. 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 . the end, bearing a headof drooping yeUow fls., each ?iin. across; the scape isfrequently only 1-3 in. long
. 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 . the end, bearing a headof drooping yeUow fls., each ?iin. across; the scape isfrequently only 1-3 in. long, the fls. appearing ahnoston the ground; bracts 1 to each fl. and about as Asia, Austral. 770. (with scape abnor-mally long). Var. striata, Hort., has a central band ofwhite. Var. variegata, Hort., has longitudinal bars ofwhite. latifolia, Dry. Fig. 1148. Height 2-3 ft.: differs fromC. recurvata in having a very short-stalked erect infl.,the bright yellow fls. in a dense cluster near the baseof the plant: Ivs. lanceolate, 1-2 ft. long and 1-5 , the petiole 12 in. or less: fr. 1 in. long, club-shaped or pyriform, hairy, with black seeds: the plantproduces numerous suckers which, when removed, areeasily grown, and bloom in about a year; said to bea beautiful and hardy house-plant, more satisfactorythan palms for one without a conservatory. India,Malaysia. 2034. 7,54. 5:443 (asC. sumatrana).—Variable in foilage. G. W. CURCUMA CURRANT 917 CURCUMA (Arabic name). Zingiheracese. Curiousand showy warmhouse herbaceous plants with greatspikes of large concave or hooded bracts, from which theflowers scarcely protrude. Erect herbs, the st. rising to 10 ft. from a thick tuber-iferous rootstock: Ivs. usually large: fls. in a dense cone-
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