. 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. 480 DICHORISANDBA 3-4 in. wide, with a short, sharp, rather abrupt point: stem unbranched, robust, spotted: raceme short, densely thyrsoid: sepals white or greenish. Gt. 18C8:593. 16:1711.âIts chief beauty is the mosaic appearance of the foliage, due to numberless short, transverse, whitish lines, which do
. 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. 480 DICHORISANDBA 3-4 in. wide, with a short, sharp, rather abrupt point: stem unbranched, robust, spotted: raceme short, densely thyrsoid: sepals white or greenish. Gt. 18C8:593. 16:1711.âIts chief beauty is the mosaic appearance of the foliage, due to numberless short, transverse, whitish lines, which do not pass by the longitudinal veins of the leaf. The under side of the Ivs. is a rich purplish color. Var. gigantfea, Hort., is cult, abroad. Var. undita (B. nii(!. jinWseens is native to Malaya only. febrifiiga, Lour. (Ad&mia versicolor,'Rort.). Later writers also include AdHmia cydnea. Wall., which Lindley distinguished by its smaller Ivs. and fls., 5 petals, and 10 stamens, while A. versicolor had 7, or sometimes 6 petals, and 20 stamens. Plants are still cultivated abroad under the name of A. cyanea, but it cannot be stated here how distinct they are for horti- cultural purposes. A. versicolor, 10:322. A. cy- .M. 304G. W. M. DICESONIA (named for James Dickson, an English botanist, 1738-1822). CyatheAcew. Tree ferns with a distinctly 2-valved inferior mdusium, the outer valve formed by the apex of the leaf segment. A small genus, mostly of the hemisphere For D. pilosiiis- cilia, puiii t,l,,l,â! II 1 s , . , /) I H^tadtia. IS u. I I It int tree ferns, both toi 111. 11 1 , I III ]. lativehardi- ness. Ill il I n In II I I till m are occa- \ I I «/l^^.//. .i |,. endiii. I I til be grown in < n .i I 1 outdoors in shi It. 1. .1 I I 1 .- Then t, than those ol lu .si n,, ferns, an i h, n i,. ,, letentive of moistuic, so thai they need kss caie. A good trunk produces 30-40 fronds a \ear, and re
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