. 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 . es 2-3: fruit capsularand opening elastically, or fleshy; seeds with endo-sperm, with or without a caruncl
. 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 . es 2-3: fruit capsularand opening elastically, or fleshy; seeds with endo-sperm, with or without a caruncle. About 6 genera and 30 species inhabit the tropics andBubtropics. One species is native in the southeasternUnited States. The largest genus is Buxus with 19species. Fcssil species are known. The family is relatedto the Euphorbiacea, with which it is united by someauthors, and to the Celastracea; and Empetracea;.The absence of milky juice, the calycoid perianth, the3-celled ovary with collateral suspended albuminousseeds, and the axially directed micropyle are togethercharacteristic. The wood of the box (Buxus sempervirens) of Europeis close-grained and homogeneous; used for engravingand for the manufacture of musical instruments. Adecoction of the wood was formerly used in medicinefor fevers. Its leaves and seeds are purgative. Oilfrom the seeds of Simmondsia is used as a hair-tonic. Four or more genera are in cultivation in are: Buxus (Box) ornamental; Pachysandra. 33. Empetr-\: 1. Empetrum, a, flower; fc, floral : 2. Coriaria, a, flower; h, floral diagram. : 3. Rhus, a, flower; 6, floral diagram. 4. Anacardium,fruit. : 5. Cyrilla, flower. (Mountain Spurge), garden, ornamental; Sarcococca,greenhouse, ornamental; and Simmondsia, California,for oil. 119. Empetraceae (from the genus Empetrum, anancient name signifying upon a rock). CrowberryFamily. Fig. 33. Small cricoid shrubs: leaves alter-nate, deeply furrowed be
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