. 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, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. CHRYSOGONUM heads being solitary and peduncled in the axils. Lvs. ovate and mostly obtuse, crenate. Prop, by creeping rootstocks and runners. Of little merit horticulturally. CHRYSOPHtLLUM (Greek, golden lerif. in ref
. 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, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. CHRYSOGONUM heads being solitary and peduncled in the axils. Lvs. ovate and mostly obtuse, crenate. Prop, by creeping rootstocks and runners. Of little merit horticulturally. CHRYSOPHtLLUM (Greek, golden lerif. in reference to the color of the under surface of the handsome leaves). Hiipotdceie. 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-campanulate, usually 5-lobed or -parted ; sta- mens 5, standing on the corolla tube: fr. usually fleshy, sometimes edible. C. Cainito, Linn., is the Star Apple, Fig. 469. The fruit is the size of an apple, svmmetrieally CHYSIS 315. '^ . 469. Chrysophyllum Cainito IX i4). globular and smooth. A cross-section shows the star- shaped core, 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. :507. :405. C. olivi!6rme, , is also in the Amer. trade, but as an ornaiufiital plant. It is a smaller West Indian tree, native alsu in extreme S. Fla. Lvs. like those of the last: stigma 5-creiiate (in C. 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 w
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