. 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, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. 1966 WASHINGTONIA Sonorai and W. robusta are found along the Pacific slope of Mexico, on the mainland or on the peninsula of Baja California. While the type locality of the former is given as Guaymas, on the mainland
. 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, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. 1966 WASHINGTONIA Sonorai and W. robusta are found along the Pacific slope of Mexico, on the mainland or on the peninsula of Baja California. While the type locality of the former is given as Guaymas, on the mainland of Mexico, the few. 2/17. Old tree of Washinetonia filifeia. specimens in cultivation have come from the peninsula, and though the type locality is not certainly known, most of the specimens in the trade apparently came from Guaymas and Mazatlan on the mainland. In cultivation in California Washingtonias respond gratefully to an abundance of water during the dry sea- son. It is a mistake to suppose that because they are desert plants they will thrive without moisture; on the borders of the Colorado desert, where they grow in abundance and luxuriance, they occur beside saline or brackish springs. j Jos BcKT Davy. WATER ALOE. Stratiotes aloides. W. Arum is a name sometimes applied to Calla pahistris. W. Beech. Carpinus Caroliniana. W. Caltrops, or Water Chestnut. Trapa nutans. W. Chinkapin, or Chinquapin. Nelumbo luteu. W. Cress. See Cress and Nasturtium officinale. W. Hyacinth. See JBichhornia. WATERING. An abundant and convenient supply of pure, fresh water should always be a first considera- tion in locating a garden or greenhouse. Having this, the next matter is knowing how to use it, for here, good gardeners say, lies nine-tenths of the elements of success. Certain it is, especially in the indoor cultiva- tion of plants, that more depends upon knowing when to give or withhold water than upon any other single matter. The art of watering is unteachable; it requires experience,
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