. 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. 1972. The healing tissue arises from the side of the v/ound, not from the hard v/ood. 1973. A well-covered \vound. The pruning was prop- erly done, no stub being left. 1974. The stub is longer than necessary, although the fault is not a flagrant one. 1975. Common fault in pruninffo This wound cannot heal un- ti
. 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. 1972. The healing tissue arises from the side of the v/ound, not from the hard v/ood. 1973. A well-covered \vound. The pruning was prop- erly done, no stub being left. 1974. The stub is longer than necessary, although the fault is not a flagrant one. 1975. Common fault in pruninffo This wound cannot heal un- til the stub rots away, and by that time the tree may be irreparably diseased. heals until it rots back to the main branch or trunk; and by that time the decayed heart may have extended deep into the tissue of the tree. It is a common notion that a limb should be cut at right angles to the direction of the limb itself and beyond the bulge at its base. It is a better plan, however, to make the wound parallel to the direction of the branch or trunk that remains, and close to it. This wound may have a somewhat larger super- ficial area, but it is much nearer the source of the heal- ing food supply and therefore becomes covered more quickly. L_ jj. B. PR^NTTS (ancient Latin name of plum). Rosricece. PiiuM, Cherkt, Peach, Apricot, Almond, etc. About 75 species of pink-flowered or white-flowered shrubs and small trees of wide distribution, but most abundant in the north temperate zone. Lvs. alternate, simple, irsu- ally serrate: fls. mostly in spring, sometimes preceding the leaves, either solitary or in clusters, perfect, the pistil single, the stamens numerous and perigynous, the petals and calyx-lobes 5: fr. a drupe, usually 1-seeded by the abortion of one of the two ovules. Fig. 1976. The genus as here outlined includes several well-marked groups, some of which are regarded as distinct genera by many authors. In their extreme or typical forms, these subgenera are very distinct, but
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