. 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. r;i5? 2753. Xanlhoceras sorbilolia (X --). (See ]i. IW:,.) Trunk s. 1-2 ft. urn sh. S in. Ju 'J- minor, Lvs. 1-2 ft. 1-2 lini's wide Ioniser than the lvs.: .spike icss rlian '^4 in. wid 62!I7. âBelongs to the group in wliich the inner 11 se^i'ients have a white blade cunspieuously spr above the ou
. 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. r;i5? 2753. Xanlhoceras sorbilolia (X --). (See ]i. IW:,.) Trunk s. 1-2 ft. urn sh. S in. Ju 'J- minor, Lvs. 1-2 ft. 1-2 lini's wide Ioniser than the lvs.: .spike icss rlian '^4 in. wid 62!I7. âBelongs to the group in wliich the inner 11 se^i'ients have a white blade cunspieuously spr above the outer ones, while in the next two spe< inner segments have a short whitish tip, little tljan the outer and scarcely spreading. scape , rianth- ,-eading ies the longer hAstilis, Lvs. 3-4 ft. long. 2-3 lines broad: scape often 6-S ft. long, not c<»uutiug the spike. Readily distinguished by the dense, rusty tonientum covering the ends of the bracts and outer perianth-segments. 4722. III. 17:1%. :8(i8. AA. Trunk hecomiug 5 or 6, or even 7,7 f(. long. Prelssii, Endl. Lvs. 2-4 ft. long, 1-2 lines Iiroad, rigid, very brittle when young: scapes 2-(l ft. long, in- cluding the spike, which occupies one-half to nearly all its length. (3933. \\r, jj XANTHOERHlZA (Greek, yef/ow root). Often spelled Zanthorrhiza. Manmiculacew. A genus of only one species, native in the eastern United States from New York to Florida. Plant shrubby: lvs. pinnate or bipinnate: Us. in drooping racemes or panicles: sepals 5, petal-like, deciduous ; petals 5, smaller than the sepals, and 2-lobed; stamens 5-10; carpels 5-10, ses- sile, forming only one-seeded follicles, one ovule of each usually not maturing. The plants are cult, mostly fortheir handsome foliage, which is much like that of Actaea, and wliich 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 lo
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