. 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. sheaths: Ivs. terminal, pinnatisect; segments spread- ing, linear-Ianceolute, rigid; margins recurved; rachis laterally compressed, convex on the back, acute beneath; sheath short, open. Allied genera in cult, are Attalea, Cocos, Maximiliana and Scheelea, which are distin- guished chiefly by the staminat
. 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. sheaths: Ivs. terminal, pinnatisect; segments spread- ing, linear-Ianceolute, rigid; margins recurved; rachis laterally compressed, convex on the back, acute beneath; sheath short, open. Allied genera in cult, are Attalea, Cocos, Maximiliana and Scheelea, which are distin- guished chiefly by the staminate fls. In Jubsea the petals are lanceolatf : stamens numerous, included, the anther cells coniiat, : {,â ] ~.-vd,.,]. In Attalea the petals are lanceolate: stiit m : ~ ': mluded, anther cells con- nate: ;..-.|., I , . spectibilis, HBK. Heieht 4U-60 ft.: Ivs. 6-12 ft. long. :401; »:ol6. , :340. â The southernmost American palm. W. H. Taplin and W. M. JUDAS TREE. Cercis. jfi'GLANS (ancient Latin name from Jovis glans, nut of Jupiter). Jiiglanddcece. WAl-TiVT. Butternut. Or- namental and fruit-bearing trees, rarely shrubs, with deciduous, altei-nate, odd-pinnate Ivs., and with incon- spicuous greenish fls., appearing with the Ivs., the staminate in pendulous slender catkins, the pistillate in few-to many-fid. racemes: the fr. a large drupe, con- taining an edihie nut. Most of the species are hardy, and are very valiialile park trees, with a massive, straight trunk, and a light and airy broad top, the best being probably J. niiim, one of the noblest trees of the American forest. J. legia, J. CnViforniea and the Mexi-. Juglans nigra (> can species are tender in the North. Though many fungi and insects prey on the Walnut, none of them do very serious damage, the worst being, perhaps, the hick- ory-borer. The wood of the Walnut, which is easily worked and susceptible of receiving a beautiful polish, is much used for cabinet-making and the
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