. 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. 319. Callirhoe pedata. or -cleft, the divisions mostly wedge-shaped, incised, the lobes oblong to lanceolate : fls. crimson-purple, cherry red or paler. All summer. Minn, to Tex. 26. 1862:171, as Var. lineariloba, Gray. Less hirsute than the type : stems ascending: Ivs. smaller, 1-2 i
. 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. 319. Callirhoe pedata. or -cleft, the divisions mostly wedge-shaped, incised, the lobes oblong to lanceolate : fls. crimson-purple, cherry red or paler. All summer. Minn, to Tex. 26. 1862:171, as Var. lineariloba, Gray. Less hirsute than the type : stems ascending: Ivs. smaller, 1-2 in. across, the upper or all dissected into linear lobes.—An excellent trailer, especially for rookeries. Thrives even in very dry soils, the root penetrating to a great depth. A sunny position is preferable. J. B. Keller and W. M. CALLISTfiMMA, CALLlSTEPHUS. See Aster, China. CALLISTfiMOIT (Greek, hallos, beauty ; stemon, a stamen ; in most of the species the btamens are a beau- tiful scarlet color). MyrtAceoe. Bottlb-bkush. Au- stralian shrubs : Ivs. evergreen, short: fls. in dense, cylindrical spikes, at first terminal, but the axis grow- ing out into leafy shoots ; anthers versatile, with par- allel cells opening longitudinally : fr. persisting several years. Prop, by ripened cuttings in sand under a hand- glass, which flower when small; or by seeds, but the seedlings are slow in reaching the flowering state. Bapid growers ; very ornamental; greenhouse in the north ; hardy in California, thriving in any soil and without irrigation. A. -CtJS. flat, penniveined. specidsus, DC. Lvs. thick, narrow-lanceolate, pubes- cent when young : spikes dense, large : fls. scarlet, the calyx and corolla pubescent; stamens obscurely or very shortly 5-adelphous. March-April. West Australia. 1761, as Metrosideros speciosa. Height 10 ft. lanceol&tUB, Sweet. Fig. 320. Height 6-10 ft.: lvs. crowded, thick, lanceolate, punctate, reddish when young: spikeratherloose, of reddish fls.
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