. 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. FICUS 583 CuU. not tall trees B. ITabit erect, not climbing. c. Under surface oflvs. not rttsty. K Foliage not variegated (except in a variety nf No. 2). E. Ifi's. entire or with margins wavy, not lobed. F. yerves numerous, ,50pairs or so. 2. elAstica, Roxb. India Rubber Plant. Figs. 818, long, shiuing, leather
. 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. FICUS 583 CuU. not tall trees B. ITabit erect, not climbing. c. Under surface oflvs. not rttsty. K Foliage not variegated (except in a variety nf No. 2). E. Ifi's. entire or with margins wavy, not lobed. F. yerves numerous, ,50pairs or so. 2. elAstica, Roxb. India Rubber Plant. Figs. 818, long, shiuing, leathery, oblong to abrupt, (lull poiu. parallel, nearly right angles from midrib to margin: fr. in pairs, sessile, in axils of fallen Ivs., covered at first by a hooded involucre, when iipe greenish yellow, 3^ in. long Damp forests of trop. Asia 2:547. âBecomes 100 ft high in tropics, but becomes unsightly under glass at 8 or 10 ft. Cult, plants mostly have a single stem, but there is a growing demand for compact and branching plants. Var. va- riBgata (var. aurea, Hort.) IS much less popular. Lvs. tieamy white or yellow near the edges. J. says iC IS liible to fungous dis- incloses the yountr Iv,-,., ;iiid which soon drops off. This Is regarded as a stipult- of exceptionally great size. FF. Nerves about 8 pairs. 3. erficta, Thunb. Extra- ordinarily variable : shrub , Leaf of Rubber Plant, elastica (X34} pu- I'ear-shaped layas. China, Japan. 7" ,n , l,.rr the lvs. look rather leathery). Procurable tlinmnh deiders in Japa- nese plants. FFF. Nerves about 3pairs. 4. macTOcdrpa, Wight. Becomes a large, climbing tr^e: lvs. 5 in. long, memliranous, broadly ovate; peti- ole 2-2H in. long: fr. 1-2H in. thick, spotted, , in cauline clusters. India. âThis name was once adv. by John Saul who spoke of the plant as a shrub with leathery h s EE Lis deeply lot ed, not n e> hjuaiy 5 quercifbha Ro\b The oak leaved firm is the typi- cal me 1 t Kii 1 111 t 1 I h \b in
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