. An encyclopædia of gardening; . with no other care thanplanting in a large pot or box of rich earth, and plungingin a bark-bed. It may be observed here, that this is almost the only palm that could be cultivated in this country for penecLuig us nuit; lui uie uuieis ueing uice-cious plants, unless a great number were grown together, there would be no legitimate means of impreg-nating the female blossoms. 6011. The plantain-tree {Musa paradisiaca, L. Hex. Monog. L. and Musacece, P. S.) rises with a soft,herbaceous, conical stalk, fifteen or twenty feet high, with leaves issuing from the top, o
. An encyclopædia of gardening; . with no other care thanplanting in a large pot or box of rich earth, and plungingin a bark-bed. It may be observed here, that this is almost the only palm that could be cultivated in this country for penecLuig us nuit; lui uie uuieis ueing uice-cious plants, unless a great number were grown together, there would be no legitimate means of impreg-nating the female blossoms. 6011. The plantain-tree {Musa paradisiaca, L. Hex. Monog. L. and Musacece, P. S.) rises with a soft,herbaceous, conical stalk, fifteen or twenty feet high, with leaves issuing from the top, often more thansix feet long, and near two feet broad ; the spike of male and female flowers appear from the centre ofthe leaves, and is succeeded by pudding-shaped fruits, eight or nine inches long, above an inch in diame-ter, pale-yellow when ripe, of a soft, sweet, luscious flavor; the spikes often so large as to weigh up-wards of forty pounds. It is a native of the East Indies, and other parts of Asia, and probably of Africa,.
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