. 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; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. fine yellnw- {By- c4ndloans, Dec acinthns eandicans. Baker). Fig. 891. Bulb liirge, round, coated: lvs. lorate - lanceolate, 2% ft. long: scape often 4 ft. high: racemes 12-20-fld.: fls. fragrant, 21:2173. 1871:380: 1872:1099 and II. 15:273. 1882, p. .32
. 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; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. fine yellnw- {By- c4ndloans, Dec acinthns eandicans. Baker). Fig. 891. Bulb liirge, round, coated: lvs. lorate - lanceolate, 2% ft. long: scape often 4 ft. high: racemes 12-20-fld.: fls. fragrant, 21:2173. 1871:380: 1872:1099 and II. 15:273. 1882, p. .32. 3:101. A. G. :281. W. GAM6LEP1S (Greek for united scales; referring to the involucre). Comp6sita>. About a dozen S. African herbs or small shrubs, somewhat allied botanically to Chrysanthemum. Lvs. alternate and mostly pinnatisect: peduncles 1-headed, the heads bear- ing 1 series of yellow, pistillate rays, the disk fls. perfect: akenes without pappus, wingless and glabrous. inuua, Less. (G. Tasre^). An- nual, of wiry growth, a foot or less high, very floriferous: lvs. pinnate or pinnately parted, 5-7 lobes or leaflets on either side of the rachis and the leaflets entire or lobed: involucre nearly or quite urn-shaped, the scales joined more than half their length: bright yellow or orange, % in. or half-hardy. Of easiest culture from seeds in sunny places, and most excellent for ribbon borders and for low mass effects. Continuous bloomer. l_ jj^ g GAEClNIA (L. Garcin, who lived and collected in India, and wrote in the eighteenth century). Guttiferw. This genus includes the Mangosteen, which is declared by some connoisseurs to be one of the rarest and most luscious of all tropical fruits; also the Gamboge Tree, whose resinous juice yields a well-known pigment and purgative. The Mangosteen is cultivated in the West Indies; the Gamboge Tree is also cult, in S. Fla. It is a broad-leaved tree of slow growth. The Mango- steen is abou
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