. 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. 504. Monsti Coccoloba is a genustrees, mostly of an onthe Sea-grape or Shorran edible fruit, and liThis species is the mo; 340 COCCOLOBA ?worth) of a place among ornamental plants under it will withstand but slight frost its cultiration out-doors m the United States is limited to warmer parts ofFlorida and Calif
. 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. 504. Monsti Coccoloba is a genustrees, mostly of an onthe Sea-grape or Shorran edible fruit, and liThis species is the mo; 340 COCCOLOBA ?worth) of a place among ornamental plants under it will withstand but slight frost its cultiration out-doors m the United States is limited to warmer parts ofFlorida and California but it may be bedded outdoorsduring the sumnifi in temperate latitudes, forming a. 505, Coccoloba uvifcr; fine addition to the list of plants more commonly em-ployed. All species are easily propagated by seeds,which germinate freely when not too old. Some speciesmay be quickly increased by cuttings of ripe wood,which root readily in sand under usual conditions, in aframe or propagating house. Layering may also be em-ployed to increase a stuck. The various species grownaturaUy in both ,Iay. v iunl saiiJy >..ils, Uing inmoist, rich earth a lii^jli iriii|.riaiini. m-iferafrequents the ki-m^ ;iinl i- -]\iir_ in sandand broken sht-lN, aii-amiils la^-kiii;; ait:,.tluT inplant-food. Rich, sandy suil of a light charuclLr seemsto be the best for all species so far known. Plants arereadily transplanted from open ground, but pot-grownplants are to be preferred. f;uit_ tj- g. n. , Linn. Sea-grape. Shore-grape. Fig. 50.).Tree, reaching 20 ft. or more, with many flexuousbranches : 1%-s. large, often 5 in. long by 7 in. wide,broadly
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