. 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. CALAMOVILFA apparently limited to the sandy swamps and pine bar- rens of New Jersey. Now in cultivation as an orna- nK-utal grass. p. B. Kennedy. CALAMPfiLlS is Eccremocat-pus. CALAMUS (Greek tor reed). PalmUcew, trihe Lepi- docdi-pm. Slender, cespitose or climbing palms, with pinnatisect Ivs.; Ifts. with redup
. 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. CALAMOVILFA apparently limited to the sandy swamps and pine bar- rens of New Jersey. Now in cultivation as an orna- nK-utal grass. p. B. Kennedy. CALAMPfiLlS is Eccremocat-pus. CALAMUS (Greek tor reed). PalmUcew, trihe Lepi- docdi-pm. Slender, cespitose or climbing palms, with pinnatisect Ivs.; Ifts. with reduplicate sides, acuminate, entire,with parallel nerves : fr. of many carpels, clothed â with reflexed, shining, closely imbricated appressed scales : spathes tubular, persistent, flowering annually. Species about 150. Tropical Asia. cili4ris, Blume. Stem slender, climbing by means of long, axillary, leafless braui-lii>, wit'i hooked spines: Ivs. 1 ft. long, 6 in. ; 1ft v. nuiiMinus, hairy; petiole 2 in. long, with few ;k.,l N| Malaya. :607. G. C. : into cultiva- tion in 18G9. C. AndreAnum, Hort., P. & !âO. calicdrptis. Dasmonorops calicarpus, Mart.â(7. Iiewisianus,;!Bmon- crops Lewisianas, Mart. Jaked G. Smith. Calamus is an easily grown group of palms, very ornamental, even in a young state. Some of the spe- cies have stems several hundred feet long, which enable them to unfold their leaves at the tops of the tallest trees. The leavps ar.' tiim-hU:ivIv wpU adapted to assist the plant in iur, ii;j niMmruus hook-like pro- cesses ,,ii .< . : - 11 i,ai of the midrib of the leaf. a i - ,;.ii be given these plants shonM .â â ]. a^ ila ir is rapid, and they are capable of furnishing a large conservatorj quickly. Numerous suckers are produced, so that when the main stem ascends the lower part is clothed in foli age. Calamiish-niiis (or C.
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