. 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. 244 CARDIANDRA CAREX petiole, coarsely serrate, sparsely pilose, membrana- ceous, 3-7 in. long : fls. white, tinged red. Summer. S Z. 66, 67. Alfred Rehder. CARDINAL FLOWER. LnheJia. CARDOON (Ciindra Cnr(ii(»c»?H.'i
. 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. 244 CARDIANDRA CAREX petiole, coarsely serrate, sparsely pilose, membrana- ceous, 3-7 in. long : fls. white, tinged red. Summer. S Z. 66, 67. Alfred Rehder. CARDINAL FLOWER. LnheJia. CARDOON (Ciindra Cnr(ii(»c»?H.'i, Linn.). A thistle- like phtnt lants :u-e late, they may be dug just before frost and blanched in a storage pit. The plants are usually grown from 2-3 ft. apart in rows which are 4 ft. apart. They are sometimes grown in trenches, after the old manner of growing celery. Cardoon is almost unknown in America, except amongst foreigners. L. H. B. CARDUUS. For C. benedictns, see Carbenia. CAREX (name of obscure origin). Ct/j)erAce(F. SEixiE. Hundreds of grass-like plants in temjicrate cli- mates. Fls. unisexual, in spikes, the staminate naked and subtended by a bract or scale, the pistillate com- prising a single pistil enclosed in a thin sac or perigyn- ium. The two sexes may be in the same or separate spikes; and rarely they are on different plants (plant dioecious). Carices are very abundant in I' tiin])erate regions, both in species and in individtnil jilants. JIany of them grow on dry land, but tire hiri;i-st species grow in low grounds and swalis. uthI uftin form much of the bulk of bog hay (Fig. 3110;. 'I' sprcies are very diffi- cult to distinguish becausi' air very similar, and the stud\ "f fhi ni is usn illv lift ti. spi-ciajists. Some of our bioiil li iMil nitiM s],;.ri,.s make i\ri-II. lit bnnlers inii iiitmstm^ i liiiiiiis in i-iirners about liiiililiiii;s and iliinâ w UN M iii\ ot the lowland species are excellent idiuni t^ til tin pond of hardy
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