Archive image from page 454 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 cyclopediaofam01bail Year: 1900 601, Cucurbita maxima, grown from seed and treated as tender annuals, but C. ignea is chiefly prop, by cuttings. They are of easy cul- ture, and the whole series is worth growing. In addition to the species descri
Archive image from page 454 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 cyclopediaofam01bail Year: 1900 601, Cucurbita maxima, grown from seed and treated as tender annuals, but C. ignea is chiefly prop, by cuttings. They are of easy cul- ture, and the whole series is worth growing. In addition to the species described below, C. Hooheridna. Walp., IS cult as C Bcesln, Carr. It has lanceolate Ivs., with vermilion and orange calyx. 1877:470. Is 6, but lery mimde and inconspicuous. microptala,HBK. {, Planch. & Linden). Stem shrub- by, more or less branched : 1-2 ft. high: branches and calyx sca- brous : Ivs. oblong - lanceolate, acute at both ends, but without a dis- petiole, rigid, scabrous: fls. borne singly in succession at a point above the axils, which distinguishes this spe- cies from all others here described ; petals 6, minute, borne between the calyx teeth, and shorter than them ; calyx 12-
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