. The standard cyclopedia of horticulture; a discussion, for the amateur, and the professional and commercial grower, of the kinds, characteristics and methods of cultivation of the species of plants grown in the regions of the United States and Canada for ornament, for fancy, for fruit and for vegetables; with keys to the natural families and genera, descriptions of the horticultural capabilities of the states and provinces and dependent islands, and sketches of eminent horticulturists . ds Fly-trap. A 1267. Dimorphotheca auran- tiaca, one of the best of recent .„ i ui .„ a flower-garden acqu
. The standard cyclopedia of horticulture; a discussion, for the amateur, and the professional and commercial grower, of the kinds, characteristics and methods of cultivation of the species of plants grown in the regions of the United States and Canada for ornament, for fancy, for fruit and for vegetables; with keys to the natural families and genera, descriptions of the horticultural capabilities of the states and provinces and dependent islands, and sketches of eminent horticulturists . ds Fly-trap. A 1267. Dimorphotheca auran- tiaca, one of the best of recent .„ i ui .„ a flower-garden acquisitions. remarkab e monotypic(xij) genus 01 msectivorous plants, often grown forcuriosity and in botanical collections. Leaves 1-5 in. long, 4-8 in number, are arranged in rosette over the soil, each consisting ofa flat expanded petiole, and terminal bilobed blade;midrib of the blade contractile, the margins prolongedinto bristles that interlock when the halves close, whileeach half bears 3 jointed and highly irritable hairsarranged in triangular manner over its upper surface;abundant sessile glands, usuaUy of a crimson color,cover this surface and render it attractive to insects;but when grown in shade the glands and therefore thelvs. are quite green: a single neat touch of a hair failsto cause closure, but when one of the hairs is touchedtwice, or when two adjacent hairs are touched oncewithin a short interval apart, the halves close. Owing 1012 DION^A DIOSCOREA. 1268. The Venus Fly-trap-Dionaea muscipula. to continued and repeated stimuli caused by a caughtinsect, or to chemical stimuli caused by its tissues, theglands exude an acid and peptonizing digestive fluidafter a few hours; this starts digestive disintegration ofthe insects tissues, and the dissolved products are thenabsorbed by the : the lengthens inMay to 8-10 in. and bears 4-10 white fis. which expandin June, and which must be cross-pollinated for seed-production. By the end of
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