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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: cu31924000537732 (find matches)
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954; Miller, Wilhelm, b. 1869
Subjects: Gardening
Publisher: New York, Macmillan
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
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FILTS Firrs 583 AA, Culf. indoors for oruument, lantre tiof fall frees under these conditions. B. Rahifererf, not cUinhin'/. 'â â Lender snrfarr of Irs. not disIij. >. Foliaf/r not vnriajafed (except in >i mrirfij of Xn. ..';. L. Lvs. attire or with ntanjins wavij, n>>f lobrd. F. iVerves mimcroiis, ~>0 pairs or so. '1. eUstica, Roxl>. Ini>ia Rubber Plant. Figs. 818, 21). Lvs. .V12 in. )(>n^', shininj:, leathery, oblong h> lliptie, with UD abrupt, dull point; nerves parallel, run- ning at ncarl)^ right angles from midrib to margin: fr. in pairs, sessile, in uxils of fallen Ivs., covered at first by a hooded involucre, when ripe greenish yellow, V^ in. long. Damp forests of trop. Asia. G.F. 2:5-i7. âBecomes 100 ft high in tropics, Imt bf f omes unsightly under glass it 8 or 10 ft. Cult. pi mts mostly have a single stem but there is a growing di nnnd for compact and 111 \XM hing plants. Var. va- riegita (var. tntrea, Hrt. 1 is much less popular. Lvs. cii_amy white or yellow near the edges. J. J). Eisele says it IS liable to fungous dis- is( s This species is also grow II South as a sliade tree. The nirrvation is very char- ifteiistic. So, also, is the li mdsome rosy sheath which m 1 >se3 the young lvs., and \\hu h soon drops off. This is r( girded as a stipule of \( t ptionally great size. VF JS'erves about 3 jyairs. â¢T. er6cta, Thunb. Extra- ordinarily variable ; shrub to small tree, glabrous, pu- bescent, or almost strigose : Lvs. broadly ovate, obovutr or elliptic (lanceolate invar. Sieboldii), entire or with liere and there a lobe, or rather coarselydentateaVtove the middle: fr. single or in pairs, peduncled or subses- sih"', and either globose and not stalked or pear-shaped and long - stalked. Hima- layas. China, Japan. B.M. T.'i.'iO (where the lvs. look rather leathery). ProcurahU- Tlirough dealers in Japa- nese plants. FFF. IVcrri's ahout J )>iiirs. 4. macrocarpa, Wight. Becomes a large, climbing tree: lvs. o in. long, membranous, broadly ovate; peti- ole 2-2S in. long: fr. 1-2^^ in. thick, spotted, globose, in cauline clusters. India. âThis name was once adv. by John Saul, who spoke of tin- plant as a shnib with leathery lvs. EE. Lvs. d<'eplij h'l-ed, not ),irr<'Iij irarn. f). quercifolia, Roxb. The oak-leaved form is the typi- cal one, but King includes F. hiimilis, Roxb., in which the lvs. are serrate or nearly entire and not lobed. Lvs. 2-5 in. Jong, ^'thickly membranous;" nerves r)-7-pairs; petiole 3'2-l in. long': fr. in axillary pairs, egg- or pea- shaped. Burma, Malaya, where it is a shrub, often creeping or decumbent. L.R.C. 10:1540 (fruiting soon after importation, when 2 ft. hii^di). Adv. 1895 by Pitcher and Manda. Voss refers this, witii many other syno- nyms, to F. heterophylJa. DD. Foli'ige V'/rier/'iird. 0. Parc6Ili, Veitch. Lvs. thin, membranous, light .green, mottled with cream-white, more or less in the
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818. Leaf of Rubber Plant, showing venation. F. elastica (X>4). manner of mosaic, oblong-oval, acuminate, dentate. Islaudsof Pacific. P.S. 22:2273. F.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 tricoh.red fr. CC. F>idfr surface of )ju>i<j Irs. rusty. 7. rubiginosa, Desf. (F. ausfrdlis, 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 throws out aerial roots like the Baayan Tree. B.M. 29H0. âThe rusty color is a beauti- ful feature. Voss considers this a form of F. elastica. BB. ITahif eliiiihiiuj or trailing. ('. Foryn of Irs. ovalr, ohtusr, unrqunUij heart-shaped at base. 8. piimila, Linn. (F. stipuldta, Thunb. F. ri'^pens, Hort., not Rottl.). Creeping Fig. Fig. 819. Pros- trate or (dimbing shrub, clinging close to conserva- tory walls and then tiattened. 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 7)rominent V)elow. Japan, China, Ausfraiia. B.W.G(5:,7. K.li. 1891:448. O.C. II. 14:500, 561. 717. Var. minima (F. minima, Hort.) has smaller lvs. The species is sonietinn.'S used for hanging baskets. cc. Form of lvs. ohhoig-ariiiii i)ialc, slightly notched at ba se. 9. radlcans, Desf. Garden plant, with green, oblong- acuminate lvs. and trailing haliit. Imperfectly known. Habitat unknown. Var. varieg^ta, Hort. W. Bull., has lvs. irregularly marked with creamy white, the variega- tion beginning at the margin. C.C. III. 22:185. A.G. 19:527. Int. 1897. AAA. Cult. ouid')rs in southern Flu. and Calif, for sJiade, etc., hence often tall trees. B. ArraugoHi'ut of lvs. usually opposite. 10. hispida, Linn. f. (F. oppositifdlia,V,^i\\d.). Shrub or small trre: lvs. cnrire or toothed: fr. clustered on old wood or leafy branches, hispid, yellowish. Asia, Trop, Australia. BB. Arraugeinent of Irs. alirruitlc. r. Trxfure of lvs. nimtbruuous, not leathery. i>. Lvs. tapering to a poi)i.f ; base entire^ obtuse. 11. glomer^ta, Roxb. (^'luster Fig. Lvs. 4-7 in. long ; nerves 4-G pairs: fr. clustered on Icatless, scaly branches, pear- or top-shaped,'l^i in. thick, reddish. India, Burma.âA ()uick-growing, evergreen shade tree."âit'ca.s-oHcr. "A dense shade tree: lvs. have a )teculiar metallic luster; small fruits, much relislied by cattle and childri^-n."â Francesehi. iii>. Lvs. frith ini abrupt. sJioii, iate aprx ; base nolrhtd. 12. infectdria, Roxb. Lvs. 3^o-5 in. long ; nerves 5-7 ;.airs : fr. in axillary pairs, sessile, globose, ?^4 in. thick, whitish. Hushed an<l dotted. Trop. Asia, Malaya.â Grows GO ft. hiu:h, ami is one of the best shade trees. (T. 'Frxiure of Irs. leathery, not ))ienibrf'tinus. D. Ciidcr surface of Irs. rusty. i::, rubiginosa, Desf. Described at Xo. 7. I.D. t'uder surface of Irs. n. Described at No. 2. 15. macropliylla, Desf. Moreton Bay Fkj. Lvs. il-lii in. long, 3-4 in. wide : stipules 2-4 in. long : fr. nearly globular, 9-12 lines thick, axillary, in 3's or 4*s, on short, thick peduncles. Austral.âMuch planted in southern and middle California, where, however, it does not perfect seed. F. von Mueller says it is perhaps the â¢rraiidest of Australian avenue trees. EK. Stipules )iOt exceptionally large and not rosy or deciduous.

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