Identifier: cyclopediaofamer05bail (find matches)
Title: 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
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954, ed Miller, Wilhelm, 1869- joint ed
Subjects: Gardening -- Dictionaries Plants -- North America encyclopedias
Publisher: New York, Doubleday, Page & Company
Contributing Library: UMass Amherst Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: UMass Amherst Libraries

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number 150-200 to a cluster, each flowerbeing less than % in. across. Known also as liogiera. Generic characters: calyx-lobes short or long, equal:corolla-tube usually slender, swelled or not, tliroat gla-brous or bearded, mouth with or withotit a ring; limb5-lobed (in some species 4-lobed); stamens inserted inthe throat,included: ovary 2-loculed: capsuleloculicidal. R. anomala is the only species described below thatdoes not have opposite lvs. If. cordafa is often said tohave a 4-lobed flower, a mistake that dates back half acentury to a typographical error. -^y, ji, Mondelefia anomala is a half-shrubby plant, stool-ing out when given root-room, but when confined toa pot it makes a compact mass of shoots, about twofeet high, which bloom in the winter time, in termi-nal, flat-topped clusters of rosy purple flowers. It is notprofuse at any time, but continues in bloom for two orthree months. An additional good feature is handsomefoliage, so that it is always presentable. Cuttings root
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Romneya Coulteri, the Matilija poppy, one of the most showy of California flowers RONDELETIA ROOT-GALLS 1545 easily at any time, and these may be grown in pots fora season. Barring the tendency to stooling, they dowell planted out. Sandy loam and leaf-soil is the bestcompost, and a warm greenhouse, with sunshine, fur-nishes the best conditions. t. D. Hatfield.A. Fls. red.B. Jyvs. opposite.odor&ta, Jacq. (RondeUtia specidsa, Lodd.). Lvs.ovate, nearly sessile: clusters 10-30-fld.: fls. crimson tobrick-red, with a conspicuous yellow throat; lobes

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