. Cyclopedia of practical floriculture. Floriculture; Flower language. If 'p% (SraiJcSCantia DirgilUCa. Natural Order: CofiimelynacciV—'Sfidcrrvort Family. -AMED after John Tradescant, a favorite gardener of Charles I. of England, and after his son of the same name, both distin- guished botanists and travelers, this plant is familiarly known as the Spiderwort. It is a common plant, with coarse, grass- T^-^"-^ like leaves, and pretty purple or rose-colored flowers of a T-f 3O delicate texture. It is almost impossible to prepare a perfect specimen for the herbarium, as the least pr
. Cyclopedia of practical floriculture. Floriculture; Flower language. If 'p% (SraiJcSCantia DirgilUCa. Natural Order: CofiimelynacciV—'Sfidcrrvort Family. -AMED after John Tradescant, a favorite gardener of Charles I. of England, and after his son of the same name, both distin- guished botanists and travelers, this plant is familiarly known as the Spiderwort. It is a common plant, with coarse, grass- T^-^"-^ like leaves, and pretty purple or rose-colored flowers of a T-f 3O delicate texture. It is almost impossible to prepare a perfect specimen for the herbarium, as the least pressure discolors and withers its petals beyond recognition. The stem when broken discovers a viscous juice, that spins out like a spider's silken thread as the parts are separated, thus giving it its common appellation. Tiie Cleome pungens has also been sometimes called Spiderwort, or Spiderflower, but belongs to the Caper Family, and is a tall, showy, biennial plant. The flowers, which bloom in racemes, are separately rather curious in /i- structure. The petals are mounted on threadlike claws, and extending above them, about twice their length, are the six stamens, like so many legs of a spider. Cleome., from the Greek, means something closed; and pungens, from the Latin, signifies Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Turner, Cordelia Harris. New York, T. MacCoun
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