. 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. AIB-PLANT. In common speech, any plant whichgrows on the trunk or in the top of another plant iscalled an air-plant. The proper term is epiphyte (that is,(/roichifj nil n plant). In horticulture, the term air-plantis n-^iirillv :Mrl to orchids, tillandsias, and til! \!,,-t.,( vv upon old bark, perhaps de
. 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. AIB-PLANT. In common speech, any plant whichgrows on the trunk or in the top of another plant iscalled an air-plant. The proper term is epiphyte (that is,(/roichifj nil n plant). In horticulture, the term air-plantis n-^iirillv :Mrl to orchids, tillandsias, and til! \!,,-t.,( vv upon old bark, perhaps de- rivii 111. ntfromthe bark, butmost ot II Tliey are not parasites,—do nut ill in . III. II -iii.|..iri I the Juices of the host. KJtGHHut ijoked ; the calyx not bilabiate). Weed. Hardy herbaceous European perennials,creeping by stolons. Height6-12 in.: fls. numerous, inwhorls, normally blue or purple, with rosy or whitevarieties. Prop, by division or seeds. Genev^nsis, Linn.{A. rugbsa, Hort. A. alpina, Hort.).St. erect : cauline lvs. oblong-elliptic or obovate, nar-rowed at the base ; lower ones petiolate : floral lvs. ovateorwedge-shaped, coarsely toothed, sparsely hairy: spicate ; lower whorls distant.
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