. 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 . arge, from 10-20 ina terminal crown: infl. usually maturing well belowthe Ivs; the spadix 1-branched, theb
. 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 . arge, from 10-20 ina terminal crown: infl. usually maturing well belowthe Ivs; the spadix 1-branched, thebranches coarse, tapering.—Only 1species, ,4. monticola, confined toPorto Rico, Cuba and St. Kitls. Thenearest relative, the royal palm,differs in liaving a bulging trunk, andin having 2-3-branched infls. SeeBull. Torrey Club, 2S:. (1901). This palm is not as yet common,but well worthy of a wider cultiva-tion. It resembles the royal palmbut is shorter, and has a smoothtrunk of uniform diameter. For cul-tivation see Paints. monticola, O. F. Cook. Thirty-fiveto 45 ft.: trunk smooth, withmany ring-like scars: 6 ft., the Ifts. lan-ceolate in one plane, equallyspaced, and nearly at, right angles to the rachis:infl. coming out betweenthe Ivs., and by the drop-ping of lal ter, appearing wellbelow the at ma-turity; fls. not well known:fr. with lateral stigma, gray-ish brown, nearly smooth,obovate, ixl in. Club, 28, pi. 44 (asThrincoma alia). N. 12. Aconitum autumnale. (X; 2)means a infl of leaves at ACROCLiNIUM: Hdiplerum. ACROCOMIA (namethe loji). Palmaccx-, tribeBactridinese. A showy genus of American palms. Notpopular in the trade because of their spiny habit andrather unattractive young state. The adult pants,however, are very graceful. Leaflets narrowly linear, long, usually obliquelyacuminate, the margins naked and recurved, the midriljoften spiny on lower sides of Ifts.; rachis and petiolesusually hairy, always more or less spiny: fl
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