. 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. POLEMONIUM DD. Heignt 1 ft. or less: Ifts. fewer, 3-15. rtptans, Linn. Slender, weak and diffuse but never creeping; foliage not viscid or glandular: fls. light blue, }4 in. across, in a sort of loose panicle. Open woods, to Ala., west to Mo. and Minn. Apr., May. to be an easy prey to snail
. 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. POLEMONIUM DD. Heignt 1 ft. or less: Ifts. fewer, 3-15. rtptans, Linn. Slender, weak and diffuse but never creeping; foliage not viscid or glandular: fls. light blue, }4 in. across, in a sort of loose panicle. Open woods, to Ala., west to Mo. and Minn. Apr., May. to be an easy prey to snails, especially in winter, when they attack the rootstocks. Var. Himalayinum, Baker {P. grandiflbrum, Hort., not Benth. P. ccBriileum. var. grandiflbruin, J. W. Man- ning). Fls. lyi in. across, lilac-blue or darker, the rounded lobes nearly % in. across; calyx and axis of panicle very hairy. Himalayas. Described in Ill- 1:766. AA. Color of fls. yellowish or flesh color. B. Pis. salmon or flesh color. cAmeum, Gray. Rather stout, 1-2 ft. high: Ifts. 5-15, often IK in. long: tis. fading to purplish, 1-1>^ in. across. Mountain woods, Calif. —Offered by Pilkington, Oregon, 1892, but probably not in cult. now. Closely allied to P. reptans. BE. Fls. yellowish. paucifl6rum, Wats. Height 1-2 ft.: Ifts. 16-24, about 1 in. long: iJs. tubular, the tube 1-154 in. long, much longer than the lobes. Mex. —The color is said to be a good clear yellow, tinged red outside, but they are probably only cream-colored at best. Offered by J. W. Manning in 1892, but subsequently dropped. F. W. Barclay and W. M. POLlANTHES (name discussed below). Amanjl- liddreie. Tuberose. Every one knows the waxy white Tuberose, a single flower of which will scent a whole house. It belongs to a genus of one, or at least of very few, species. It is placed in the sub-family of which the Century Plant (Agave) is the type, but differs in not having thick, fleshy spiny leaves. From its near- est allies (Prochnyanth
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