. The essentials of botany. Botany. 276 BOTANt. and Choripetalse, however, furnish many fine flowers Vhich have long been favorite ornaments in gardens and con- servatories. Thus the Verbenas, Phloxes, Heliotropes, Primroses, Azaleas, Rhododendrons, Heaths, Bellfljowers, Honeysuckles, and great numbers of Composites may be taken to represent the ornamental members of the Gamo- petalse. And so the Passion-flowers, Roses, Lupines, Wis- tarias, Mallows, Camellias, Pinks, Violets, Mignonettes, Poppies, Water-lilies Buttercups, and Columbines may he taken as representatives of the ornamental Chorip
. The essentials of botany. Botany. 276 BOTANt. and Choripetalse, however, furnish many fine flowers Vhich have long been favorite ornaments in gardens and con- servatories. Thus the Verbenas, Phloxes, Heliotropes, Primroses, Azaleas, Rhododendrons, Heaths, Bellfljowers, Honeysuckles, and great numbers of Composites may be taken to represent the ornamental members of the Gamo- petalse. And so the Passion-flowers, Roses, Lupines, Wis- tarias, Mallows, Camellias, Pinks, Violets, Mignonettes, Poppies, Water-lilies Buttercups, and Columbines may he taken as representatives of the ornamental Fio. 153.—A Water-lily (Nelumbium luteum). One third natural size. 554. Economically the Apetalse, Gamopetalse, and the Choripetalse are of very different rank. Thus while the first supplies us with very little food aside from the floury seeds of Buckwheat and the oily nuts of the Hickories, Walnuts, Hazels, Chestnuts, and a few others, it furnishes us the great bulk of our hard-wood timber in the wood of the Elms, Hackberries, Walnuts, Hickories, Oaks, Beeches, Chestnuts, Birches, Willows, Poplars, and Plane-trees. To. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bessey, Charles E. (Charles Edwin), 1845-1915. New York : H. Holt and company, ;
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