. 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. PAGUS shade of purple, and also some with rosy pink varia- gated Ivs. Var. purpurea p^ndula, Hort., has purple Ivs. and pendulous Imt is of slow growth. Var. Zlatia, Spaeth, ha- t,.Iiage. Less important varieties, but sonntiin. - _' m. th
. 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. PAGUS shade of purple, and also some with rosy pink varia- gated Ivs. Var. purpurea p^ndula, Hort., has purple Ivs. and pendulous Imt is of slow growth. Var. Zlatia, Spaeth, ha- t,.Iiage. Less important varieties, but sonntiin. - _' m. the following : Var. cristita, Lodd., with .h. ply , curled, small and clustered Ivs.: of slow growth. Var. incisa, liort. Simi- lar to var. heterophylhi. I>vit Ivs. less deeply cut. Var. macrophylla, Hort. Lvs. large, to 5 in. long. \ar. quercoides, Pers. (var. quereifoli". 11 deeply toothed and sinuate PELICIA 571 With tuosa, form, with twisted and conto'rted branches and small. Alfred Rehder. Both in Europe and the eastern U. S. the Beech forms extensive forests. It is to-day the common hard- wood tree of Central Europe, particularly in Denmark and Germany, raised as pure growth or mixture. It re- quires a loamy, preferably calcareous soil, shuns poor sand and swamp, ascends to 3,500 ft. in the Alps; pre- fers north and east exposures, endures much shade, protects and improves the soil, and produces large amounts of wood'per acre. The wood is heavy (sp. gr. ) hard, straight grained, of close texture, not durable. Beech is not used as building lumber, but is extensively used for ordinary wooden ware, furniture, wheelwright and cooperage stock. p. Roth, Double forms of Ba- FAIRY LILY. Cooperia iiedunciilata. FANWOKT See Cabomba FAKFUGIUM. See Sen K(pmpfe: YhTSlik (from a Japanese name) AialiAcetf. This genus IS doublv interesting as producing the famous rice paper of the Chinese, and two superb rivals of the castor oil plant in bold, subtropical effects
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