The common name of habernaria bifolia chlorantha is butterfly orchis. The flower are white and are about…
The fronds of the hemitella speciosa fern are eight to twelve inches long and one to one and a half…
Hymenocallis andreana has white flowers. The flowers grow on slender, one flowered scapes. The leaves…
Ilex aquifolium ovata is a green leaved variety of holly. The leaves are about two and a half inches…
The flowers are a bright rose color and grow on short stalks. The flowers bloom in summer. The plant…
Iris pallida is a fragrant flower with a smell similar to orange blossoms. The lower half of the flower…
The flowers are a beautiful, deep blue. The flowers are two inches in diameter. The plant grows one…
The common name of jasminum is jasmine. The floridum variety has yellow flowers a half inch in diameter.…
Part A shows the tonguing or heeling method of layering. This method consists of cutting the branch…
This method of layering consists of cutting the branch half way through, below a bud, and making an…
Ligularia macrophylla flowers are yellow and grow densely on a long, terminal spike. The plant grows…
The lilium pyrenaicum variety of lily has bright yellow flowers. The flowers are one and a half to two…
Lilium testaceum flowers are yellow tinged with dull red. The flowers are two and a half to three inches…
Lindelofia spectabilis flowers are purple or red. The flowers bloom May to August. The plant grows between…
Common flax is the common name of linum usitatissimum. The flowers are blue and bloom in June and July.…
The primary leafstalk of lygodium japonicum is very short. The secondary leafstalk is a half inch to…
When mushrooms are about half way in development they are said to be in the "button" stage. They are…
The nephrodium leuzeanum fern has fronds that are four to six feet long. The pinnae are about one to…
Nigella has many common names including devil-in-the-bush, fennel flower, and love-in-a-mist. The sativa…
The fronds of nothochlaena trichomanoides are six to twelve inches long and about to one and a half…
The common name of onosma is golden drop. The stellulatum tauricum variety has yellow flowers that are…
Othonnopsis cheirifolia flowers are rich yellow and are about one and a half inches across. The leaves…
Ourisia coccinea flowers are scarlet with cream colored anthers. The flowers are one and a half inches…
A shows five carpels joined in a central mass. B shows a half grown ovary with a central mass bearing…
Pictured is a section of a half ripe cherry, (p) showing the pulpy flesh and (s) showing the stone.
Paeonia albiflora flowers usually have white or pink petals. The flowers are one and a half to two inches…
Pancratium illyricum flowers are small and fragrant. The leaves are broad and strongly veined. The plant…
Paulownia imperialis flowers are pale violet with dark spots inside. The flowers are one and a half…
The passe crassane pear is medium sized with greenish yellow skin with brown dots. The flesh is somewhat…
Pentas carnea flowers are disposed in numerous, large heads. The flowers bloom almost all year round.…
The flowers of pentstemon diffusus are showy and purple. The flowers bloom in September. The plant grows…
Holy Ghost Flower, or Dove Flower, is the common name of peristeria elata. The flowers are sweet scented…
Peziza postuma is a funugs. A shows a small specimen with two cups on slender stalks. B represents a…
The common name of phalaenopsis is moth orchid. The esmeralda variety has rose colored flowers one and…
The common name of phalaenopsis is moth orchid. The schilleriana variety measure more than two and a…
The cones of pinus pyrenaica are about two and a half inches long. The cones are slightly curved and…
Pictured is abronia umbellata. The common name of abronia is sand verbena. The umbellata variety has…
The leaves of Adiantum capillus-veneris are six to twenty inches long and three to each inches wide.…
The Arctostaphylos manzanita shrub grows thirty feet tall. The fruit is between one quarter and one…
Arctotis grandis forms a bushy clump between two and two and a half feet tall. The flowers are white…
Arpophyllum spicatum has stems that grow up to eight inches tall. The flowers are numerous and grow…
Aster macrophyllus has a reddish, angular stem and grows about two and a half feet tall. The leaves…
The branching type of China aster was first introduced in 1893. It is likely that more than half of…
The leaves of Atalantia citrioides are two to three and a half inches long and oval shaped.
The Begonia Gloire de Sceaux plant is stout, half shrubby, erect, vigorous, and compact. It will grow…
Betula pendula have a rhomboid like oval shape. The leaves are three quarters of an inch to two and…
Bifrenaria harrisoniae has pseudobulbs that are two and a half inches long and one leaved. The flowers…
Calluna vulgaris has small, rosy pink flowers. The flowers are sometimes white. The plant grows between…
The common name of cardamine pratensis is cuckoo flower. The plant is slender and grows twelve to twenty…
Illustrated is a flower of catalpa speciosa. The common name is western catalpa. The flowers are about…
The pitchered leaves of cephalotus follicularis are green, crimson or purple, and white. The pitchers…
The common name of cerinthe retorta is honeywort. The plant grows between one and a half and two feet…
Cestrum elegans is a tall, slender, half climbing shrub. The flowers are red-purple and swollen near…
Chamaerops is a low, fan leaved palm. The humilis variety grows one to one and a half feet tall. The…
The common name of cheiranthus cheiri is wallflower. The plant grows one to two and a half feet tall.…
The flowers of clematis paniculata are one to one and a half inches across. The flowers are dull white…
The common name of corallorhiza is coral root. The multiflora variety is purplish. It grows a foot and…
Corylus rostrata is a variety of hazel or filbert. The shrub grows two to six feet tall. The branches…