. 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. 258 CASUARINA score or more of trees and shrubs in the Australian re- gion and the Indies, being the only plants of the family. They are usually classified near the walnut and hickory tribes, although very unlike them—or other known plants-in botanical characters. They are jointed and leafless plants, somewhat
. 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. 258 CASUARINA score or more of trees and shrubs in the Australian re- gion and the Indies, being the only plants of the family. They are usually classified near the walnut and hickory tribes, although very unlike them—or other known plants-in botanical characters. They are jointed and leafless plants, somewhat suggesting Equisetums in gross appearance of branches. The fls. are unisexual. The staminate are in cylindrical terminal spikes, each fl. consisting of a stamen inclosed in 4 scales, 2 of the scales being attached to the filament. The pistillate fls. are in dense heads borne in the axils, and this head ripens into a globular or oblong cone ; they are com- posed of 1-ovuled ovaries subtended by bracts. The fruit is a winged nutlet. The branches are long and slender. Beefwood is planted in the extreme south for its very odd habit, and also to hold sands of the sea coast. The wood burns quickly, and is very hard and durable. The redness of the wood has given the popu- lar name, Beefwood. Remarkable for rapid growth. They grow well in brackish and alkaline soils. Prop, by seeds and cuttings. equisetiidlia, Linn. Tree, becoming 150 ft. high in favorable climates, and a most rapid grower. Branches drooping, pale green, simple, 6-8-angled or terete, the internodes very short (less than Hin.): sheath-teeth 7 (6-8) lanceolate and appressed : staminate cone nearly terete : pistillate cone short-peduncled, ellipsoidal, about 12-sided. Widely distributed in Old World tropics, and the best known species in this country ( and Calif.).—The wood is valuable for many purposes. early summer or by grafting on seedlings or on roots under glass in spring ; also increased sometimes by laye
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