. The standard cyclopedia of horticulture; a discussion, for the amateur, and the professional and commercial grower, of the kinds, characteristics and methods of cultivation of the species of plants grown in the regions of the United States and Canada for ornament, for fancy, for fruit and for vegetables; with keys to the natural families and genera, descriptions of the horticultural capabilities of the states and provinces and dependent islands, and sketches of eminent horticulturists . dification of Aria, a subgenus of theallied genus Sorbus). Rosacese. Chokeberhy. Orna-mental shrubs grown
. The standard cyclopedia of horticulture; a discussion, for the amateur, and the professional and commercial grower, of the kinds, characteristics and methods of cultivation of the species of plants grown in the regions of the United States and Canada for ornament, for fancy, for fruit and for vegetables; with keys to the natural families and genera, descriptions of the horticultural capabilities of the states and provinces and dependent islands, and sketches of eminent horticulturists . dification of Aria, a subgenus of theallied genus Sorbus). Rosacese. Chokeberhy. Orna-mental shrubs grown for their attractive white flowersand for their fruits, and also for the brightautumnal tints of the foliage. Ix)W plants: Ivs. deciduous, short-petioled, finely andcrenately serrate, glandular on the inidrih above, con-volute in bud: fls. in small corymbs, white; caljx .5-lobed, petals 5, spreading; stamens numerous; ovary5-cellfxi, woolly at the top, with .5 styles united at \\wbase, the carpels connate but part ly free m\ t heir ventralsuture: fr. a small pome, flesh without gril-cells, toj)hemispherical.—Three closely related species in E. related to Sorbus, which is easily dis-tinguishwJ by the sharply or doubly serrate, often pin-nate Ivs. folderl in bud and without glands above, bythe usually 2-3-celled ovarj- with the carpels connateon their ventral suture, otherwise often partly free, andby the conical top of the fr.: quite distinct in general. 381. Arnica montana. ( X H) appearance and habit and suggesting more an affinitywith .\melanchier. The aronia,s are small shrubs with simple deciduousleaves turning bright red in autumn and with whiteflowers in small corymbs followed by berry-like, red,purple or black fruit. Well adapted for borders of shrub-beries and quite hardy North. ^4. melanocarpa is hand-somest in foliage and bloom, jiarticularly the ; its fruit ripens in .August, but soon shrivelsand drops, while A. atropurpurc
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