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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, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954, ed Miller, Wilhelm, 1869- joint ed
Subjects: Gardening -- Dictionaries Plants -- North America encyclopedias
Publisher: New York, Doubleday, Page & Company
Contributing Library: UMass Amherst Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: UMass Amherst Libraries

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. Climbing 2-S ft. by means of thecoiling petioles and peduncles : lvs. 3-lobed, halberd-shape : fls. axillary, 1 in. or more long, violet or purple,handsome. Tex. to Calif. B.M. 1643.—Attractive plantfor the window, cool greenhouse or conservatory.Suitable for baskets. l^ jj_ r^ ANTBOPHYUM (Greek, ffroiciKg in caverns). Poly-podi&cew. A genus of inconspicuous, simple-leavedferns rarely found in cultivation. Require high temp. &.£&&&. (Greek, undivided). Graminecf. One or twoEuropean and Asian grasses of the tribe Agyostideo. A.arundindcea, Hook., is a tender grass from New Zea-land, of erect habit and exceedingly long, pendulouspanicles, grown under glass ; but it really belongs to thegenus Stipa. G.C. III. 22 : 283. Likely to come intoAmerican trade. APHANANTHE (Greek, aphanes, inconspicuous,and anthe, flower). (Irticdcece. Trees or shrubs : lvs.alternate, petiolate, serrate : fls. monoecious, inconspic-uous ; staminate in corymbs; pistillate single, axillary:
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APHANANTHE APIOS 75 fr. a drupe. Three species in Jap. and Austral. Prop,by seeds or periijips in the same way as Celtis, and alsoby grafting on Oeltis. aspera, Planch. Small tree : Ivs. ovate, oblique, acu-minate, serrate, 2M—i in. long, rough to the touch : tls,greeui.sh, with the Ivs.: drupe globular, black, slender-stalked. Jap.—Not hardy N., with slender branches,not much different in appearance from Celtic occlden-talis. Little known in this country. Alfred Rehder. APHELANDRA (Greek-made name). Acanlhdceie.Ni-;irly 70 s(H.ics of evergreen tropical American shrubs,grow 11 ill liciiliouses forthe fine foliage and showy 4-sidedterminal .spikes of red or yellow gaudy-bracted fls. Ofeasy culture, if given plenty of diffused light in the grow-ing season, and plants are not allowed to become tall andleggy. It is well to grow new plants frequently. Prop,by seeds when obtainable, or by cuttings of partiallyripened wood at any season. They bloom in axitiimn,but can readily be brought

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