. 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. PHCENIX and :it length dorsally divided ; bracts usually obso lete: lis. yellow: fr. a Ijerry or drupe, oblong, oranpre brown or black Species 10 to 12, perhaps more. Tro| i cal and subtropical Asia and Africa. Jared G. Smtth PhienU in tiim i-:il. -Tli.' latest botanical monograph of Phoenix (by |;. -ruTi m Mil
. 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. PHCENIX and :it length dorsally divided ; bracts usually obso lete: lis. yellow: fr. a Ijerry or drupe, oblong, oranpre brown or black Species 10 to 12, perhaps more. Tro| i cal and subtropical Asia and Africa. Jared G. Smtth PhienU in tiim i-:il. -Tli.' latest botanical monograph of Phoenix (by |;. -ruTi m Mil.^ia 3:.S45) admits only 10 species, althouirh :ii-. almut GO names. Such a "lumping" of s|m . i-, \i i\ unwelcome to the horti culturist, and ii i i i ' , : i ii-t m-arly allthe synonjms cited below rti-i ' - ^ ilmt are abundantly dis tinct for hortim, i il i > . A good hoiti. ni: 1,1 ,1 I, i â ' i^itiim of Phoe- nix is that by W W;,, ..n. ..f Kew, ir III. 9:2;», -I'M, Ij-ti, ex tracts are made below, i'lm niM ^ .liiii r fron all otlier pinnate-leavc-d piilm- in li;niii^'the folded upwards and h iiL'tliw i^i-, and ir the peculiar form of the seed, as seen in thi Date stone. The plants are either male oi female. The fruits of only one species art used for food; viz., P. dactylifera. (For Dat( culture, see Sate.) In England only P. rvpi cnla ranks among popular decorative plants Of all palms, the cultivated species of Phoe nix are the most difficult to define. Manj hybrids have been vii^. in tlie gardens or ^^sgiffl the Riviera, win ,, ,.;.,,, -,,.,.,,.s flower and ^IH fruit every y. :u I i , ' Impossible to yyjji keep these pin, . I i crds the w ii-, v 1 i-i, \ ii-lds sugar and "; The trunk attaii . 4 feet when old. and it is ih, ; ,, - ,1 - uiiiiig a notch in the'stem at the top ami i-i-iinij M,, -ii. as it runs out. The tree continues to yield aMniiaiiy la-lti gallons of sap for 20- 25 ye
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