. North American trees : being descriptions and illustrations of the trees growing independently of cultivation in North America, north of Mexico and the West Indies . Trees. Mountain Rose Bay 753 or less glandular hairy at first, becoming dark green and shining above, pale and scurfy beneath; leaf-stalk about 3 cm. long. The flowers open in June and July in umbel-like clusters 10 to 13 cm. across, on slender, hairy pedicels to 4 cm. long; calyx beU-shaped, its lobes blunt, longer than the tube; corolla white or pink to purplish, 3 to 6 cm. across, more or less mottled with yellow, the lob
. North American trees : being descriptions and illustrations of the trees growing independently of cultivation in North America, north of Mexico and the West Indies . Trees. Mountain Rose Bay 753 or less glandular hairy at first, becoming dark green and shining above, pale and scurfy beneath; leaf-stalk about 3 cm. long. The flowers open in June and July in umbel-like clusters 10 to 13 cm. across, on slender, hairy pedicels to 4 cm. long; calyx beU-shaped, its lobes blunt, longer than the tube; corolla white or pink to purplish, 3 to 6 cm. across, more or less mottled with yellow, the lobes rounded; stamens 8 to 12, their filaments more or less bearded, and of various lengths; ovary glandular hairy; style white, thick- ened at the apex; stigma scarlet, 5-lobed. The fruit is oblong or ovoid-oblong, cm. long, hairy, tipped with the remnants of the style; the numerous seeds are ob- long, fringed at the ends. The wood is hard, strong, close-grained and light brown; its specific gravity is about It is used in turnery, for tool- handles, and has been tried in wood en- _,,,,. ,. , Fig. 687. — Great Laurel, gravmg. The bark is sometimes used domestically as a remedy for rheumatism and other diseases. The plant is highly ornamental and is now being used in large quantities for planting in parks and on large lawns, for which purposes wild plants are usually secured from the moun- tains; it blooms after most of the brighter colored hybrid Rhododenrons are 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 Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934; Shafer, John Adolph. New York : H. Holt and Co.
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