. 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. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. ERIOSTEMON BB. Zivs. 3-4 times as long as broad. interm^dius, Hook. Lvs. 9-18 lines long, elliptical, abruptly pointed: petals lanceolate, white, but tipped with pink outside in the bud like the rest: ovary placed on
. 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. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. ERIOSTEMON BB. Zivs. 3-4 times as long as broad. interm^dius, Hook. Lvs. 9-18 lines long, elliptical, abruptly pointed: petals lanceolate, white, but tipped with pink outside in the bud like the rest: ovary placed on a flat disk and not ringed at the base. Probably of gariiiums from the Cape of Good Hope, while Erodiiiiii and the true genus. Geranium, of which a few sorts are cultivated in our hardy borders, have all 5 petals nearly equal in size. They also have small glands alternating with the petals, which are absent from Pelargonium. Erodium has about 50 widely scat- tered species. Herbs, rarely somewhat woody or tufted: lvs. opposite or alternate, one often smaller than its mate, stipuled, toothed, lobed or dissected: fls. mostly in umbels, of various shades, from crimson-pink to purple, with darker blotches on the 2 upper petals and the venation outlined in darker shades. These plants are chiefly for the front row of the hardy borders and the rock-garden, where they thrive in a gritty loam. They like dry, sunny spots, and may be trusted with a conspicuous position, being chiefly valued for their steady succession of bloom from June to August. Divided plants are chiefly sold here, but the species are easily prop, by seeds. Of £. moschatiim only seeds are sold, and these are sown annually, the species not being hardy. Nos. 1 and 4 are not native to America, being essentially Asian, but they grow wild in California and to some extent in eastern states. Some Erodiums can be grown in chinks of walls, but not Jl. ^fani'sriii'l, which is the strongest-growing, showiest and best kind 1. ciou
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