. 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. DEARBORN DELAWARE 463 labors, see "History of the Mass. Horticultural Society," 1880, which contains a portrait; also John B. Russel in Tilton's Journ.'Hort. 7:88, 157, 276. Gen. H. A. S. Dearborn was son of
. 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. DEARBORN DELAWARE 463 labors, see "History of the Mass. Horticultural Society," 1880, which contains a portrait; also John B. Russel in Tilton's Journ.'Hort. 7:88, 157, 276. Gen. H. A. S. Dearborn was son of Gen. Henry Dearborn, of Revolu- tion and later fame. L H. B. HtCODOtf (Greek, ten-toothed). Lijtlu-Acew. A hardy perennial herb rarely cultivated by dealers in native plants. It has opposite or whorled Ivs., the upper with ajcillary, short-stalked clusters of fls. Abroad Deeodon is usually considered a subgenus of Nesfea. It is dis- tinguished from Lythrtim by having 5 (rarely 4) petals instead of C, and 8-10 stamens, while Lythrum has mostly 6 or 12. verticill4tua, Ell. {Kescea verticill&ta, HBK.). Swamp Loose-Strife. Smooth or downy: stems recurved, 2-8 ft. long, 4-6-sided: Ivs. lanceolate, nearly sessile: pet- als 5, cuneate-lauceolate, rose-purple,/^in. long; stamens 10, half of them shorter. Swampy grounds, N. E. to to Minn, and La.—Int. by H. P. Kelsey. DECUMARIA (Latin, decumus, tenth, referring to the number of the parts of the fi.). Saxifragdcece. Shrubs climbing by aerial rootlets : Ivs. deciduous, opposite, petioled : fls. in terminal peduncled corymbs, small, white, perfect; sepals and petals 7-10 ; stamens 20-30: fr. a 5-10-celled ribbed capsule opening between the ribs, with numerous minute seeds. Two species in E. N. Amer. and China, of which only the Anu-ricnn species is in cultivation. Ornamental cliirihini,' sln-ub, with handsome glossy foliage and fragriint wlnir lis., forming acorymbof feathery appearance, wriI aila|>tri] fnrcover- ing wa
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