. The standard cyclopedia of horticulture; a discussion, for the amateur, and the professional and commercial grower, of the kinds, characteristics and methods of cultivation of the species of plants grown in the regions of the United States and Canada for ornament, for fancy, for fruit and for vegetables; with keys to the natural families and genera, descriptions of the horticultural capabilities of the states and provinces and dependent islands, and sketches of eminent horticulturists . lamcanda(Blackberr\ Lily, Leopold Flower); Crocus; Freesia;GUuliolus; Hermodactylus (Snakes-head Iris); Ir
. The standard cyclopedia of horticulture; a discussion, for the amateur, and the professional and commercial grower, of the kinds, characteristics and methods of cultivation of the species of plants grown in the regions of the United States and Canada for ornament, for fancy, for fruit and for vegetables; with keys to the natural families and genera, descriptions of the horticultural capabilities of the states and provinces and dependent islands, and sketches of eminent horticulturists . lamcanda(Blackberr\ Lily, Leopold Flower); Crocus; Freesia;GUuliolus; Hermodactylus (Snakes-head Iris); Iris(Fleur-de-lis, Iris, Gladwin); Ixia; Mora^a (WeddingIris); Schizostylis (Crimson Flag); Sisyrinchium (Blue-eyed Gra-ss, Satin Flower, Rush Lily); Sparaxis (WandFlower); Tigridia (Tiger Flower, Shell Flower); Tri-tonia (Blazing Star). Order 20. Scitamine^b 42. Musaoeae (from the genus Musa, the Arabicname). Banana Family. Fig. 12. Large, semi-ligne-ous herbs, the .stout stem enveloped at base by thesheathing petioles, unbranched: leaves alternate, entire,convolute, pinnately parallel-veined: flowers bisexual,or unisexual, irregular, epigynous, borne in the axil ofa bract in spikes with subtending spathes; nectariesovarian; perianth of 6 parts, in 2 series, the parts un-equal in size and shape, separate or variously united;st;unens 6, 5 fertile and 1 staminodium; ovary inferior,3-celled; ovules solitary and basal, or numerous andaxile, anatropous; style 1; stigmas usually 3: fruit. 12. T.\cc.\: 1. Tacca, flower. Dioscohe.^: 2. Dios-corea, leaf and fruit. : 3. Crocus, a, vertical sectionwhole plant: h, floral diagram. 4. Sisyrinchium, flower. : 5. Musa; a, flower, St., stamen; 6, floral diagram. : (5. Zingiber, a, flower; si., stamen; 6, floral diagram. fleshy and pulpy or drupaceous, indehiscent, dehiscentor separating into fruitlets; seeds with perisperm;embryo straight. Six genera and about 60 species occur, 30 of whichbelong to the gen
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