. 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. COTTON The carpels or cells of the pod are 3-5. These carpels break oiK-n. and the cotton covering of the seeds makes a Cotton boll (Fig. 505). Cotton is not a liortiiultm-al crop, and is therefore not considered iu this wcik. Tho reader will find "The Cotton Plant" (pulilishid by
. 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. COTTON The carpels or cells of the pod are 3-5. These carpels break oiK-n. and the cotton covering of the seeds makes a Cotton boll (Fig. 505). Cotton is not a liortiiultm-al crop, and is therefore not considered iu this wcik. Tho reader will find "The Cotton Plant" (pulilishid by the Dept. of Agr., Bull. 33), a useful monograph. COTTONWOOD. Species of Populus. COTYLEDON (a name used by Pliny). CrassulAcem. Includes I/cJieveriti. Sticculent herbs or shrubs, rarely annual: branches and leaves thick and fleshy: Ivs. oppo- site or alternate, petiolate or sessile: calyx o-parted, as long as or shorter than the corolla tube; petals 5, erect or spreading, connate to the middle, longer than the 10 stamens. Differs from Sedum in the connate petals. Species CO or more. Calif, and Mex., Afr., As. and Eu. See 10:70 for an account of many of the species. Large-growing Cotyledons, such as C. gibbiflora,Y&v. melaUieii, should be increased by cuttings taken after the bedding season is over. The best method is to cut off the top of the plant, dress the l>ottoni part, and place the cuttings in empty 4-iuch ]>uts, t!ir liuttom leaves resting on the rim of the pot until lin rui li,.als over and a few small roots are formed. I'lirv inay tlirn be potted off into suitably sized pots, usiiiir samly loam. No water will be needed for several days, and when given it must be only sparingly. The old stems should be placed rather close together in shallow boxes and kept in a warm, dry place, where they will form small growths along the stems; these, when larL'C enough, may be put into boxes of dry sand, and pottrd in tlminb- or 3-inch pots when they have a sull
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