. 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. 71. Pinna of Alsophila australis. ALSIKE. See Clover and TrifoUum, ALSOFHILA (Greek, grove-loving). Gyathehcem. A genus of tropical tree ferns, with simple or forked free veins, round sori, and no indusia. Numerous species are found in the tropical regions of both hemispheres. Of the different species of Alsoph
. 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. 71. Pinna of Alsophila australis. ALSIKE. See Clover and TrifoUum, ALSOFHILA (Greek, grove-loving). Gyathehcem. A genus of tropical tree ferns, with simple or forked free veins, round sori, and no indusia. Numerous species are found in the tropical regions of both hemispheres. Of the different species of Alsophila, only one is in general commercial use. ^.a?(S?rrt/;'5 is a very graceful and rapidly growing tree fern, with finely divided fronds of a pleasing shade of light green, with the stipes thickly co^'ered with light brown, hairy scales. It is grown from spores, which can only be obtained from old and large specimens, and which, like the spores of most commer- cial ferns, will germinate very freely if sown on a com- post consisting of iinely screened soil, leaf-mold and sand in equal parts. To develop a good crown of fronds in old specimen plants which may look starved, the stem may be covered to any thickness consistent with good appearance with green moss, which may be attached â with thin copper wire, and which, if kept continually moist, will soon he thickly covered with fine roots. Al- sophilas should be grown in a temperature of 60° P., and the soil should never be allowed to become very dry. Cult, by NiCHOL N. Bkucknee. A. ; racliises merely fibrillose, Eeb^ocae, P. Muell. Lvs. ample, from a caudex 8 in. or so high; pinnae 12-15 in. long, with 20-30 pinnules on each side, which are 2-3 in. long and serrate or crenate throughout. Australia. AA., or tripinnate ; racliises armed with spines. B. Segments long, strongly curved; pinnules tapering to a slender point. exc^Isa, R. Br. Lvs. coriaceous, with more or less woolly rachises; pinns 0-1
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