. 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. 1954 VITIS dd. Colored-leaved Grapes, marked by thick ,,, at least firm foliage, tin Irs. prominently rusty or white- tomentose or glaucous-blue. I', cinerea, I . Art- zonica,and possibly t'.Californica might I; sough


. 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. 1954 VITIS dd. Colored-leaved Grapes, marked by thick ,,, at least firm foliage, tin Irs. prominently rusty or white- tomentose or glaucous-blue. I', cinerea, I . Art- zonica,and possibly t'.Californica might I; sought here; and late-gathered forms of 1'. bicolor might bi looked for in i> (p. 1950). E. Lis. only floeeulent or cobwebby or glaucous below â I,, ,'. -om, 22. aestivalis, Miehx. i r in I', bi- si, below, is, oceidentalis and i, Prince. I'. La- â 1. I", liracleuta and Si mmi r, Bi nth. or tall-climbing \ ine, w ith es, thick diaphragms, oles: Ivs. mostly large, lecoming rather thick, cordate in outline, the I lobes often over. the teeth many and small and acute, tin- apex short- triangular or almost none, tin- under surfi remaining closely ashy-tomeutose: clusters large and very com- pound, each one dividing into three or four nearly equal sections, which are in turn shouldered and thyrse-like: berries small, black and slightly glaucous, the"skin thin but tough, pulp finally b ming sweet: seeds medium in size, pyriform. S. Calif., south of th,' 36th parallel. -Differs from V. Californica in (he pubescent shn.,ts and foliage, smaller and sharp teeth, decompound clusters, smaller less gla us berries, and smaller seeds. SI ts of I". t'o 11 forma often hear Ivs. with small and muticous teeth, and such s| imens without the are difficult to distinguish from this species. Si,me of th,- forms which have been referred to V. Girdiana are apparently hybrids with the wine drape, V. enlifer,,; ami al best tin- plant is imperfectly understood and its meri


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