. 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. 2768. Zamia Floridana. are simple anthers under similar scales. The plants are therefore ti'yninos[ierms (seeds naked or not inclosed in a pericarp or ripened ovary) ami are allied to tiie conifers. The fruit is a berry-like drupe. In Zamia the floral scales are peltate (and imt horned) and form a cylindrical c


. 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. 2768. Zamia Floridana. are simple anthers under similar scales. The plants are therefore ti'yninos[ierms (seeds naked or not inclosed in a pericarp or ripened ovary) ami are allied to tiie conifers. The fruit is a berry-like drupe. In Zamia the floral scales are peltate (and imt horned) and form a cylindrical cone; the anthers are numerous, and the ovules pen<lulous in pairs. Leaves nearly straight in venation. The fecundation of Zamia has been studied by H. J. "Webber (Bull. 2, Bureau of Plant Ind. U. S. Dept. Agr.). His conclusions respecting the Floridian species are accepted below. Zamias are warmhouse plants, to be treated like spe- cies of Cycas or Encephalartos, which see. The idants are propatrated by means of seeds and offsets; also by division when there is more than one crowm. (2002). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954; Miller, Wilhelm, b. 1869. New York, Macmillan


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