. 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. Beg:onia phyllomaniaca. Showing the adventitious plantlets. No. 22. has smaller fls. of the purest white and sweet-scented. Dr. Nachtigal, hybrid {B. nitida, Dry., var. odorata albaxLynche- ana), is similar in general form to the above, but has fls. of a deli- cate rose-pink, especially on the inner surface of
. 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. Beg:onia phyllomaniaca. Showing the adventitious plantlets. No. 22. has smaller fls. of the purest white and sweet-scented. Dr. Nachtigal, hybrid {B. nitida, Dry., var. odorata albaxLynche- ana), is similar in general form to the above, but has fls. of a deli- cate rose-pink, especially on the inner surface of petals. cc. Margins incised, lobed or parted. D. Width of lvs. less than S in. 24. Drfigei, Otto & Dietr. {B. Cdffra, Meissu. B. parvifdlia. Grab. B. renifdrmis, Hort.). Rootstock a fleshy, globular tuber ; sts. succulent, an- nual, 1-2 ft. high : lvs. thin, small, green, deeply ser- rated, reddish on the under side : fls. white, small, profuse. Cape of Good Hope. 3720. 25. Weltonifinsis, hybrid (parents not known). St. reddish, l%-2 ft. high : lvs. light green, smooth, ovate- acuminate, lobed, dentate, lK-2 in. across : petiole red, 1-1>^ in. long : fls. pink, profuse, on short peduncles.— Int. by Major Clark, of Welton Park. Var. Alba, Hort., has white fls. DD. Width of lvs. more than 2 in. 26. coronSkta, Hort., hybrid {B. carolinicefdliaxpoly- dntha). St. shrubby, coarse, 2-3 ft. high, covered with numerous withered stipules : lvs. large, lobed, on long petioles : fls. pale pink, with large, somewhat droop- ing cymes. 27. VerschaJfeltia,na, Regel. (B. Verschaffdti, Hort. B. manicafaxcaroli7ii(efdlia}. St. a thick rhizome : lvs. large, ovate, acuminate, lobed : fls. rose-colored, pendent on long peduncles. : 68. —Tall, coarse and unsightly as an old specimen, but when well grown from year to year from cuttings makes a splendid plant. persistent and ex- ceedingly ornamen- tal, especially when planted out. Choice. 30. .GoegoSnsis, Brown. Fire King. St. a sh
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