Archive image from page 232 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. 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, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom cyclopediaofamer02bail Year: 1906 606. Cuphi petals none: stamens 11 or 12, glabrous. Mex. 2:180 (1846). 13:267 (1846).-This is sold only as C. platycentra, although De Candolle corrected the er
Archive image from page 232 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. 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, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom cyclopediaofamer02bail Year: 1906 606. Cuphi petals none: stamens 11 or 12, glabrous. Mex. 2:180 (1846). 13:267 (1846).-This is sold only as C. platycentra, although De Candolle corrected the error in 1849 ( 5:500 C). This is a remarkable in- stance of the persistence of erroneous trade names. W. M. CUPTIIiE. The husk or cup of an acorn. The oak be- longs to the Cupuliferie. CTTFBSSSITS (ancient Latin name from Greek, iTw- pnrissos). Cypress. Trees, rarely shrubs, with aro- matic evergreen foliage : branchlets quadrangular or nearly so: Ivs. opposite, small, scale-like, appressed, mi- nutely deutioulate-ciliate, on young seedling plants 607 Cuphea Llavea Naturil ue nany or numerous seeds but che lower scales usually sterile and smaller, they iipen the second jear About species in C. Amer., north to Calif, and Ariz., and from S. Eu. to S. E. Asia. By some botanists, the allied genus Chamcecyparis is included. Highly ornamental evergreen trees, greatly varying in habit, only hardy in Calif, and the Gulf states. The hardiest seems to be C. Macnabiana, which will stand many degrees of frost in a sheltered position; also C. maerocarpa, C. Arizo- niea, C. sempervirens, funehris and torulosa are of greater hardiness than the others. They stand pruning well, and some species are valuable for hedges, C. mae- rocarpa being especially extensively planted forthis pur- pose in Calif. The Cupressus seems to be less particu- lar in regard to soil and situation, but prefers a deep, sandy-loamy soil. For prop., see Chama-cyparis. The young plants should be removed several times in
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