. 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. CAREX Lvs. stiff and evergreen, long-pointed, in the common garden form with a white band near either margin: culm 1 ft., with a terminal staniinate spike and two or thrcp slt-nder pistillate spikes (1 in. long) from
. 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. CAREX Lvs. stiff and evergreen, long-pointed, in the common garden form with a white band near either margin: culm 1 ft., with a terminal staniinate spike and two or thrcp slt-nder pistillate spikes (1 in. long) from sheaths: pcriiiviiiuni small and firm, somewhat exeurved, 2- u' Jap. III. 13:173. , p. 9. — A viTv h:iii(lsome plant, suited for pots or the border. The stiff, clean, white-edged foliage keeps in condition for months, making the plant useful for decorations in which pot-plants are used. It is perfectly hardy in central New York, holding its foliage all winter. A use- ful tlorists' plant. tenElria, Hort. (C tfnera, Hort.). Slender but stiff: lvs. narrow, rolling more or less when dry: staminate spikes long-stalked : pistillate spikes 1 or 2, short- stalked, short, with few large-turgid, tapering, shining CARICA 245. 360. Carex lurida. one of the • (Natural size.) ft. staminate spike: b, b, pistillate spikes perigynia and awl-like, rough-pointed scales. Probably Japanese. —Cult, tor its stiff foliage. Grows 18-30 in. high. Allied to the N. Amer. C. ImUata, Schk. Gaudichaudiina, Kunth (O. vulgAris, Pries, var. Gaudirliaiidiana, Boott). Culms erect, 1-2 ft.: lvs. long and grass-like : staminate Hs. in terminal spikes : pis- tillate ds. in 2-3 cylindrical, sessile or subsessile spikes : perigynium lenticular, small, very short beaked, obscurely 2- toothed, finely nerved, longer than the narrow scale. Jap., Austral., N. Zeal. —Useful for bog planting. Fraseri, Andrews. Lvs. 1 in. or more broad, stiff, but with no midnerve, flat and thick, evergr
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