. 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. CHRYSOGONUM heads being solitary and peduncled in the axils. Lvs. ovate and mostly obtuse, crenate. Prop, by creeping rootstooks and runners. Of little merit horticulturally. CHBYS0PH'?L1UM (Greek, golden leaf, in reference to the color of the under surface of the handsome leaves). SapotAcete. Many species of t
. 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. CHRYSOGONUM heads being solitary and peduncled in the axils. Lvs. ovate and mostly obtuse, crenate. Prop, by creeping rootstooks and runners. Of little merit horticulturally. CHBYS0PH'?L1UM (Greek, golden leaf, in reference to the color of the under surface of the handsome leaves). SapotAcete. Many species of trees, with milky juice, widely distributed in the tropics. Fls. small, solitary at the nodes or in fascicles; calyx mostly 5-parted; corolla tubular-oampanulate, usually 5-lobed or -parted ; sta- mens 5, standing on the corolla tube: fr. usually fleshy, sometimes edible. C. Cainlto, Linn., is the Star Apple, Pig. 469. The fruit is the size of an apple, symmetrically CHTSIS 315. 469. Chrysophyllum Cainito {X%). globular and smooth. A cross-section shows the star- shaped coife, whence the common name. It varies from white to purple in color of skin and also of flesh. The pulp is delicious (used uncooked) if the fruit is allowed to remain on the tree until ripe. It has large, pumpkin- like seeds. The tree reaches a height of 25 to 30 ft. It is very impatient of frost. It is native to the W. Indies. 32: 567. 11: 405. C. olivifdrme, Lam., is also in the Amer. trade, but as an ornamental plant. It is a smaller West Indian tree, native also in extreme S. Fla. Lvs. like those of the last: stigma 5-crenate (in G. Cai- nito 8-10-crenate): fr. ovoid-oblong and small, 1-seeded, blackish, insipid. These plants are allied to the Sapodillo. The various species of Chrysophyllum have beautiful broad green leaves,with under surfaces of a silky texture, varying in color from a silvery white, through golden, to a russet brown, and are well worth a place in the con- servatory as ornamenta
Size: 1826px × 1368px
Photo credit: © Central Historic Books / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthor, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, booksubjectgardening
