. 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. Gardening. ACACIA , Benth. (A. falcifdrmis, DC.)- Phyll. mostly larger and more falcate: young shoots and in- florescence minutely hoary or golden-pubescent: pod nearly Jiin. broad. 19. saligna, Wendl. Shrub 6-10 ft.: branchlets angu- lar: phyll. 4-6 in. long, falcate-lanceolate or oblaneeolate, narrowed to
. 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. Gardening. ACACIA , Benth. (A. falcifdrmis, DC.)- Phyll. mostly larger and more falcate: young shoots and in- florescence minutely hoary or golden-pubescent: pod nearly Jiin. broad. 19. saligna, Wendl. Shrub 6-10 ft.: branchlets angu- lar: phyll. 4-6 in. long, falcate-lanceolate or oblaneeolate, narrowed to the base, rather obtuse, glaucous and smooth, the lateral veins but little conspicuous: racemes short; peduncles short: fl. heads few, large. Mar. 20. cyanophylla, Lindl. Blue-leaved Wattle. Tall shrub 18 ft.; stoloniferous: branches drooping: lower phyll. about 12 in. long; upper 6 in. or less and narrower, linear-oblong to lanceolate-falcate, much narrowed to- ward the base, glabrous and often glaucous: peduncles JJ-6 lines wide, ob- long-linear or lanceolate, narrowed at base, thick, rigid, with a curved point; midrib and marginal veins scarcely prominent: racemes short, often reduced to 2 or 3 heads, or even only 1: peduncles slender: fls. about 20 in the head: pods straight; funicle scarlet, folded under the seed. 25. rostelllfera, Benth. Tall shrub, perhaps only a Ya,- riety ot A. salicina., but, according to Bentham, different in aspect and the nerve of the phyll. much more promi- nent: phyll. linear-lanceolate, with an oblique or re- curved callous point. 26. suavSolens, Willd. Shrub 3-0 ft. high, glabrous: branches acutely angled: phyll. 3-6 in. long, 2-4 lines wide, narrowly lanceolate to linear; margins thickened: racemes about Kin. long before opening, inclosed in large, imbricate bracts: fls. 6-10 in a head. Apr. DD. Veins of phiill. sererni (rarely only S), iongitiaUnal. 27. V. M. shrub: phyll. 15^-2 in. long, falcate-oblong to linear, rigid, mo
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