Archive image from page 124 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. 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 cyclopediaofamer03bail Year: 1906 GUZMANIA AAA. Corolla (or segments) yellow. Melindnis, Regel (Caraguclla J/c/iiidnis, Morr.). Lvs. strap-sliaiii'il. greeu above and brown-tiuted beneath: fls. yellow, su
Archive image from page 124 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. 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 cyclopediaofamer03bail Year: 1906 GUZMANIA AAA. Corolla (or segments) yellow. Melindnis, Regel (Caraguclla J/c/iiidnis, Morr.). Lvs. strap-sliaiii'il. greeu above and brown-tiuted beneath: fls. yellow, subtended by oblong red bracts. French GYMNOGRAMMA 701 Guiana. L. H. B. GYMN6CLADUS (Greek, naked branch; referring to the naked branches, which in winter are destitute of twigs). Legumindste. A genus of 2 species, one of which is a scarce native tree, the Kentucky Coffee Berry, so called because its seeds were used fur coffee west of the AUeghanies before and during the Revolutionary War. It is a desirable shade tree for city streets, and is especially interesting in winter. It is a clean, stout tree, bright and graceful in appearance and free from disease, growing from .SO-GO ft. high iu cultivation, and not leaf- ing out until the middle of Way, after the other trees are in full foliage. It is thornless and has compound foliage. Grows with erect divisions,making narrow, pyra- midal head. Branchlets very stout and destitute of spray: fls. white, dioecious or polygamous, in terminal racemes: pods long, hanging. Grows naturally in bot- tom lands and richest soils. May be planted in any soil, but thrives best in deep, rich, or rather humid soil. Prop, by seeds and cuttings. Canadensis, Lam. (G.(7/'iiVa, ). Kentucky Cop- fee Tree. Fig. Height in the wild, ft.: lvs. large, twice pinnate with i-7 pairs of pai-tial leaf-stalks, each partial leaf-stalk with 5-l.'J ovate, acute Ifts., except the lowest of 11ft., 1-3 in. long, standing edgewise. Ra- cemes raany-fld.
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