. 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 PICUS 583 AA. Cult, indoors for ornament, hence not tall trees under these conditions. B. Kahit erect, not climbing. c. Under surface of Ivs. not rusty. D. Foliage not variegated {except in a variety of iVb. 2), E. Lvs. entire or with margins wavy, not lobed. F. Iferves numerous, 50pairs or so. 2. elastic
. 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 PICUS 583 AA. Cult, indoors for ornament, hence not tall trees under these conditions. B. Kahit erect, not climbing. c. Under surface of Ivs. not rusty. D. Foliage not variegated {except in a variety of iVb. 2), E. Lvs. entire or with margins wavy, not lobed. F. Iferves numerous, 50pairs or so. 2. elastica, Roxb. India Rubber Pi^nt. Figs. 818, 820, Lvs. 3-12 in. long, shining, leathery, oblong to elliptic, with an abrupt, dull point; nei'ves parallel, run- ning at nearly right angles from midrib to margin: fr. in pairs, sessile, in axils of fallen lvs., covered at first by a hooded involucre, when ripe greenish yellow, M in. long. Damp forests of trop. Asia. 2:54:7. —Becomes 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- riegata {var. aurea, Hort.) is much less popular. Lvs. creamy white or yellow near the edges. J. D. Eisele says it is liable to fungous dis- eases. This species is also grown South as a shade tree. The nervation is very char- acteristic. So, also, is the handsome rosy sheath which incloses the young lvs., and which soon drops off. This is regarded as a stipule of exceptionally great size. FF, lierves about S 2}2-l in. long: fr. in axillary pairs, egg- or pea- shaped. Burma, Malaya, where it is a shrub, often creeping or decumbent. 16:1540 (fruiting soon after importation, when 2 ft. high). Adv. 1895 by Pitcher and Manda. Voss refers this, with many other syno- nyms, to F. lieteropJiylla. DD. FoliaOe variegated. 6. Parc61U, Veitch. L\|s. thin, membranous, light green, mottled with creanl-white, more or less in
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