Archive image from page 511 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture . 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 cyclopediaofame02bail Year: 1906 980 MANGIFERA than the ovary; petals ii 5, rarely 4, with 1-5 vein upper side but scarcely i 1-2, inserted at the base < ierted at the base of the disk, , which are prominent on the > at the apex; fertile stamens
Archive image from page 511 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture . 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 cyclopediaofame02bail Year: 1906 980 MANGIFERA than the ovary; petals ii 5, rarely 4, with 1-5 vein upper side but scarcely i 1-2, inserted at the base < ierted at the base of the disk, , which are prominent on the > at the apex; fertile stamens t the ilisk. B. M. 4ol0. W. M. MANGO. Consult JUaii- nifera. MANGROVE (probably an altered Malayan name) is a shores. In the quiet recesses of the Mangrove swamp aquatic and amphibious lite finds refuge. The shell-fish cling to the trunks and at low tide they are exposed, thus giving rise to the stories of the early explorers that oysters grow on trees. All this will recall tl»e accounts of the banyan tree, and there are wild flg trees (the banyan is a fig) in Florida and southward which behave in a similar way. It seems strange that foots should strike out into the air, but the reader may have observed the 'brace roots ' near the ground on Indian com; and many plants, as the ivy and trumpet-creeper, climb by means of roots. â hich Beutham <fc Hooker in close reli mbi-etaceie and Alijr- taceif. The common Man- grove, a. 3Iaiir/U', Linn., is one of the commonest plants on the swampy shores of tropical and subtropi- cal seas. It is not in cultivation, but its strange meth- ods of propagation make it one of the most interesting of plants. The following account is reprinted from Bailey's 'Lessons with Plants:' The Mangrove grows on the low shores of tropical lands. It extends as far north as the twenty-ninth par- allel in Florida, and occurs at the mouth of the Missis- sippi and on the coastof Texas. It is a spreading bush, reaching a height of 15 to 25 feet upon the shores,
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