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 . ock : lvs. 1-2 ft. long, 6-15 in. wide, withnumerous narrow pinnae, which are contracted at thebase and of nearly uniform width throughout : marginsfinely serrulate; texture coriaceous. Fla. to Braz. Ji. orientdle, Linn., is a large East Indian and PolynesianFern, with lvs. often 3 f
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 . ock : lvs. 1-2 ft. long, 6-15 in. wide, withnumerous narrow pinnae, which are contracted at thebase and of nearly uniform width throughout : marginsfinely serrulate; texture coriaceous. Fla. to Braz. Ji. orientdle, Linn., is a large East Indian and PolynesianFern, with lvs. often 3 ft. long : well worthy of M. Underwood. BLEEDING HEART, ^q^^ Dicentra. BL^PHARIS (Greek, eyelash; referring to fringedbracts). Acinithficece. An unimportant genus of dwarf,often spiny shrubs and herbs, allied to Acanthus, and ofsimilar culture. cardulfdlia, {Acanthus carduifoliiis, carduifdJius, Nees). Plant villous: , sinuate-dentate, spiny : spike terminal,cylindrical : bracts roundish, palniately 5-spined atthe apex. BL£TIA (Louis Rli-t. botanist). L/iflftidnr. ;il orepiphyta! herbs, widelydistributtMl : lvs. iilicatc. mi-iiil)ranaceous, sheathing theSt., erect. This genus lends itself x-eadily to cultivation,. Blechni but is not showy enough to be popular. They need along of rest. The commonly cult, kinds are ter-restrial, and thrive in ordinary orchid loam. hyacinthina, R. Br. Lvs. about 1 ft. long: fis. lookingdown, in various shades of purple, on a scape about 1 China. 1492, as Cymbidium hyacinthinxim,— Stands some frost. verecunda, R. Br. The first exotic Orchid introduced(). Haremes showy and branching. 2-3 ft.: fls. pur-plish. W. Ind.; also in Middle and E. Fla. Sh^pherdii, Hook. Very like the last, and perhaps aform of it: tls. deep purple; center of labellum :n9. Sherratiina, Bateman. pointed at bothrods: ris. larLic. moiv
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