. 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. SPARTIUM fiber, which is used in S. France and Spain for making ropes, cords and cloths. Many species of Cytisus and Genista were formerly referred to this genus. For Spartium JEtnense, Biv., S. ferox, Poir., S. monosper- mum, Linn., fT. radialum, Linn, and S. virgafum. Ait., set- Genista; fur .S. purgans, Linn
. 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. SPARTIUM fiber, which is used in S. France and Spain for making ropes, cords and cloths. Many species of Cytisus and Genista were formerly referred to this genus. For Spartium JEtnense, Biv., S. ferox, Poir., S. monosper- mum, Linn., fT. radialum, Linn, and S. virgafum. Ait., set- Genista; fur .S. purgans, Linn., and .S. xcnparhnii, junceura. Liiiii. [Genista jjiJicen, Lrini. S/HiiiiiirilliKs ;.". Link.', Spanish Broom. Uprifiht .shrub, 10 ft, li i !i" .'iMlcr, terete, green, rush-like branches s|i r r almost leafless: Ivs. oblanceolate to lin, i . I I ,i~h green and sparingly appressed pu- SPATHOGLOTTIS 1695 fras in. loiii,-, with ample 2-:i in. long, whole year. 85. Gn. 22, p. 404: 34, p. 2 fld. form. 8ept Rehder. SPATHIPHfLLUM (Greek word, referring to the leaf-like spathes). Ar&cete. About 20 species of nearly stemless plants, mostly from tropical America, with large, oblong or lanceolate, acuniiiiati- m- iiis|,i,late, long-petioled leaves and flowers mi :i lin^ |mi1imm'1<mI spadix subtended by an oblong or ;l,ii. liki-. white, persistent, flat spathe: stigma : in each locule 2-8. fixed at the interior angles of the cells. Gardeners recommend as soil for their culture a mixture of leaf-mold, peat and filirous loam, together with some sand and charcoal. A. Spatlie less than 4 in. long. B. Lvs. SS In. icide. floribiindum, N. E. Br. Petioles 4-6 in. long; leaf- blade oblong - elliptical or oblong - lanceolate, very sharply acuminate, abruptly obtuse and contracted into anode at the base, dark green above, lighter beneath: spathe oblong-lanceolate, long - cuspidate-acuminate, about 2^o in. long by 1 in. wide, white; sp
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