. 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 . 80 Acanthus spinosus. From drawingby John species in N. Amer., Asia,especially Cent, and ,
. 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 . 80 Acanthus spinosus. From drawingby John species in N. Amer., Asia,especially Cent, and , Europe and N. by Pax inEngler, Pflanzenreich IV,fam. 163 (1903), quotedbelow as fax; see, also,Rehder, The Maples ofE. Continental Asia, inSargent, Trees andShrubs, ,1:175 (),and Koidzumi, RevisioAceracearum Japonica-rum in Jour. College ofScience, Tokyo, 32, Art. i 1 (1911), both with many XA^tiplates. Monogr. of thegarden forms by GrafSchwerin in Gt. 1893; seealso II. 16:75. The maples are hardyornamental trees orshrubs, with handsomelarge foliage which, insome species, shows aremarkable tendency tovary in shape and color-ing. Numerous garden forms are in cultivation, gy. Acanthus spinosissunus.(XH)Though the flowers are small, they are quite attractive in the early-floweringspecies as in A. ruhrum and A. saccharum, since theyappear in great profusion; in some species the youngfruits assume a bright red color, particularly in , A. ginnala, A. pseudoplataniis var. eryth-rocarpum, and .1. ruhrum. T
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