. The standard cyclopedia of horticulture; a discussion, for the amateur, and the professional and commercial grower, of the kinds, characteristics and methods of cultivation of the species of plants grown in the regions of the United States and Canada for ornament, for fancy, for fruit and for vegetables; with keys to the natural families and genera, descriptions of the horticultural capabilities of the states and provinces and dependent islands, and sketches of eminent horticulturists . n~ icus, Hort. 2 ft.: , deeply cleft, shin-ing green: fis. Spain. PerhapsA. niger, Mil
. The standard cyclopedia of horticulture; a discussion, for the amateur, and the professional and commercial grower, of the kinds, characteristics and methods of cultivation of the species of plants grown in the regions of the United States and Canada for ornament, for fancy, for fruit and for vegetables; with keys to the natural families and genera, descriptions of the horticultural capabilities of the states and provinces and dependent islands, and sketches of eminent horticulturists . n~ icus, Hort. 2 ft.: , deeply cleft, shin-ing green: fis. Spain. PerhapsA. niger, Mill.—.4. ilici-fdlius (Dilivaria ilici-folia, Juss.). Smoothgreenhouse sub-shrubwith lvs. resemblingIlex aquifolium, the Prop, by cut-tings under glass. E. Asia.—A. niger. Mill. Lvs. not .spiny, sinu-ate, glabrou?: fls. purplish white. Portugal. t^ TA-vin-a + ACER ( Latin name). Aceracex. and foreign trees cultivated chiefly for shadeand for the ornamental foUage. Trees, rarely shrubs: lvs. opposite, petioled, simpleand mostly palmately lobed, or foliolate, decidu-ous, rarely evergreen: fls. small, polygamous or ditecious,in racemes, panicles or corymbs; petals and sepals .5,rarely 4, rarely sepals connate and petals wanting; fliskusually annular, conspicuous, rarely lobed or wanting;stamens 4-10, mostly 8; styles 2, usually more or lessconnate: fr. consisting of 2 long-winged, compressednutlets (samaras), each containing 1 seed.—About 110. 80 Acanthus spinosus. From drawingby John Ruskin.
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