. 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. t is { 'sptn-iuUy Abit.'.s) imd some dLn-iduous I 1 formations are souiietimes dm.' lo in- t> nnkiiown r;ui-<rs. Fur rxam]i!c, a 'o may dinni is L-nntinni'd uM-owtli ol; Ihr axis or tlie do- voli']inirnt ut* a bra nidi from i^Towini;" points wliii'h nsnaliy eilhor i\o not form ' 'Militoratod in tiir


. 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. t is { 'sptn-iuUy Abit.'.s) imd some dLn-iduous I 1 formations are souiietimes dm.' lo in- t> nnkiiown r;ui-<rs. Fur rxam]i!c, a 'o may dinni is L-nntinni'd uM-owtli ol; Ihr axis or tlie do- voli']inirnt ut* a bra nidi from i^Towini;" points wliii'h nsnaliy eilhor i\o not form ' 'Militoratod in tiir formation of Tlio pisijl. Imt in llir jiear. apjdf and straw- lierry it frt-(|nonrly its liTowtli throvmli tlif lliiwcr and mav uxou In-come a leat'v shoot beyond the fruit. Pro^ lifer at inn nuiy alsi. i:M;cur b)" thr lamtintied :;a'o\vtli of the axis rhroniih a cumpacl dowrr- clnster. like the head of Oom- positip; or by the development of l")ran(dies in the axils of the potals ;ind sepals, e. u^. in oanli- tlitwer. or the rose shown in Fig;. 24S2. Some donble dowers are made "extra dou- ble" bv this sort of proliferation. Froliferons bare been found in the almond, a smaller enilu-yn lyini:,- between the seeddeaves of the larirer. and sometimes a third within the seeund. They are quite separate at maturity. When proliferou-^ branches show a tendem-y to separate easily and to develop roots, or when they become bulb-like, so that they reproduce the I'lant read- ilv when separated, the plant is said to he viviparous. 4. By various causes complete )ion-flcvfh->p»ir) of organs ( snppres'^iou) may occur: an origan maybe arrested at any staire of its ^rrowth or be dwarfed. Correspmidinii^ly. extraordinary Lcrowth of any jiart (hypertrophy) is common. Arrest or suppres^ien js often ascribed to the inlinence of other er^-ans. Imt these alleged causes are in few cases supported by ex- perimental evidence. Thus, it is eommonly believed


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