. 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 . 368. Aregelia spectabilis. (X^). Arboriculture. A palm plantation, with Corypha umbraculifera in the foreg
. 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 . 368. Aregelia spectabilis. (X^). Arboriculture. A palm plantation, with Corypha umbraculifera in the foreground. ARENARIA ARENGA 389 ARENARIA (arena, sand, where many of the speciesgrow). Including Alsine, Cherteria and Low herbs, mostly with white flowers,usually forming mats, and suitable for borders, carpets,and lawn clumps; many of them also used for rockworkand alpine gardens; spring- or summer-flowering. Annual or perennial, with opposite entire narrow ex-stipulate Ivs.: fls. small, terminal or clustered, or some-times axillary; sepals 5; petals 4 or 5, entire or slightlynotched, sometimes wanting; stamens 10 (rarely 8);styles mostly 3: fr. a small caps., opening by valves asmany or twice as many as the styles.—Perhaps 130-150species, as the genus is here defined, throughout theworld but rare in the tropics. Only the perennial spe-cies are commonly cult. Of easiest cult, in almost anysoil. Prop, by division; also by seeds, and rare speciessometimes by cuttings. Many species of aren
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