Handbook of Hardy Trees, Shrubs, and Herbaceous Plants: Containing Descriptions, Native Countries, Etc. of a Selection of the Best Species in Cultivation |
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... glabrous above and hairy beneath . Flowers very large , soli- tary , formed of 6 or 8 spreading sepals of a palish blue or lilac . There is a variety of this known as pállida , with flowers not less than 9 or 10 inches across . A native ...
... glabrous above and hairy beneath . Flowers very large , soli- tary , formed of 6 or 8 spreading sepals of a palish blue or lilac . There is a variety of this known as pállida , with flowers not less than 9 or 10 inches across . A native ...
Pàgina 12
... glabrous . Flowers few , terminal , yellow . Sepals 5 or more , petaloid . Petals none . Petals none . Carpels several , many - seeded . Name from xáλados , a cup . 1. C. palustris . Marsh Marigold . - A showy I 2 Ranunculaceae ...
... glabrous . Flowers few , terminal , yellow . Sepals 5 or more , petaloid . Petals none . Petals none . Carpels several , many - seeded . Name from xáλados , a cup . 1. C. palustris . Marsh Marigold . - A showy I 2 Ranunculaceae ...
Pàgina 17
... glabrous follicles . This is probably the parent of some of the garden varieties . S. Europe . 3. D. cardinale . - A beautiful scarlet- flowered species , 2 to 3 feet high . Native Fig . 14. Delphinium Ajacis . of California . ( nat ...
... glabrous follicles . This is probably the parent of some of the garden varieties . S. Europe . 3. D. cardinale . - A beautiful scarlet- flowered species , 2 to 3 feet high . Native Fig . 14. Delphinium Ajacis . of California . ( nat ...
Pàgina 23
... glabrous beneath . Flowers very fragrant . The variety grandiflorus is the best . ORDER III . - MAGNOLIACEÆ . Evergreen or deciduous , often aromatic trees or shrubs . Leaves alternate , simple , usually entire , with convolute or ...
... glabrous beneath . Flowers very fragrant . The variety grandiflorus is the best . ORDER III . - MAGNOLIACEÆ . Evergreen or deciduous , often aromatic trees or shrubs . Leaves alternate , simple , usually entire , with convolute or ...
Pàgina 30
... glabrous glossy green slightly coriaceous leaflets . Leaflets 2 to 3 inches long , rounded at the base , acute at the apex , with minutely reticulated vena- tion , lowest pair about 2 inches from the base of the petiole . Flowers yellow ...
... glabrous glossy green slightly coriaceous leaflets . Leaflets 2 to 3 inches long , rounded at the base , acute at the apex , with minutely reticulated vena- tion , lowest pair about 2 inches from the base of the petiole . Flowers yellow ...
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Handbook of Hardy Trees, Shrubs, and Herbaceous Plants: Containing ... William Botting Hemsley Visualització completa - 1873 |
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1-celled 1-seeded 5-lobed alternate annual anthers Asia axillary baccate base beautiful berries blue flowers bracteate bracts branches bright Calyx campanulate Capsule Carpels catkins clusters coloured common cordate coriaceous corolla corymbs crimson Crown 8vo cultivation cymes deciduous dense distinct dwarf Edition erect evergreen feet high fleshy flower-heads foliage foot high fragrant fronds Fruit gardens genera genus glabrous glaucous green habit hairy handsome herbaceous herbs hybrid imbricated inches high inches long involucre lanceolate leaflets leaves lilac linear lobed narrow native of North nearly North America numerous oblong ornamental ovary ovate panicles peduncles perennial perianth petals petioles pink pinnate pinnules plant purple purplish racemes racemose rarely regions rose scarlet seeds segments Sepals sessile showy shrubby shrubs simple slender small tree soil solitary South of Europe species spikes Stamens stems Summer temperate tender terminal toothed tropical tufted umbellate usually variegated varieties violet white flowers whorled yellow flowers
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