. 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. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. 572 FELICIA FERN Blue Daisy. Blue Marguerite. Fig. 806. An old greenhouse plant, 1-2 ft., with roundish ovate op- posite [vs. and large, solitary heads of an exquisite sky-blue. {us Vineraria amel
. 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. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. 572 FELICIA FERN Blue Daisy. Blue Marguerite. Fig. 806. An old greenhouse plant, 1-2 ft., with roundish ovate op- posite [vs. and large, solitary heads of an exquisite sky-blue. {us Vineraria amelloides). :657. 1:074. Gng. 6 is a varie- gated-lvd. var. ( 8:290). Grown easily from cuttings. Handled like a Cineraria ; or, 'if grown from spring cuttings for winter bloom, like a Chry- santhemum, but with more heat in the fall. An elegant pot-plant, and useful for bedding in a pro- tected place. L. H. B. FENDLfiRA (after Augustus F e n d 1 e r, a German naturalist, bo- tanical explorer of New Mexico). Sajrifrag(icece. Low, spreading shrub, with small, opposite, greyish foliage, covered ^-^^V; in June along the slen- der, arching branches with graceful white fls., resembling in shape a Maltese cross. Hardy in New England, and grow- ing best in a well- drained, sandy or peaty soil and sunny position. A very handsome and graceful plant for sunny rockeries or rocky slopes. Prop, by seeds or by greenwood cuttings un- der glass. One .species from Texas to Mexico ; allied to Philadelphus. Pis. usually solitary at the end of short lateral branchlets ; calyx lobes and petals 4; stamens 8: ovary almost superior: fr. a 4-celled, dehiscent capsule, with flat, oblong seeds. rupioola, Engelm. and Gr. To 4 ft.: Ivs. linear-lanceo- late or linear-oblong, 3-nerved, revolute at the margin, greyish tomentose beneath, K-1 in. long : fls. milky white, 1 in. across; petals rhombic ovate, with distinct claw, spreading ; stamens erect. June. 2:113. 1891,p. 42. M.
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