. 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. r Tucker, of All)anv. N. at thetime of the founding of The liii-m i, wasedited by the illustrious A. J. D« 1 ii . .lited The Horticultural Register from 1 - :- - iii).auy with Thomas Fessenden. The rcvi-Piii ??! _u:~ iiM,,k in1866 was undertaken when the aulhur iiii> lU \ was a popula
. 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. r Tucker, of All)anv. N. at thetime of the founding of The liii-m i, wasedited by the illustrious A. J. D« 1 ii . .lited The Horticultural Register from 1 - :- - iii).auy with Thomas Fessenden. The rcvi-Piii ??! _u:~ iiM,,k in1866 was undertaken when the aulhur iiii> lU \ was a popular book in its day. A portrait of JosephBreck is seen in the catalogues of the present firm. BEEV06RTIA (J. Carson Brevoort, Regent N. University). lAHdce(e. Differs from Brodis-a inthe long-tubular and 6-saccate corolla. One species. Ida-Miia, Wood. (B. cocclnea, Wats. Brodicra coe-cinea, Gray). Floral Fire-Cracker. Lvs. slender,grassy: scapes slender, 1-2 ft. high, with 3-60 pendu-lous tubular-saccate fls. 1-2 in. long, which are bril-liant crimson-red, tipped with pea-green. N. Calif, toOre. 5857. III. 20: 687. Gn. 46, p. . are very lasting and beautiful. partial shade and a deep, loose soil, thoroughly. •iftjujW drained, and with some leaf mold. Bulb the size of anutmeg. Grows 2-3 ft. high. Carl Purdy. BBEWflBIA (Samuel Brewer was an English bota-nist of last century). Convolvulacea. Herbs, rarelysomewhat woody: lis. much like those of Convolvulus,but style 2-cleft, the divisions simple, with capitatestigma, the corolla pubescent outside in the bud : Trailing plants of 30 or more species in warmclimates. grandiildra, Gray. Root tuberous: stempubescent: lvs. broad-ovate and veryshort-stalked : peduncles 1-fld.: fl. verylarge (3 in. long), bright blue and showy,funnel-shaped ; stigmas large and glo-bose. S. Fla. — Int. by Reasoner Bros. BBIAS. In America, commonly appliedto brambles or thorny plants of the ge
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