. 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. 566 ECTERPE olerAcea, Mast. Cabbage Palm. Fig. 801. Stem 60-100 ft., scarcely 1 ft. in diam. at base, attenuate above, liexuous: Ivs. arcuate-spreading, 4-6 ft. long, the apex more or less deflexed; segments pendent, linear- lanceolate, the upper 2 ft. long, 1 in. wide, manv-nerved. Braz. âPig. 801 is adapted f
. 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. 566 ECTERPE olerAcea, Mast. Cabbage Palm. Fig. 801. Stem 60-100 ft., scarcely 1 ft. in diam. at base, attenuate above, liexuous: Ivs. arcuate-spreading, 4-6 ft. long, the apex more or less deflexed; segments pendent, linear- lanceolate, the upper 2 ft. long, 1 in. wide, manv-nerved. Braz. âPig. 801 is adapted from Martins' Nat. Hist, of Palms 801. Euterpe oleracea. montina, R. Grab. Stem 10 ft. high, swollen at the base, ringed: ft. long, elliptical-obovate; segments lanceolate, entire, glabrous, alternate; petiole 2 ft. long, scaly beneath, unarmed : rachis plano-convex below, subtriangular towards the apex. Grenada. 3874. Jaeed G. Smith. Euterpes constitute a small group of spineless palms. said to include 8 or 10 species in all, but o£ these there are but:? specit-s ciiuuioulv foi n(l in cultivation, namely: H. ediiUs. /;. â-,.â,' , .â .iM /;. .;,.,,,.,. These are found uir'. 1 . ,,,,/â ; ' ' and South AmeriiM ;-. â ''⢠â â ' 1 M II .â¢,⢠species are ;. ' ⢠i - i. "[ those coun- tries. /;. the low- lands of l:, , . :. Mi as the Assai Palm, owing :i . ! . , i : , arc macerated in water. and hv iv i , - 11 a beverage known as Assai.' /â :.-!â¢,- â . â ,n,.â-n Cabbage Palm of the West ^. "t>.imi)l- i 111,! lands near the coast, while .B. )»",./ââ., i. il, ,iaii,ral>bage Palm, and is frequently t'.innil :it â â ,, altitudes in the same islands, and (â ..iiM-.| \ . s not attain the great dimensions of £. oleraaa. The Eutfrpr-« acuities, a night loam, with tin- i. EVAPORATING . not piT>ii lit any special cultural di
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