. 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. FLOWER FLOWER 598 leaves are tormed, the intervening parts grow very lit- tle, and so do not separate the successive leaves or cir- cles of leaves. The torus is more or less broadened or elongated to permit the suitab
. 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. FLOWER FLOWER 598 leaves are tormed, the intervening parts grow very lit- tle, and so do not separate the successive leaves or cir- cles of leaves. The torus is more or less broadened or elongated to permit the suitable growth of the crowded. ieaves. In the strawberry it is high, dome-shaped (Figs. 826, 827); in the raspberry the torus remains (S, Fig. 828) when the little drupes are removed; in the rose it is urn-shaped, bearing the leaves on the edge and inner face ; in the mouse-tail it is much elongated. When a number of tlowers are crowded together their leaves are developed from a common torus, as in sun- flower and chrysanthenaum and other members of the Oompositae {Fig. 829). The common torus may be broad and flat, with the flowers scattered over it, as in Dorstenia (Fig. 732); or even hollow, as in the fig (Fig. 821), with the minute flowers on the nearly enclosed inner face. Floral Scares. —The leaves of the flower form two series; the outer protective and attractive leaves, the floral leai>es, and the inner sporangial leaves. The floral leaves are usually distinguishable into an outer set, the calyx, and an inner set, the corolla. The calyx leaves, when separate, are called sepals, and the corolla leaves petals. The sepals are more or less different from the petals in size, shape and color. They are oftenest green, and usually smaller and simpler than the petals. In the bud they usually completely cover the inner leaves. The sepals and petals oftentimes do not remain distinct tliroughout their development, but each set grows as a single piece; a fact which has been made the
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