The century supplement to the dictionary of gardening, a practical and scientific encyclopaedia of horticulture for gardeners and botanists . ia). Ord. Bigvoniacesc. A small genus(two or three species) of tall-climldng, stove sln-ubs, nativesof Brazil, and closely allied to Biynonia. Flowers scarletor yellowish-red, in an ample panicle. Leaves opposite,trifoliolate. Ono of the species has been introduced. Forculture, tee Guillelma (Williams). /. seven in a compact, terminal panicle ; calyx and especially the corolla often .six-cleft. I. ovate- olilnn-^, acute at base, shoitlv acumi
The century supplement to the dictionary of gardening, a practical and scientific encyclopaedia of horticulture for gardeners and botanists . ia). Ord. Bigvoniacesc. A small genus(two or three species) of tall-climldng, stove sln-ubs, nativesof Brazil, and closely allied to Biynonia. Flowers scarletor yellowish-red, in an ample panicle. Leaves opposite,trifoliolate. Ono of the species has been introduced. Forculture, tee Guillelma (Williams). /. seven in a compact, terminal panicle ; calyx and especially the corolla often .six-cleft. I. ovate- olilnn-^, acute at base, shoitlv acuminate at apex, highly glabrous. Bahi;i. FRIEDBICHSTKALIA. A synonym of Tricho-desma (whioli srf). FRINGEI) VIOLET. sV* Thysanotus. FRINGE LILY. Se.^ Thysanotus. FRITILLARIA. Including Hhinopefnlum, &c. Thisgenus is distrilmted over North temperate regions. The Fritillariaa are uncommon bulbous subjects, and notwell represented in gardens. Even our native Snakesheads{P. ;<) (Fig. 335, for whieli we are indebted toMessr.^. Veitch and Sons) seldom find a place, thouglithey are nice as to colour, and graceful to a Fin. 365. FniTiLHRTA MELEAnuis Fritillaria—co7i^ inued. To see them at their best they should be naturalised. For the rock garden F. auren and F. -pudica are two of the best. One of the kinds needing special treatment is the beautiful F. recurvaj which ancceeda in an entirely sandy soil. To the species described on pp. 27-9, Vol. II., the following should be added : F. armena fusco-lutea (fuscous-yellow). Jl. bright yellowinside, tinged coppery-brown outside, solitary, drooping, I. four to six, about 2in. long. h. Sin. to 6in. Smyrna,1887. F. aurea is a form of F. lutea. F. BornmuUeri (liornmullers). Jl., perianth Allied to F. lutea (aurea). F. bucharica (Bokhara). Jl. white, greenish or purplish at base;perianth segments ovate or ovate-lanceolate, obtusely acuminate,or rarely lanceolate or linear-lanceolate ; raceme
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