. 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 . *: catkins long andloosely flowered : fruit an ovoid acute capsule. Gen-erally distributed from Quebec to the Rocky Mts. and. 1913. Populus deltoides, var. Carolinensis (X /^). south to Fla., mostly in moist lands or along the moun-tains. 9:494, 495. —Variable. Some of the for
. 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 . *: catkins long andloosely flowered : fruit an ovoid acute capsule. Gen-erally distributed from Quebec to the Rocky Mts. and. 1913. Populus deltoides, var. Carolinensis (X /^). south to Fla., mostly in moist lands or along the moun-tains. 9:494, 495. —Variable. Some of the formsare fairly distinct in foliage and aspect, and they ap-pear to be associated with particular horticulturalnames in the nurseries. Some of the most ornamen-tal specimens of Cottonwood are those with reddishleaf-stalks and midribs. Taking all things into con-sideration, the Cottonwood is probably the best of thePoplars for general ornamental planting. It growsrapidly and in almost every soil, and yet it possesseselements of strength and durability which most of thePoplars lack. Its foliage is always bright and glossy,and the constant movement of the broad rich greenleaves gives it an air of cheeriness which few treespossess. The tree has been much used upon theprairies and in nearly all western towns, much too abun-dantly for good landscape effects. The rapid growth ofthe tree gives a feeling ofluxuriance to plantationseven when
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