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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: cyclopediaofame02bail (find matches)
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954; Miller, Wilhelm, 1869-
Subjects: Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture
Publisher: New York : Macmillan
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AA. Cult. FICUS ndoors for ornament^ hence not tall trees under these conditions. B. Habit erect, not climbing, c. Under surface of Ivs. not riisty. D. Foliage not variegated (except in a variety of JVo. 2). E. Li-s. entire or with margins ivavy, not loied. F. Kerves numerous, 50 pairs or so. 2. elistica, Roxb. India Rubber Plant. Figs. 818, 820. Lvs. 3-12 in. long, shining, leathery, oblong to elliptic, with 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, J^ in. long. Damp forests of trop. Asia. G.F. 2:547.-Becomes 100 ft high in tropics but sightly under 10 ft Cult FICUS 583
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becomes iiipict and It \ar va u „ita 1 I- ^ in. long: fr. 1-2)^ 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. quercifdlia, Roxb. The oak-leaved form is the typi- cal one, but King includes F. humilis, Roxb., in which the lvs. are serrate or nearly entire and not lobed. Lvs. 2-5 in. long, "thickly membranous;" nerves 5-7-pairs; petiole 14-1 in. long: fr. in axillary pairs, egg- or pea- shaped. Burma, lilalaya, 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 J*', heterophylla. DD. Foliage variegated. 6. ParoMli, Veitch. Lvs. thin, membranous, light green, mottled with cream-white, more or less in the mosaic, oblong-oval, acuminate, dentate. Islands of Pacific. F.S. 22:227.'!. F.M. 1874:124.-Int. by Veitch ;il)"ut 1874. A wariiilious.- shrubby plant; prob- ably till- ini.st ),.,).iilnr "f tin- vnri.irat.-d forms of Ficus. J. r>. Kisclc s;,vs It i~ r.aililv ;ir..;i. I.v cuttings of half- ripened wu.mI )ilace.l 111 ^aii.l in liii-k in.ttom heat Also cult, in t;. Calif., where it bears tri.olured fr. cc. Under surfave of young lvs. rusty. 7. rubigindsa, Desf. (F. auslruU.s, ViiUd.). Lvs. leathery, rounded or cordate at base, notched at tip: fr. mostly in pairs, globular, 5-fj lines thick, usually warty. Australia, where it throws out aerial roots like the Baayan Tree. B.M. 2939. —The rusty color is a beauti- ful feature. Voss considers this a form of F, elastica. BB. Hilhil eliiiihiiig or trailing. c. Form of lvs. ovate, uhliisc. unequally heart-shaped at base. 8. pilmila, Linn. (F. stipnhUa, Thunb. F. ripens, 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. minima iF. minima, Hort.) has smaller lvs The species is sometimes used for hanging baskets. cc Fonn of lvs. obloug-( ate, slightly notched 9 radlcans, Desf. Garden jdant, with green, oblong- icuniinite lvs. and trailing hal.it. Imperfectly known. Hil it It unknown. Var. variegata. Hurt. \V. Bull., has h 111 .ularlv marked with .-reaiiiv white, the variega- ti, n le^iimini at the niar«in. (i.C. III. 22:185. A.6. 19 o27 Int. 1897. Ai\ Cult outdoors in southern Flu. and Calif, for shade, etc., hence often tall trees. B Arrangement of lvs. usually opposite. 10. Msyida, hinn. t. (F. oppositifdlia.WiUd.). 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. glomerata, Roxb. Cluster Fig. Lvs. 4-7 in. long ; nerves 4-6 pairs: fr. clustered on leafless, scaly branches, pear- or top-shaped, :1H in. thick, reddish. India, Burma.-"A quick-growing, evergreen shade tree."—Reasoner. "A dense shade tree: lvs. have a peculiar metallic luster: small fruits, much relished by cattle and children."—ii'raticescAi. DD. Lvs. witJi an abrupt, short, acutninate apex ; base notched. 12. infeotfiria, Roxb. Lvs. 3K-5 in. long ; nerves 5-7 pairs : fr. in axillary pairs, sessile, globose, H in. thick, whitish, flushed and dotted. Trop. Asia, Malaya.- Grows 60 ft. high, and is one of the best shade trees. cc. Texture of lvs. leathery, not membranous. D. Under surfnee of lvs. rusty. 13. rubigindsa, Pesf. nes.'ril.cd at No. 7. sly. E. Stipn the , lvs. iiid I I nil • rrds 14. elastica, Roxb. Described at No. 2. 15. macrophylla, Desf. Mobeton Bay 6-10 in. long, 3-4 in. wide : stipules nearly globular, 9-12 on short, thick pedu 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. IG. Lvs. long : fr. 1 thick, axillary, in 3's or 4's, Austral.—Much planted

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