. 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; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. 2479. Map ol TEMPLETOXIA sheath open on the under side; anthers alternately long and erect and short and versatile: pod sessile or stipi- tate, Hattened, ovate-oblong or linear, completely de- hiscent. Flora Australiensis 2:1C8 (1864). retilsa, R. Br. (T. glahea, Sims)
. 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; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. 2479. Map ol TEMPLETOXIA sheath open on the under side; anthers alternately long and erect and short and versatile: pod sessile or stipi- tate, Hattened, ovate-oblong or linear, completely de- hiscent. Flora Australiensis 2:1C8 (1864). retilsa, R. Br. (T. glahea, Sims). Cokal BnsH. Tall, glabrous or glaucous shrub: Ivs. broadly obovate to narrow-euneate-oblong, sometimes all under % in., sometimes all over 1 in. long, emarginate or nuicronate, coriaceous: lis. red (or rarely white); calyx with 4 very short, broad teeth, the lowest longest: pod l'..-2 in, long. 2334; 2088. 5:383; 10:859. 6:526; 7:644. -^^ jj TENNESSEE, HOKTICULTUEE IN. Fig. 2479. The horticultural products of Tennessee are greatly diversi- fied on account of the varied soil and climatic condi- tions. A knowledge of the natural divisions of the state is essential to a thorough undenstanding of its adaptabil- ity to the various branches of horticulture. The Unaka region, on the eastern border, contains about 2,000 square miles. Some of the peaks are over 6,000 feet above sea-level, and the aver- age elevation is 5,000 feet. The soil is gravelly and thin, but contains areas that are fairly productive. Apples are grown to a limited extent. The valley of East Tennessee is the next division. It con- tains 9,200 square miles and an average elevation of 1,000 feet. The soils are generally well adapted to fruits. R e c o r d s taken at Knoxville during a period of twenty-six years show an average annual rainfall of inches. A thousand feet above the in which small fruits and vegetables valley of East Tennessee lies the Cumberland Tableland, containing 5,100 squar
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