. 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. ^ . .⢠/«io» %4Mm /,r \^ ^ifi 2097. Rhapis humilis. (See page 1511.) petioles: fls. perfect, small, greenish or whitish, pedicel- late, in numerous panicled fascicles or racemes, the in- florescence elevated above the lvs. on stout, mostly hol- low scape-like stems, which are provided with sheath- ing stipul


. 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. ^ . .⢠/«io» %4Mm /,r \^ ^ifi 2097. Rhapis humilis. (See page 1511.) petioles: fls. perfect, small, greenish or whitish, pedicel- late, in numerous panicled fascicles or racemes, the in- florescence elevated above the lvs. on stout, mostly hol- low scape-like stems, which are provided with sheath- ing stipules or oereae. (Fig. 2098); the perianth 6-parted and spreading; stamens 9 or G: ovary 3-angled and bearing li styles, ripening into a winged or sometimes nearly succulent akene. Aside from the common Rhubarb, Bheiim Bhapo)}- ticiti/i, which is grown for the edible leaf-stalks, the species are little known in general cultivation. Few plants are more useful, however, for bold and striking foliage effects; and these effects are heightened by the towering flower-panicles. Most of the species are '.'-'). Even the common Rhubarb is a useful ornamental subject when well placed. In order to se- cure large and fine foliage, the soil should be rich and moist. The species are propagated by dividing the roots, preferably in spring, leaving as much root as possible with each strong >iud. Tlie dried rhizomes of Rhubarb are used medicinally. Several species afford the offifiual product. It is now believed, however, that the larger part of the dried Rhuiiarl.) imported from tlie Orient is made from the crown or short stem (not the flower-stem) of li. offic- inale, it*. lihapoitficum is sometimes grown for its roots. A. Foli'iqe innliriih'd, Ihe iiuin/ins of ilic Ir.^. nearlij or qâltr nifir.'. B. {*â (/ h'itsi oil iJie floii'fr sUtUrs) acute or iicuiiu'iiit/e. Rliap6nticum, Liun. (, Pontic Bha, "Rhubarb of Pontns,"a. province of Asia IVtinor). Rhubarb. Pi


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