Archive image from page 133 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. 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 cyclopediaofamer03bail Year: 1906 710 HALESIA are rather short-lived, except in var. Meehaui. Prop, most commonly by layers, also by root-cuttings in spring and autumn; and by seeds, which should be kept
Archive image from page 133 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. 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 cyclopediaofamer03bail Year: 1906 710 HALESIA are rather short-lived, except in var. Meehaui. Prop, most commonly by layers, also by root-cuttings in spring and autumn; and by seeds, which should be kept con- stantly moist, as they rarely germinate until the second year if allowed to dry. H. (Uptera is hardy as far north as Philadelphia, but of doubtful hardiness farther north, though it may become acclimatized. Thrives best in a cool, deep loam. Prop, by seeds, which should never be allowed to dry, and by grafting on H. tetraptera. tetrAptera, Linn. Fig. lOlG. A small tree or shrub 8°-10, whose lis. resemble those of a snowdrop. Lvs. ovate or ovate-oblong, finely serrate, dark green and glabrous above, pale green and stellate-pubescent be- low, 2—1 in. long: fls. in lateral clusters of 2—1 ; co- rolla 1-lobed, 1 in. long: ovary 4-celled: drupe ellip- soidal, longitudinally -i-winged, l-lj in. long. Va. S. and W. 910. Mn. 5, p. 194. 6:257. Gng. 2:217. 14:211; 18:438. 1899:352-3. Var. Mehani, Sargent (fl'.J/i'mnHort.). Fig. 1017. Habit wholly unlike that of the type, round, bushy and more upright, from a distance looking like an apple tree, 12 ft. high. Has thicker, rugose, dark green lvs., on young plants glandular serrate, and smaller, more numerous fls with short calyx-tubes and cup-shaped corollas, with- out the narrow base. Seems barren, but is not a hy- brid. Growth smaller. 5:535. Gng. 2:247. diptera, Ellis. A small tree or shrub from the South not easily distinguished from If. teiraptera. The lvs. are larger, ovate, green on both sides, co
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