. 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. Oleander 817 lanceolate, 5 to 6 mm. long and taper-pointed; the showy corolla is salverform, 3 to cm. across, its tube narrowly beU-shaped, the lobes spreading, of various shades of rose and purple or white; the stamens are inserted on the corolla-tube; the anthers are appendaged at the base; there are 2 carpels. The fruit consists of 2 narrow, erect follicles i to 2 dm. long. Seeds oblong, flattened, villous. As an o
. 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. Oleander 817 lanceolate, 5 to 6 mm. long and taper-pointed; the showy corolla is salverform, 3 to cm. across, its tube narrowly beU-shaped, the lobes spreading, of various shades of rose and purple or white; the stamens are inserted on the corolla-tube; the anthers are appendaged at the base; there are 2 carpels. The fruit consists of 2 narrow, erect follicles i to 2 dm. long. Seeds oblong, flattened, villous. As an ornamental species the Oleander has been used for ages; in warmer countries it is a common garden and hedge plant and has been planted as a shade. Fig. 747. â Oleander. tree in southern California. Its most luxuriant growth in America is probably in Bermuda. A great many forms have been developed, as the size, color and double- ness of the flowers. The leaves and bark are poisonous. The genus consists of about 3 species, all natives of the warmer portion of the Old World. Nerium odorum Solander, a very fragrant flowering shrub from Asia, is occasionally seen in conservatories. The name is the ancient Greek name of the Oleandgr, the generic tjrpe, and is supposed to have reference to the moist situations in which it grows naturally. â. 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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