Archive image from page 41 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. 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, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom cyclopediaofamer03bail Year: 1906 626 GARCINIA GARDENIA is usually regarded as a consummate achievement in the art of gardening. Mangost&na, Linn. Mangosteex. Fig. 893. Height 20 ft.: Ivs. 7-8 in. long, el
Archive image from page 41 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. 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, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom cyclopediaofamer03bail Year: 1906 626 GARCINIA GARDENIA is usually regarded as a consummate achievement in the art of gardening. Mangost&na, Linn. Mangosteex. Fig. 893. Height 20 ft.: Ivs. 7-8 in. long, elliptic: fls. reddish; petals 4: fr. about23in. indiaiu. 4847. 9:845. 22:2359. :657. Mor611a, Desr. Gamboge Tree. Height 30-50 ft.: Ivs. more t ipering at both ends: fls. yellowish: fr. resem- bling a Morello cherry in size and shape. y jj The Mangosteen is a native of the Malay peninsula and archipelago. It is cultivated, and bears fruit in some parts of Teylon and in a few spots in the Madras Presidency, but no success has been obtained in its cul- tivation in other parts of India. DeCandoUe, in his ' Ori- gin of Cultivated Plants,' says: 'Among cultivated plants it is one of the most local, both in its origin, habi- tation and cultivation.' In the West Indies it is successfully cultivated in Trinidad and Jamaica, but only in spots where the climate is moist, hot and fairly equable all through the year ; for instance, in the Jamaica Botanic; Gardens it bears good crops of fair-sized fruit at Castleton, in a val- conducted on a smaller scale than those of agriculture, and by more intensive methods. Gardening and horti- culture are really synonymous terms, but, by usage, a horticulturist is supposed to have a more extended trainingaud wider range of activities than a gardener. Moreover, the word Gardening now suggests more of the private, homelike and personal puint of view, whereas the most distinctive feature of American hor- ticuliure is the immen
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