong, rarely nearly globose. Saponarias are readily established in any soil and re-quire but little care. S. ocymoides is an attractiveplant for the rockery or for edging. Propagated byseed or division. A. Stem stout, erect. officinMis, Linn. Bouncing Bet. Fig. 2250. A per-ennial: stems l>2-2% ft. high, leafy, simple, clustered,glabrous: lvs. mostly oblong-lanceolate, 3-nerved: pink (nearly white in shady situations), in com-pact, corjinbose, paniculate cymes; calyx glabrous, theteeth triangularly acuminate; petal lobes obovate, en-tire, notched at apex. July, Aug. Europe.—Var. flore-pl^no is quite double-flowered. S. Caucdsica, Hort., issaid to be a deeper-colored double form. aa. Stem slender, Lvs. obtuse: plants , Guss. A low-growing annual, with pinkfls.: lvs. oblong-spatulate, obtuse, about 1-nerved: fls. 1614 SAPONARIA. 2250. Saponaria officinalis (X K). in a loose corymbose panicle; calyx-teeth ovate, obtuse,membranous-margined. Spring. Italy, Greece. dlba is also in the trade. Seed shouldbe sown in the fall for spring bloom or in April for su*mmer flowering. BB. Lvs. acute: plant , much branched,6-9 in. high, half-trail-ing : lvs. ovate-lanceo-late, about 1-nerved,^^ small, acute: fls. brightpink, in loose, broadcymes. Summer. Eu-rope.—Several varietiesare in cultivation, includ-ing var. , S. Japonica, Hort. JohnSaul, seems to be unknownto botanists. J. B. Keller andF. W. Barclay SAPROPHYTE(Greek, rotten, and plant, i. e.,living on
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