. 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. cc. Petals only dentate (ex- cept in some garden forms). 8. Caryoph^Uus, Linn. Cab- nation. Clove Pink. Pico- tee. Grenadine. Figs. 366-8, 370-5. Plate IV. Cespitose, glabrous, 1-3 ft., the stems hard or almost woody
. 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. cc. Petals only dentate (ex- cept in some garden forms). 8. Caryoph^Uus, Linn. Cab- nation. Clove Pink. Pico- tee. Grenadine. Figs. 366-8, 370-5. Plate IV. Cespitose, glabrous, 1-3 ft., the stems hard or almost woody below, the nodes or joints conspicu- ous : Ivs. long-linear, very glaucous: fls. on long stems, particularly inAmerican cult.; calyx - bracts very broad, abruptly pointed : Vars. soli- tary, large, very variable in size, form and color, but origi- nally pale lilac, fragrant. 39 (Bizarre Carnation): 1022 (var. imbricatus); 2744 (Picotees). — Generally sup- posed to be native to the Mediterranean region, but Williams gives its geograph- ical limits as "north and west Normandy" and "south and east Punjab" (northwestern Hindoostan). Long cultivated. In Europe it is largely grown as an outdoor Pink, but in this country it is chiefly known as the greenhouse Carnation. The American forcing type is 701. Dianthus superb (X %.) distinguished by very long stems and a continuous blooming habit. Garden varieties of J). Caryophylhis are numberless, and they often pass under Latinized names {, Hort., isone of these names). For studies in the history and evolution of the Carnation, see Bailey, Survivalof theUnlike, Essay28. SeeCarna- tion. iV?" A ^-^"^ j^. 702. Dianthus Chi (X%) 9. sylvfistris, Wulf {D. virginens, Hort.). Slender, 1 ft. high, the stem angular compressed and bearing 1-3 odorless fls.: Ivs. tufted, linear and sharp-pointed, scabrous on the margins : fls. rather small, red, the petals obovate and shallow-toothed. Eu. 1740.— P
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