. 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. 404. Lov^er leaf from a youngr plant of Cen- taurea Cinera- ria (X K).. 405. Radical leaf of Centaurea Kymnocarpa. (XX.) 2. gymnocirpa, Moris & DeNot {0. arglntea, Hort. C. plumosa,'). Fig. 405. Perennial: entire plant covered with velvety white pubescence : sts. lK-2 ft. high, erect: Ivs. bipinnatis


. 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. 404. Lov^er leaf from a youngr plant of Cen- taurea Cinera- ria (X K).. 405. Radical leaf of Centaurea Kymnocarpa. (XX.) 2. gymnocirpa, Moris & DeNot {0. arglntea, Hort. C. plumosa,'). Fig. 405. Perennial: entire plant covered with velvety white pubescence : sts. lK-2 ft. high, erect: Ivs. bipinnatisect; segments linear, entire, acute : small, in a close panicle, mostly hidden by the Ivs.: fls. rose-violet or purple. Caprea. — Very ornamental on account of its velvety finely cut Ivs. Much used, like the last, for low foliage bedding ; Ivs. more compound, and usually not so white. 3. Clementei, Boiss. Perennial, the entire plant densely white-woolly : sts. erect, branching, with few Ivs.: root-lvs. petioled, pinnate, the lobes ovate-trian- gular, sharp-pointed : sessile : termi- nal on the branches, globose : involucre scales with scarious, ciliate margins, scarcely spiny : fls. yellow. Spain. AA. Corn Flower, or Bachelor's Button. — Tall- growing annual, with very narrow Ivs., grown for the showy fls. 4. Cyanus, Linn. Bluebottle. Bluet. Bachelor's Button (see also Gomphrena). Corn Flower. Ragged Sailor. Fig. 406. Annual, slender, branching, 1-2 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 not perfectly resemble the original Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954; Miller, Wilhelm, b. 1869. New York, Macmillan


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