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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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ream-colored, tingedred; petals white; lip 3-lobed, fimbriate, the middlelobe beak-like. S. Amer. B.M. 543, 3722. AA. Fls. in racemes on corymbs. acaililis, Lindl. & Past. Low: lvs. very narrow: fls.large, greenish white; lip cordate; tube red-spotted atbase. Cent. Amer. cord&ta, Lindl. Lvs. linear, rigid, recurved: fls.corjnnbose ; sepals and petals lance-linear, acuminate,pale green; lip roundish-cordate, cuspidate, entire,scarcely as long as the claw. Jamaica, Braz. B.M. 3782., nodosa, Lindl. (B. grniidifldra, LiBdl.). Lvs. lanceo-late, acuminate, channeled above : fls. few and large,corymbose ; sepals and petals linear-acuminate; lipround-ovate, long-cuspidate, entire, longer than theclaw. Jamaica, Mex., S. B.M. 3229, of this name, is B.subulifolia. L H. B. BEASSIA (William Brass, botanical collector of lastcenturv). Orrhi,I,i,;„. trUo- \;iinlnr. Abi.uf 30 Trop.Amer.pbuits. ,I..M ly alli.,11.. (iii.i.UuMi. Distinguishedfrom that genus ijy the very long and pointed sepals
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and the wingless column. The fls. are odd and spider-like in form, and are cultivated chiefly for that reason.They can be grown with Cattleyas, They bloom in sum-mer, and during that time should have liberal suppliesof water. Keep them quiet in winter, but do not drythem off completely. Grow in pots with thoroughdrainage, in a soil of fibrous peat and sand. Prop, bydivision. The Brassias succeed well in the Orchid house de-voted to Cattleyas, one that is not too warm in winterand furnishes plenty of air during the warm months.Thi-y li:i\i imt bfcn popular in gardens, as their flowerslack Irilliaiii .(,)<.ring, but their shape is weird, and tothe <-ull,M-tf.i- tiny have charms that are almost as allur-ing as the Od.iiitc.glossiims. Pot culture is best, as theplants make tiiu- sperimens, and are vigorous root-pro-ducers. B. Llirrrnntiml and its variety longissima,with B. IernicfSi, are the best, known in gardens, andare most desirable from a cultivators standpoint. Cult, by E. O.

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