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 (14764915791)

Identifier: cyclopediaofame01bail (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
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954 Miller, Wilhelm, 1869-
Subjects: Gardening Horticulture Horticulture Horticulture
Publisher: New York : Macmillan
Contributing Library: NCSU Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: NCSU Libraries



Text Appearing Before Image:
lood-red C. diversifolius (known as theBlack Cosmos. Dahlia Zimapani and Bidens atrosan-tfititw(t). wliii-Ii. however, would be a somewhat violent,-n,--, a- iliiii I - ,. ).. V -i.m iii^.. i.iiv-rtowering,tuberous-1-1 n I III . I II- is closely related to III 1,1, ,: II I — li.i first two being of i^r.i.i LMr.l.ii ini;i.iiiaii.. iiii.ttli. Iiitter, though weedy,having possibilities. The rays of Cosmos bipiniiatits aretypically obcordate in outline, narrow at the base, broadat the apex and with three strongly marked teeth, which,as in Coreopsis, are a great part of the chnractoristicbeauty of the flower. In the wild sincl.- Iv.ibli.i tln-se teeth are so short that they serve nI • -mii- metry of outline, and in the highl.r. mii- ties of single Dahlias these teeth ar. i i n..t wholly obliterated. This will perha).- h.n .i liiiiii.ii tothe Cosmos, at least in America. On the contrary, therays of the Cosmos sometimes have an extra number ofteeth, often 6 or 7 altogether, and the effect
Text Appearing After Image:
iuorgia. In the east, for best resultsto sow seed indoors in April andIS soon as danger of frost is past,l.ii giiiuiid often fails to produce III. Ml I ii.iiii.s before frost. The; I .US, but some of the I I I 1. ^rree or two of frost. inches, and some A cultivated form. The rays of wildflowers have only three teeth andthey r luch more pronounced. ties, muck as the highest bred single Dahlias alwayshave 8 rays all exactly alike, while it is a mark of Dah-lias of low degree to have more than 8 rays or an unsym-metrical arrangement of them. A new feature, too, isthe advent of a distinct ring of color formed by a dashof crimson at the base of each ray. The wild Cosmosis not troubled by a spot of yellow at the base of eachray, as is the wild Dahlia. In the case of the singleDahlia, the yellow color at the base of tlie ray never be-comes definite and conspicuous enough lo form an addi-tional attractive feature, as it does in Ghrijsavfhemum,carinatiim, but it often spoils the unity of effec