. 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. 322 CITRON during the summer all cultivation is stopped, and grass, beggar-weed, or field-peas allowed to cover the ground, preventing sunburning and providing a source of humus so necessary in keeping up proper fertility and texture of the sandy soil of Florida. E. N. Reasoneb. CITEtfLLUS (from Citrus). Cucurb
. 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. 322 CITRON during the summer all cultivation is stopped, and grass, beggar-weed, or field-peas allowed to cover the ground, preventing sunburning and providing a source of humus so necessary in keeping up proper fertility and texture of the sandy soil of Florida. E. N. Reasoneb. CITEtfLLUS (from Citrus). CucurbMcem. The ge- nus which includes the Watermelon. Cogniaux, the latest monographer (DC. Monogr. Phaner. 3), recog- nizes throe species, all of the Old World, with the larg- Colccynthis, , is tin- (_'o|,.r. fruit of which furnishes awell-kn It is native to the Mediterranc:M Africa. The fruit is small and ;j smooth and partly colored, the He deeply divided. listed in trade catidugues undt-r thi' nanies Lim'.iini Iri- foliala and Triphania anraiiiiola. These are tender. small trees, nn less winged i (appearing as shown liv Hm- Fig. 47:^ ' calyx .'ii . li ,: thick, -I >' meroiis, _'ii iM. less united ; composed of i style and stigi: in each cariiil long or |H .11 I numeriiii contain 111 ' â â ^Ml A. with a single ' Mta; ovules 4-8 fr. a round, ob- rind, containing pulp : seeds cry coats, frequently vative of tropical and ,,... ,.,:t,.n«iv,.1yculti- cells cl,-\r|,,|iii,- 1,1 II, ,. â r. â . ;: 'â ._'l,i-, l,.infr :i n,i, â â 1 wirli V, HL'. stitr thorns, 1-IK in. lonâ' fr. -., lili' ,1 , ;ii,Miil 1 !,,â si/.,' , ,f a walnut, cov- Jap '' â¢iti, -1 md .-, lit. ; 1, wi,l,-lv in 111], l-al th,- r. mu!\"i- sour and bitter. 1809. p 15 1877 |, ) ; " ,:r)lfi; ;. p. :,:::.. lin. tii:!isii and p 273. Mn .3 The fr. i,f 111,'' rriiM|iâ,,.|>,T,,iL,-c be ifused with the AA. KvciTRVS. â lJvs. \inifoliolat
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