. 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. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. 773. A form of Erica persoluta. 11. CavendiBhi&na, Hort. {E. Cdvendishii, Hort.). Hybrid of E. depressa x JS. Patersonii. Lvs. in 4's, margins revolute : fls. in 2—4's ; corolla tubular ; sta- meus im-luded; anthe

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. 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. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. 773. A form of Erica persoluta. 11. CavendiBhi&na, Hort. {E. Cdvendishii, Hort.). Hybrid of E. depressa x JS. Patersonii. Lvs. in 4's, margins revolute : fls. in 2—4's ; corolla tubular ; sta- meus im-luded; anthers awned. P.M. 13:3. G.C. 1845, p. 435. F.S. 2:142. A.P. 12:1143. Gng. 5:331. (i.C II. 18:213 and 20:597. 12. cylindrica, And. and Hort.. not Wendl. or Thunb. Important hybrid of un- known parentage, cult, since 1800. Lvs. in 4's: fls. nearly sessile corolla 1 in. long, brilliant rosy red, with a faint circle. of dull blue about two-thirds of the way from the base ; anther.s awned, included: ovary gla- brous. L.B.C. 18:1734. R.H. 1859, p. 42. —Fls. very showy and unusually long. The oldest E. cylindrica. That of Wendlaud is a yellow-fid. species unknown to cult. 13. perBolilta, Liuu. Fig. 773. Essentially a white-fid. and very variable species, particularly as regards hairi- ness. Lvs. erect or spread- ing, hirsute or glabrous : corolla small, originally IK lines long; lobes ovate, 2-3 times shorter than the tube, the sinuses acute, narrow. S. Afr. The numerous va- rieties Bentham found im- possihlp til si-parate either in the wild or in cultivation. Var. hispidula, Benth. Slightly hirsute: lvs. 2>2-3 lines long, ri'ut^li; anthers subovate. Var. laevis, Benth. Lvs. shorter, blunter, often npprossed, glabrous ; anthers sul>globose. Var. subcirnea, Benth., has the corolla lobes more evident. To this last variety Bentham seem.s to refer most of the liorticultural varieties cult, under the name of E. persoluta. E. assurgens, Link., he re- fers to the first variety; E. C