. 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. mpnsite for GAM6LEPIS (Greek for uiiiled 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.
. 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. mpnsite for GAM6LEPIS (Greek for uiiiled 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. Annua, Less. <G. Tai/f^es, DC). Fig. 892. 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 foi ribbon borders and for low ma^s effects Continuous bloomer. l_ jj_ i3_ GARClNIA (L Garcin, who lived and collected in India, and wrote in the eighteenth century). Giittihiw This genus includes the Blangosteen, which is declared by some connoisseurs to be one of the rarest and most luscious of all tropical fiuits, also the Gamboge Tree, whose resinous luice 5ields a well know^n pigment and purgative. The Mangosteen is cultivated in the West ; the Gamboge Tree is also cult, in S. Fla. It is a broad leaded tiee of slow growth. The Blango- ze and shape of an orange, with rind considerably thicker, and edible seg- ments of form and ar- rangement like those of an orange. It is bril- liantly colored outside with rich purple. The persistent stigmas and calyx lobes are seen in Fig. 893. The flavor is said to suggest some- thing between a grape and a peach. Number- less efforts ar
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