. The encyclopedia of practical horticulture; a reference system of commercial horticulture, covering the practical and scientific phases of horticulture, with special reference to fruits and vegetables;. Gardening; Fruit-culture; Vegetable gardening. 984 ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PRACTICAL HORTICULTURE Do not try to grow such plants as love shade and moisture on dry hillsides, as is often done, but select plants which are especially adapted to the climate, soil and situation of your garden. Use Ameri- can grown plants in your plantations if you want to succeed. Do not attempt to transplant large trees
. The encyclopedia of practical horticulture; a reference system of commercial horticulture, covering the practical and scientific phases of horticulture, with special reference to fruits and vegetables;. Gardening; Fruit-culture; Vegetable gardening. 984 ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PRACTICAL HORTICULTURE Do not try to grow such plants as love shade and moisture on dry hillsides, as is often done, but select plants which are especially adapted to the climate, soil and situation of your garden. Use Ameri- can grown plants in your plantations if you want to succeed. Do not attempt to transplant large trees and shrubs from the woods into your gardens, they will either not live or produce a stunted growth. Small plants may be collected and transplanted successfully. Make use of the many beautiful hardy plants introduced from other countries, especially those from Japan which are well adapted to our American climate. These, as well as our native plants, can be obtained from our American nurseries, where they have had the care necessary for successful transplanting. FLOWERS Most of the flowers treated in this work will be found catalogued in this section, and not as generally treated in the alphabetical order of names scattered through the work. The Standard Dic- tionary gives the following definition of "flower": "Botanically, a flower may be regarded as a sporangia (spore-case) bearing shoot, or sporophore. Only two parts are essential, the androecium (male part) and the gynoecium (female part), these organs being necessary to the production of seed. But not all seed-bearing plants produce flowers in the popular meaning of the term, the conifers and their allies being considered flowerless. As ordi- narily used, the term flower refers to those floral structures whose sporangia- bearing leaves are made conspicuous and are protected by colored leaves. Even when the sporangial leaves are absent (as hydrangeas and chrysanthemums) the clusters of colored leaves are called
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