. 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. They have many nder side being silvery as in foreign evergreen spi-- Ccrris, lanuginosa, glicudttlifera and others, retain green color until late in fall. Besides our native e green species, the Japanese Q. acuta, cuspldatti. evergreen Oaks for cultiva- opean Q. Ilex and Suher are anil iN,,,,| V
. 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. They have many nder side being silvery as in foreign evergreen spi-- Ccrris, lanuginosa, glicudttlifera and others, retain green color until late in fall. Besides our native e green species, the Japanese Q. acuta, cuspldatti. evergreen Oaks for cultiva- opean Q. Ilex and Suher are anil iN,,,,| V ,„,/„„ „/,;, ii n, i <. be anil so«,i , nh in s|i,ing. Acorns should be |Kii-Ki d m taitli. ni-iss oi s ,u iiu.,t when shipped for a great distan<-e. \'.ii n in s art- usiirilly grafted on potted stock in the greenhouse in early .spring or sometimes m Augtist. As a stock Q. pediincnUita is preferred, but Q. rubra, tinctoria and Prinus are also employi-d. It is probably safer to graft varieties of White and of Hed Oak each on stock of the same group. The evergreen species are sometimes increased by layers and also by cuttings. About 300 species are known, distributed through the colder and temperate regions of the northern hemisphere and in the mountains of the tropics. Almost all species are trees, but sometimes become shrubby in high alti- tudes or in dry and rocky or sandy localities. Lvs. shoi-t-petioled, with deciduous stipules, penninerved: the staminate in slender, pendulous or. 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 Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954; Miller, Wilhelm, 1869-. New York [etc. ] The Macmillan company
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