. 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 . 1137. Fruit of Cucurbita moschata—Tonasu, a Japanese variety. CUDRANIA CULINARY HERBS 911 nate, petioled a
. 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 . 1137. Fruit of Cucurbita moschata—Tonasu, a Japanese variety. CUDRANIA CULINARY HERBS 911 nate, petioled and stipulate Ivs.: fls. dioecious, in axil-lary globular heads; staminate with 4 sepals and 4stamens and 2-4 bracts at the base; pistillate with 4sepals inclosing the 1-ovuled ovary, growing into afleshy subglobose fr. with a crustaceous rind.—About3 species, in S. and E. Asia and Trop. Austral., of whichonly one is sometimes cult. It re-quires protection in the N. and isusually prop, by greenwood cuttingsin summer under glass. tricuspidata, Bureau {Madura tri-cuspidata, Carr. C. triloba, Hance)Shrub, or small tree, to 20, rarely to60 ft., with slender, thorny branchesIvs. elliptic-ovate, acuminate, entire,sometimes 3-Iobed at the apex andon young plants even tricuspidate,nearly glabrous, 1^2-3 in. long: fl-heads axil]ar3% solitary or in 2s, on short peduncles: , about 1 in. across. China. 1S64, p. 390;1872, p. 56; 1905, p. 363 (habit). 18:1792.—Recently
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