. 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. (Nat. size at this stage.) (Nat. size.) 507. Stages in the srowth of a cocoanut. DDD. Form of Ifts. narrowly lanceolate. e, Lvs. long, 6-15 ft. in mature specimens, c. Petiole spinose-serrate: segments of leaf less numerous. Yatiy, Mart. Stem 12-15 ft. high, over 1 ft. in diam., naked below, covered with dead s
. 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. (Nat. size at this stage.) (Nat. size.) 507. Stages in the srowth of a cocoanut. DDD. Form of Ifts. narrowly lanceolate. e, Lvs. long, 6-15 ft. in mature specimens, c. Petiole spinose-serrate: segments of leaf less numerous. Yatiy, Mart. Stem 12-15 ft. high, over 1 ft. in diam., naked below, covered with dead sheaths above: lvs. re- curved, spreading 6-9 ft.; sheath 1 ft, long, fibrous at 508. Cocos Weddelliana. the middle ones 2% ft. long, 2-5 in. wide, the upper 20 in. long, }iin. wide, all rigid, glaucous beneath. Brazil, Argentina. PF. Petiole not spinose-serrate: segments of leaf very numerous. D4tU, Drude & Griseb. Stem 30 ft. high, 8-12 in. diam.: lvs. 12-15 ft. long; sheath about 16 in. long; petiole 1% ft. long, 1% , %m. thick; segments linear-acumi- nate, glaucous, densely crowded in groups of 3 or 4, 150-160 on each side, the lowest 2 ft., middle 2% ft. and apical 1 ft., the uppermost filiform, all narrow, stiff and rigid, the dried lvs. glaucous green or whitish. Argen- tina; islands and river banks. The fruits are edible, resembling those of the date palm. Hardier in S. Calif, than ,flexuosa, and Jiomamoffiana. coronata. Mart. Trunk at length 18-30 ft. high, 8 in. in diam., erect, deeply ringed: lvs. erect-spreading, 6-9 ft. long, short-petioled, arranged in a close, 5-ranked spiral, the long-persistent bases of the petioles forming a spiral-twisted column below the crown; leaf-segments in groups of 2 or 3, folded together from the base (con- duplicate), linear lanceolate, acute, coriaceous, densely crowded, about 100 on each side; midrib 4-sided below, 3-sided above. Brazil. EE. Lvs. shorter, S-4% ft. in mature specimens. F. Apex of Ifts. obtuse. oam
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