. 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. XANTHORRHIZA BB. Spike l%--2 n. long. hdBtilis, Lvs. 3-4 ft. long, 2-3 lines broad: scape often ti-8 ft. long, not counting the spike. Readily distinguished by the dense, rusty tonientum covering the ends of the bracts and outer perianth-segments. 4722. III. 17:196. 9:808. AA. Trunk becomin
. 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. XANTHORRHIZA BB. Spike l%--2 n. long. hdBtilis, Lvs. 3-4 ft. long, 2-3 lines broad: scape often ti-8 ft. long, not counting the spike. Readily distinguished by the dense, rusty tonientum covering the ends of the bracts and outer perianth-segments. 4722. III. 17:196. 9:808. AA. Trunk becoming 5 or 6, or ei'en 15 ft. long. PrelBBii, Endl. Lvs. 2-A ft. long, 1-2 lines broad, rigid, very brittle when young: scapes 2-6 ft. long, in- cluding the spike, which occupies one-half to nearly all its length. U933. ^ ji^ XANTHORKHtZA ( spelled Zantliorrhisu. 1 one species, native in the eastern United States from New York to Florida. Plant shrubby: lvs. pinnate or bipinnate: Hs. in drooping racemes or panicles: sepals '), petal-like, deciduous ; petals 5, smaller than the sepals, and 2-lobed; stamens .'>-10; carpels 5-10, ses- sile, forming only one-seeded follicles, one ovule of each usually not maturing. The plants are cult, mostly for their handsome foliage, which is much like that of Acteea, and which changes to a beautiful golden color in the autumn. The plants will grow readily in any good soil but usually prefer damp and shady places, although it often thrives in loose, sandy soil. Propagated both by seed and root (livision in fall or early spring. Often not hardy in -Massachusetts. apiiSdlia, L'Herit. Shrub Yellow Root. Fig. Stems of bright yellow wood, 1-20 ft. liigli: roots yel-. 1 wi Ip scape wide tl nerierianth- 1 c I isly spreading I e\t two species the h t p little longer only teruute; Ifts. often moi entire. Same distribution. K. C. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enha
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