. 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. 1016. Halesia tetraptcra (\'.â .V A_i. Length of lvs. 4S in. B. jyerves many. moltiline&ta, Meissn. Tree or tall shrub : lvs. flat, Ci-8 in. long, with many very fine nerves: fls. pink, in an oblong raceme which is 1-3 in. long. HI. 19:85. â Int. in ISOU liy Mrs. T. B. Shepherd, who says that there are
. 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. 1016. Halesia tetraptcra (\'.â .V A_i. Length of lvs. 4S in. B. jyerves many. moltiline&ta, Meissn. Tree or tall shrub : lvs. flat, Ci-8 in. long, with many very fine nerves: fls. pink, in an oblong raceme which is 1-3 in. long. HI. 19:85. â Int. in ISOU liy Mrs. T. B. Shepherd, who says that there are 5 or mure racemes iu a bunch. BB. IVerves few, IS. Q. Us. red, in glotmlar heads. laurlna, K. Br. Tall shrub, attaining 10 ft.: lvs. l-i) iu. long, 3- or 5-nerved, often sickle-shaped, on long petioles : fls. in a globular head, lK-2 in. thick, from which the numerous showy white stigmas project 1 in. or more in every direction. Blooms in the C'alifor- uian winter. 7127. ( II. 23 .Sea LTkchin on the Ri- viera. CO. Fls. pinh, iu long racemes. uliclna, R. Br. Lvs. usually linear-lauceolate or linear, pungent, 4â8 in. long, prominently 1- 3-nerved beneath: peri- anth and pedicels gla- brous : fr. rarely above ^2 in. long, with a short, straight foli- age resembles the Euro- pean furze. â ^^ ]\j_ HALfiSIA (Stephen Hale, nil 7-1101, author of a famous w^ork on "Vegetable Statics"). Syn., Mohrodhidro)!. Styraedceec. Silver Bell. Snowdrop Tree. The common Snowdrop Tree {R. tetrdptera) is a fine, hardy, small-sized tree, which is covered with a bewildering, cloudy mass of small, snowy white flowers, l)orne about the middle of May, before the foli- age of the tree appears. The genus has only 4 species, and is exclu- sively North American, if we place the Japanese II. hispida iu the genus Pterostyrax by reason of the subterminal inflorescence and .smaller and fleshii r fruit. Small trees and shrubs, more or less stellate pu- bescent: lvs, ra
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