. Handbook of hardy trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants ... Based on the French work of Messrs. Decaisne and Naudin ...entitled 'Manuel de l'amateur des jardins,' and including the original woodcuts by Riocreux and Leblanc. Plants, Ornamental. CompositcE—A rctotis. 263 larj>'L', terminal, disk bruwn, ray orange, closed in didl weatlier. ^-1. acaulis and uaduldta are referred hither as varieties, differing only in the shades of yellow in the ray-florets. Venidlum calendulaceum is an allied Cape annual, growing la dense dwarf tiifts. Leaves large, obovate, lyrate, pube- scent. Flower-heads t
. Handbook of hardy trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants ... Based on the French work of Messrs. Decaisne and Naudin ...entitled 'Manuel de l'amateur des jardins,' and including the original woodcuts by Riocreux and Leblanc. Plants, Ornamental. CompositcE—A rctotis. 263 larj>'L', terminal, disk bruwn, ray orange, closed in didl weatlier. ^-1. acaulis and uaduldta are referred hither as varieties, differing only in the shades of yellow in the ray-florets. Venidlum calendulaceum is an allied Cape annual, growing la dense dwarf tiifts. Leaves large, obovate, lyrate, pube- scent. Flower-heads terminal, similar to those of the Mari- gold. It differs from the last genus in the absence of, or, if present, minute pappus. 39. GAZANIA. Another South African genus of showy-flowered herbs, pos- sessing the same peculiarity of opening in bright weather only. Involucral bracts cohering to nearly the summit. Eay- florets neuter, disk-florets perfect. Achenes hairy, with a double pappus of finely-toothed scales. The name is an ampli- fication of <yd^a, richness. 1. G. splendens.—This trailing perennial plant is much in vogue for bedding, and produces a very brilliant effect in sunny weather. Leaves linear, spathulate, silky, white below. Flower-heads large, ray'-bright orange with a black and white spot at the base of each floret, disk of a paler yellow. It is believed to be of hybrid origin. 0. Pavonia has pinna- tifid hairy leaves and large handsome flower-heads with broad ray-florets in which the spot at the base is brown with a white central dot and a tinge of green. G. rigens and G. unifiora are two of the original species from which the garden varieties have been raised. The former is near splen- dens, and the latter has smaller pale yellow 148. ELhiuopi Ruthenious. (i nat. size.). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may
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