. 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 . , glabrous or minutely pubescenton one or both sides: racemes terminal or opposite theIvs., loose, many-fl
. 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 . , glabrous or minutely pubescenton one or both sides: racemes terminal or opposite theIvs., loose, many-fld., the fls. usually more than 1 in. long;calyx and pod pubescent; wings transversely wrinkledand pitted. S. Afr.—Cult, in S. Fla. C. Trdpese, Mattei. An erect or prostrate annual: racemes lat-eral, often 20-fld. or more; fls. small, yellowish. Italian Somaliland. WiLHELM Miller. N. CROTON (Greek name, probably of the casitorbean).Euphorbidccce. Herbs, shrubs or trees of no specialhorticultural value; some cultivated for economic prod-ucts which they yield. Pubescence stellate or scaly: Ivs. usually alternate:fls. mostly in terminal spikes or racemes, usuallymonoecious, sometimes dicecious; sepals usually 5-10,small, petals present at least in the staminate fls.;stamens 5 to many, incurved in the bud; ovary 3-celled,1 ovule in each cell.—Five himdred or more species inthe warmer parts of the world, chiefly in Amer. Severalherbaceous species native in S. and W. U. 1119. Croton alabamensis. For Croton tinctorius, see Chrozophoru; for , see Sapiuni. See also Codisum for the com-monly cultivated crotons of florists. Tiglixiin, Linn. Croton-Oil Plant. Croton. Small tree: Ivs. ovate, acuminate,serrate, petiolate, varying from metallic green to bronzeand orange: pistillate fls. apetalous. Fil. 383.—The powerful purgative, croton oil, isobtained from the seeds. Offered in S. Cahf. as anornamental and curiousplant.
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