. 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. sheatbs: Ivs. terminal, pinnatisect; segments spread- ing, linear-lanceolate, rigid; margins recurved; rachis laterally compressed, convex on the back, acute beneath; sheath short, open. Allied genera in cult,
. 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. sheatbs: Ivs. terminal, pinnatisect; segments spread- ing, linear-lanceolate, rigid; margins recurved; rachis laterally compressed, convex on the back, acute beneath; sheath short, open. Allied genera in cult, are Attalea, Cocos, Maximiliana and Scheelea, which are distin- guished chiefly by the staminate fls. In tiie petals are lanceolate: stamens numerous, included, the anther cells connate: fr. 1-seeded. In Attalea the petals are lanceolate: stamens 10-24, included, anther cells con- nate: fr. 2-6-seeded. For distinctions from other genera consult, also, Cocos, Maximiliana and ScheeUa. spectAbilis, HBK. Height 40-GO ft.: Ivs. 6-12 ft. long. :401; III. 18:516. (, :340. — Tlie southernmost American palm. W. and W. JI. JUDAS TREE. Cereis. JOGLANS (ancient Latin name from Jovis glaiis, nut of .Jupiter). Jtiglaiidacew. Walnut. Butternut. Or- namental and fruit-bearing trees, rarely shrubs, with deciduous, alternate, odd-pinnate Ivs., and with incon- spicuous greenish fls., appearing with the Ivs., the staminate in pendulous slender catkins, the pistillate in few- to many fld. racemes: the fr. a large drupe, con- taining an edible nut. Most of the species are hardy, and are very valuable park trees, with a massive, straight trunk, and a light and airy broad top, the best being probably J. nigra, one of the noblest trees of the American forest. ,/. rrgia, J, Californica &n<\ ttie IVfevi- JUGLANS 845. 1193. Leaf of Juglans nigra (Xj^). can species are tender in the North. Though many fungi and insects prey on the Walnut, none of them do ver
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