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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
Identifier: cyclopediaofamer02bail (find matches)
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
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PICUS 583 AA. Cult, indoors for ornament, hence not tail trees under these conditions. B. Hahit erect, not climbing, c. Under surface of Ivs. not rnstij. D. Foliage not variegated (except in a variety of No. 2). E. Lvs. entire or with margins wavy, not lobed. F. Nerves numerous, 50 pairs or so. 2. eldstica, Roxb. India Rubber Plant. Pigs. 818, 820. Lvs. ."i-lS in. long, shining, leathery, oblong to elliptic., witli an abrupt, dull point; nerves 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, % in. long. Damp forests of trop. Asia. G.F. 2:547. —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. a urea, 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. Tills is regarded as a stipule of exceptionally great size. FF. Nerves about 8pairs. 3. er6ota, Thunb. Extra- ordinarily variable : shrub to small tree, glabrous, pu- bescent, or almost strigose : lvs. broadly ovate, obovate or elliptic (lanceolate in var. Sieboldii), entire or with here and there a lobe, or rather coarsely dentate above the middle: fr. single or in pairs, peduncled or subses- sile, and either globose and not stalked or pear-shaped and long-stalked. Hima- layas. China, Japan. B.M. 7550 (where the Ivs. look rather leathery). Procurable through dealers in Japa- nese plants. FFF. Nerves about 3pairs. i. macTOC&rpa, Wight. Becomes a large, climbing tree: lvs. 5 in. long, membranous, broadly ovate; peti- ole 2-2K in. long: fr. 1-2H in. thick, spotted, globose, in cauline clusters. India. —This name was once adv. by John Saul, who spoke of the plant as a shrub with leathery lvs. EE. Lvs. deeply lobed, not merely wavy. 5. quercifolia, Roxb. The oak-leaved form is the typi- cal one, but King includes F. humilis, Roxb., in which the Ivs. are serrate or nearly entire and not lobed. Lvs. 2-5 in. long, "thickly membranous;" nerves 5-7-pairs; petiole J^-1 in. long: fr. in axillary pairs, egg- or pea- shaped. Burma, Malaya, where it is a shrub, often creeping or decumbent. L.B.C. 16:1.540 (fruiting soon after importation, when 2 ft. high). Adv. 1895 by Pitcher and Manda. Voss refers this, with many other syno- nyms, to F. heterophylla. DD. Foliage variegated. G. Parc611i, 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 (XJi). manner of mosaic, oblong-oval, acuminate, dentate. Islands of Pacific. P.S. 22:2273. P.M. 187-1:124.-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 trioolored fr. cc. Cnder surface of young lvs. rusty. 7. rubiginosa, Desf. (F. austrAlis, Willd.). Lvs. leathery, rounded or cordate at base, notched at tip: fr. mostly in pairs, globular, 5-6 lines thick, usually warty. Australia, where it throws 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. L'. Form of lvs. ovate, obtuse, unequally heart-shaped at base. 8. pumila, Linn. (F. stipulMa, Thunb. F. repens, Hort., not Rottl.). Creeping Fig. Pig. 819. Pros- trate or climbing shrub, clinging close to conserva- tory w'alls 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. J.apan, China, Australia. B.M. 6657. R.H.. 1891:448. G.C. 11. 14:560, 561, 717. Var. minima (F. minima, Hort.) has smaller lvs. The species is sometimes used for hanging baskets. ('(\ 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. Bull., has Ivs. 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 tail trees. B. Arrangement of lvs. usually opposite. 10. hlapida, Linn. f. (F. oppositifdlia,^!^.). Shrub or small tree: lvs. entire or toothed: fr. clustered on old wood or leafy branches, hispid, yellowish. Asia, Trop. Australia. BB. Arrangement of lvs. alternate. c. Texture of lvs. membranous, not leathery. D. Lvs. tapering to a point ; base entire, obtuse. 11. glomerita, Roxb. Cluster Pig. Lvs. 4-7 in. long ; nerves 4-6 pairs: fr. clustered on leafless, scaly branches, pear- or top-shaped, IHin. thick, reddish. India, Burma.— "A quick-growing, evergreen shade tree."—Reasoner. "A dense shade tree: Ivs. have a peculiar metallic luster: small fruits, much relished by cattle and children."—J^rawcescTii. DD. Lvs. tvith an abrupt, short, acuminate apex ; base notched. 12. infect6ria, Roxb. Lvs. 3J-2-5 in. long ; nerves 5-7 pairs : fr. in axillary pairs, sessile, globose, K in. thick, whitish, flushed and dotted. Trop. Asia, Malaya.— Grows (io ft. high, and is one of the best shade trees. cc. Texture of lvs. leathery, not membranous. D. Cnder surface of lvs. rusty. 13. rubiginosa, Desf. Described at No. 7. DD. Cnder surface of lvs. not rusty. e. Stipules very large, rosy, inclosing the young lvs. u-hen young and falling off afterwards. 14. elastica, Roxb. Described at No. 2. 15. macroph:?lla, Desf. Moreton Bay Pig. Lvs. 6-10 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. —Much planted in southern and middle California, where, however, it does not perfect seed. P. 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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