. 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. er sulnre tliii-kciied or 2-winged. The followingspecies is cult, in S. Ctilif., where it has a moderategrowth, shining foliage, and clusters of 10 or more hirgefls. of a splendid scarlet. glycinoldes, DC, from Rio de la Plata basin, is prob-ably the only species grown in European gardens andin California. Fls. 1 in. lon
. 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. er sulnre tliii-kciied or 2-winged. The followingspecies is cult, in S. Ctilif., where it has a moderategrowth, shining foliage, and clusters of 10 or more hirgefls. of a splendid scarlet. glycinoldes, DC, from Rio de la Plata basin, is prob-ably the only species grown in European gardens andin California. Fls. 1 in. long, bright scarlet, in racemes,somewhat like Wistaria: will stand some cold. Propa-gated by seeds, cuttings, or suckers, freely producedon grown up plants. (Syn. Camplosema rtibicundum,Hook. & Am.) F. Pbanceschi and W. M. DION. SeeBino,,. plies. If kept in the sun the leaves take on a reddish tinge, butwhen grown in the shade they are always green. Flowers willdevelop about the middle of June, but they should he nipped oflfas they m<%ke their appearance, for they are apt to weaken theplant. The Dionsea has been grown successfully in a dwellinghouse by a very different method. The plants were in a wide,shallow dish, without any drainage, and simply placed, not too. muscipula (XX). firmly, in loose live sphagnWater w:\s given ever>- otli^-i DI0N21A (an unusual name for Venus). Fly-trap. This insectivorous plant is one ofthe wonders of the vegetable kingdom. See Fig. closes its trap with remarkable quickness. The plantgrows wild only in the sandy savannas of North is a perennial lvs. all radical and in a rosette,the spatulate portion being regarded as petiole, and thetrap as the bliide: t\s. good sized, white, in a bractedcorymb, borne on a leafless scape. It is allied to thesundews, other famous insectivorous plants which arealso cultivated, but has about 15 stamens, a columnarstyle, and seeds at the base of the pod. Many famous
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