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 . or of botany atK(iiiilMirt;h). Apocyn&eete. Between 30 and 40 trns iir shrubs of E. Ind. and Australia, with smallwhite fls. in terminal cymes, and simple entire lvs. inwhorls or opposite. A. seholdris, R. Br., is the Devil-tree or Pali-mara of India, the bark of which is
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 . or of botany atK(iiiilMirt;h). Apocyn&eete. Between 30 and 40 trns iir shrubs of E. Ind. and Australia, with smallwhite fls. in terminal cymes, and simple entire lvs. inwhorls or opposite. A. seholdris, R. Br., is the Devil-tree or Pali-mara of India, the bark of which is medici-nal. Trees yield caoutchouc. macroph^Ua, Wall. A tall tree, with milky juice, spar-ingly cult, in S. Fla., and perhaps in S. Calif. ALSTE(EMi;RIA (Baron Alstrcemer, friend of Lin-nieus). AminiiHiilni-iii. Coolhouse and stove plants,with tulicruus treated as bulbs. Pis. small (2 less liuitr), ciinip;irutively narrow, with 6 segments,parted nearly or quite to the ovary, often irregular;stamens mostly declined ; stigma 3-cleft ; sts. slenderand leafy, weak, or even disposed to climb. Monogr. byBaker, Handbook of the Amaryllideie. Some of the Alstrcemerias have survived the wintersin Washington of late years only when a heavy mulchhas been given, as A . aurantiaca and its form ,. 72. Alsophila olierocarpa. A. Chilensis and its forms. Evidently among the hardi-est are ^4 . Brasitiensis and A. pittehella, although someof the others have not been tried. For outdoor planting,Alstrcemerias are at their best in a partly shaded posi- 54 ALSTRCEMERIA tion, and at all times (luring their growth the roots musthave an abundance of water. In fact, there is little usein attempting their cultivation out-of-doors where theseconditions cannot be given. In colder climates, the Al-stroemerias can be grown very successfully by planting-out in spring, and, as soon as they die down, lift, andkeep over winter in a place from which frost is annual lifting, or, when
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