. The standard cyclopedia of horticulture; a discussion, for the amateur, and the professional and commercial grower, of the kinds, characteristics and methods of cultivation of the species of plants grown in the regions of the United States and Canada for ornament, for fancy, for fruit and for vegetables; with keys to the natural families and genera, descriptions of the horticultural capabilities of the states and provinces and dependent islands, and sketches of eminent horticulturists . ed: calyivillous-pubescent. Himalayas.—C. trifldra, Lindl.^C. brevispina.—C. vulgdris. arborescen
. The standard cyclopedia of horticulture; a discussion, for the amateur, and the professional and commercial grower, of the kinds, characteristics and methods of cultivation of the species of plants grown in the regions of the United States and Canada for ornament, for fancy, for fruit and for vegetables; with keys to the natural families and genera, descriptions of the horticultural capabilities of the states and provinces and dependent islands, and sketches of eminent horticulturists . ed: calyivillous-pubescent. Himalayas.—C. trifldra, Lindl.^C. brevispina.—C. vulgdris. arborescens. ALFRED ReHDER. CARAGUATA. By the latest monographer referred to Gua- tnaiLia, which see. CARALLUMA (aboriginal name). succulents, sometimes si^en in coUections; about40 species, from S. Spain and Afr. to .Arabia andlndi;t. They resemble stapelias, and require similartreatment. The sts. are leafless, s()tnc\vh:it branched,erect, 4-sided and the angles toothed: fls. near the sum-mit of the sts., more or less clustered, [lurjile, brown andyellow, and other colors; corolla rotate and .j-parted: and slender follicles. The are probablynot in the .-Vmerican trade. Some of the n;imes thatmay be exjiected in collections are C. adsccndens, ; C. affinis, Wildein.; C. campanulata, N. E. Br.(Boucerosia campanulata, Wight); C. commutata,Berger (.sometimes grown as (. Sprengeri); C. fimbri-ata, Wall.; C. inversa, N. E. Br.; C. Lunlii, N. E. Br.;. 791. Caraganafrutex. (X H) CARALLUMA CARDOON 661 C. Sprengeri, N. E. Br.; C. Simonis, Berger (BoucerosiaSimonis, Hort.); C. torla, N. E. Br. CARAMBC)LA: Averrhoa. CARAWAY (Carum Carvi, Linn.). biennial or annual herb grown for its seeds, whichare used in flavoring bread, cakes and cheese; also oc-casionally for the young shoots and leaves, which areeaten. It grows a foot or two high, has finely-cut, pin-nately compound foliage, and small white flowers, inumbels. It is of the easiest cu
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