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Title: 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
Identifier: cyclopediaofamer02bail2 (find matches)
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954 ed; Miller, Wilhelm, b. 1869, joint author
Subjects: Gardening
Publisher: New York (etc. ) The Macmillan company
Contributing Library: Boston College Libraries
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FICUS PICUS 583 AA. Cult, indoors for ornament, hence not tall trees under these conditions. B. Kahit erect, not climbing. c. Under surface of Ivs. not rusty. D. Foliage not variegated (except in a variety of iVb. 2), E. Lvs. entire or with margins wavy, not lobed. F. Iferves numerous, 50pairs or so. 2. elastica, Roxb. India Rubber Pi^nt. Figs. 818, 820, Lvs. 3-12 in. long, shining, leathery, oblong to elliptic, with an abrupt, dull point; nei'ves parallel, run- ning at nearly right angles from midrib to margin: fr. in pairs, sessile, in axils of fallen lvs., covered at first by a hooded involucre, when ripe greenish yellow, M in. long. Damp forests of trop. Asia. G.F. 2:54:7. —Becomes 100 ft. high in tropics, but becomes unsightly under glass at 8 or 10 ft. Cult, plants mostly have a single stem, but there is a growing demand for compact and branching plants. Var. va- riegata (var. aurea, Hort.) is much less popular. Lvs. creamy white or yellow near the edges. J. D. Eisele says it is liable to fungous dis- eases. This species is also grown South as a shade tree. The nervation is very char- acteristic. So, also, is the handsome rosy sheath which incloses the young lvs., and which soon drops off. This is regarded as a stipule of exceptionally great size. FF, lierves about S 2)2-l in. long: fr. in axillary pairs, egg- or pea- shaped. Burma, Malaya, where it is a shrub, often creeping or decumbent. L.B.C. 16:1540 (fruiting soon after importation, when 2 ft. high). Adv. 1895 by Pitcher and Manda. Voss refers this, with many other syno- nyms, to F. lieteropJiylla. DD. FoliaOe variegated. 6. Parc61U, Veitch. L\;s. thin, membranous, light green, mottled with creanl-white, more or less in the
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818. Leaf of Rubber Plant, showing venation. ir. elastica (X^)- manner of mosaic, oblong-oval, acuminate, dentate. Islandsof Pacific. F.S. 22:2273. P.M. 1874:124.-Int. by Veitch about 1874. A warmhouse shrubby plant; prob- ably the most popular of the variegated forms of Ficus. J. D. Eisele says it is readily prop, by cuttings of half- ripened wood placed in sand in brisk bottom heat Also cult, in S. Calif., where it bears tricolored fr. CO. Cuder surface of young lvs. rusty. 7. rubiginosa, Desf. (F. austrdlis, Willd.). Lvs. leathery, rounded or cordate at base, notched at tip: fr. mostly in pairs, globular, 5-G lines thick, usually warty. Australia, where it thro'vs out aerial roots like the Banyan Tree. B.M. 2939. —The rusty color is a beauti- ful feature. Voss considers this a form of F, elastica. BB. Habit climbing or trailing. c. Form, of lvs. ovate, obtuse, unequally heart-sliaped at base. 8. pumilaf Linn. (F. stipuld.ta, Thunb. F. repens, Hort., not Rottl.). Creeping Fig. Fig. 819. Pros- trate or climbing shrub, clinging close to conserva- tory walls and then flattened. Lvs. more or less 2-ranked, on very short petioles, ovate, obtuse, en- tire or slightly wavy, rounded or cordate at the base, often unequally; veins prominent below. Japan, China, Australia. B.M. 6657. R.H. 1891:448. G.C. II. 14:560, 561, 717. Var. mimma (F. minima, Hort.) has smaller lvs. The species is sometimes used for hanging baskets. CO. Form of lvs. oblong-acuminate, slightly notched at base. 9. radicans, Desf. Garden plant, with green, oblong- acuminate lvs. and trailing habit. Imperfectly known. Habitat unknown. Var. variegata, Hort. W. BiilL, has lvs. irregularly marked with creamy white, the variega- tion beginning at the margin. G.C. III. 22:185. A.G, 19:527. "int. 1897. AAA. Cult, outdoors in southern Fla. and Calif, for shade, etc., hence often tall trues. B. Arrangement of lvs. usually opposite. 10. hispida, Linn, f, (F. opposififdlia,'Willd.). Shrub or small tree: Ivs. entire or toothed: fr. clustered on old wood or leafy branches, hispid, yellowish. Asia, Trop. Australia. BB. Arrangement of lvs. alter'nate. c. Texture of lvs. membranous, not leathery. D. Xcs. tapering to a point; base entire^ obtuse. 11. glomerata, Roxb. Cluster Fig. Lvs. 4-7 in. long ; nerves 4-6 pairs: fr. clustered on leafless, scaly branches, pear- or top-shaped, IM in. thick, reddish. India, Burma. —"A quick-growing, evergreen sliade txQe."—Beasoner. "A dense shade tree: lvs. have a peculiar metallic luster: small fruits, much relished by cattle and children."—ira«cesc?ii. DD. Lvs. with an abrupt, short, acuminate aptex ; base notched. 12. infectoria, Roxb. Lvs. 3M-5 in. long ; nerves .5-7 pairs : fr. in axillary pairs, sessile, globose, J4 in. thick, whitish, flushed and dotted. Trop. Asia. Malaya.— Grows 60 ft. high, and is one of the i3est shade trees. cc. Texture of lvs. leathery, not membranous, D. Under surface of lvs. rusty. 13. rubiginosa, Desf. Described at No. 7. DD. Under surface of lvs. not rusty. E. Stipules very large, rosy, inclosing the young lvs. when young and falling off afterwards. 14. elastica, Roxb. Described at No. 2. 15. macrophylla, Desf. Moreton Bay Fig. Lvs. G-10 in. long, 3-4 in. wide : stipules 2^ in. long : fr. nearly globular, 9-12 lines thick, axillary, in 3's or 4's, on short, thick peduncles. Austral.—Much planted in southern and middle California, where, however, it does not perfect seed. F. von Mueller says it is perhaps the grandest of Australian avenue trees. EE. Stipules not exceptionally large and not rosy or deciduous.

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