. Ornamental shrubs of the United States (hardy, cultivated). Shrubs. 208 DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SHRUBS broadened up and down, parallel with the stems, instead of cross- wise as in most plants. Such leaves cast but little or no shade. Many of the Acacias, p. 132, illustrate this kind of foliage. Hardy only in southern California and Florida but cultivated in greenhouses North. The flowers are in spikes, at the start, at the end of the branches with long conspicuous stamens ; after flowering, the tips of the clusters grow â into shoots and the fruit, many-seeded small capsules, remaining on for ye
. Ornamental shrubs of the United States (hardy, cultivated). Shrubs. 208 DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SHRUBS broadened up and down, parallel with the stems, instead of cross- wise as in most plants. Such leaves cast but little or no shade. Many of the Acacias, p. 132, illustrate this kind of foliage. Hardy only in southern California and Florida but cultivated in greenhouses North. The flowers are in spikes, at the start, at the end of the branches with long conspicuous stamens ; after flowering, the tips of the clusters grow â into shoots and the fruit, many-seeded small capsules, remaining on for years, mark the annual growth of the stems. [Twig cuttings ; seeds.]. Fig. 330. â Showy Bottle-brush. KEY TO THE SPECIES OF CALLISTEMON * Leaves flat and feather-veined. (A.) A. To 10 feet; with scarlet flowers having calyx and corolla hairy, forming large dense spikes; leaves lance-shaped, hairy when young. Showy Bottle-erush (330) â Callistemon specibsus. A. To 6 feet; with loose clusters of reddish flowers; leaves more crowded, reddish when young. Lance-leaved BoxTLE-BEnSH â Callistemon lanoeoliitus. A. To 4 feet; with rigid linear leaves almost spine-tipped and dense spikes of red flowers with especially dark anthers. Eigid-leaved BoTTLE-BKDsn â Callistcmon rigidus. * Leaves linear and almost without veins except the midrib. 4-6 feet with scarlet flowers and more globular fruit. Slendek-leaved l)()TTLE-ni(usii â Callistemon line&, 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 Apgar, A. C. (Austin Craig), 1838-1908; Draycott, Ada (Apgar). New York, Cincinnati [etc] American Book Company
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