. 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. 2541. Wandering Jew—Tradescantia iluminensis. Natural size. ee. Stamens unequal, — S long and 3 short. elongata, Meyer. Nearly glabrous, procumbent and rooting at the base, then suberect to the height of 1-2 ft.: lvs.
. 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. 2541. Wandering Jew—Tradescantia iluminensis. Natural size. ee. Stamens unequal, — S long and 3 short. elongata, Meyer. Nearly glabrous, procumbent and rooting at the base, then suberect to the height of 1-2 ft.: lvs. lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, sessile, light glaucous-green above and striped with silver, reddish purple beneath: peduncles 1-5,terminal: fls. rose-colored, the sepals green. Tropical 2542. Tradescantia Warscewicziana. BB. Species grown as border plants for their flowers: native kinds. c. Umbels sessile. Virginiana, Linn. Common Spiderwort. Erect, branching, 1-3 ft., glabrous or nearly so: lvs. eondupli- cate, very long linear-lanceolate (6-15 in. long), clasping: um- bels several-fld., terminal, the pedicel recurving when not in bloom: fls. violet-blue, in vari- ous shades, 1-2 in. across, pro- duced freely nearly all summer. N. Y. to S. Dakota, Va. and Ark. 105; 3546 (as T. carici- folia). 16: 1513 (as T. elata).— An exceedingly varia- ble plant. Var. occidental, Britt., is in the trade. It has much narrower lvs. and smaller fls. and is usually dwarf. There are several horticultural forms. Var. alba has white fls. 3501. Var. atrosangulnea has dark red fls. Var. coccinea has bright red fls. Var. caerulea has bright blue fls. Some of the forms would better be regarded as species. See Rose, Contr. Nat. Herb. 5:204. brevicaulis, Raf. Villous, 1 ft. or less high, sometimes nearly acaulescent: lvs. mostly from near the ground, linear-lanceo- late, more or less ciliate: fls. about 1 in. across, blue or rose- purple. Ky. to Mo. cc. Umbels
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