See "Acer."
Hardy annuals bearing yellow and red and white flowers. Amixture of loam and peat is most suitable for their growth. They are easily raised from seed sown in March, and bloom from...
A hardy herbaceous perennial,having fine foliage. It will grow in any good soil, but likes shade and moisture. It may be increased by dividing the roots at the end of the summer. T...
The sweet-scented lemon grass, a native of Malabar. An essential oil is distilled from the leaves, which is used in perfumery. It is a favorite herb with the Asiatics, both for med...
This is one of the palms that furnish the canes or rattans used for chair bottoms, sides of pony-carriages, and similar purposes. It is a climbing palm and grows to an immense leng...
The wax palm of New Grenada, first described by Humboldt and Bonpland, who found it on elevated mountains, extending as high as the lower limit of perpetual snow. Its tall trunk is...
This West Indian plant has become naturalized in southern Florida. It belongs to the cinchona family and is known as Jamaica bark. It is also known as Quinquina Caraibe. The bark i...
Called the African bowstring hemp, from the fibers of the leaves being used for bowstrings.
See "Fritillarias."
This little Alpine plant should occupy a warm,sheltered, and dry situation, and be protected with an overhead screen in wet seasons. The soil it most enjoys is a mixture of peat an...
This is the only European species of palm, and does not extend farther north than Nice. The leaves are commonly used in the south of Europe for making hats, brooms, baskets, etc. F...
A tree of northern India, the timber of which is known as Sissum wood. This wood is strong, tenacious, and compact, much used for railway ties and for gun-carriages.
The anchovy pear of Jamaica. The fruit is pickled and eaten like the mango, having a similar taste.
See "Glaux."
These dwarf carpeting plants are of easy culture.Grow from seed in spring and transplant into sandy soil. Height, 1-1/2 in.
Bees are very fond of this blue hardy annual,which may readily be grown from seed sown in the spring. Height, 1 ft.
Called Huon pine, because of its being found near the Huon River, in Tasmania. It belongs to the yew family. It furnishes valuable timber, very durable, and is used for ship and ho...
Fine greenhouse plants, delighting in arich, loamy soil. Height, 10 ft.
These shrubs are often called Sensitive Plants, on accountof the leaves of several of the species of this genus shrinking when touched. They grow well in loam and peat with a littl...
This evergreen climber is a good plant fortraining to the rafters of a greenhouse. It grows well in a mixture of sandy loam and peat, and should receive bold treatment. Its white f...
Hardy perennials that require but littleattention; may be grown in any common soil, and propagated by division at any time. They flower in April and May. Height, 1 ft.
An African plant belonging to the Anonaceae. It produces large fruit, which contains a large quantity of seeds about the size of the Scarlet-Runner bean. They are aromatic and impa...
See "Callirhoe."
Pretty little hardy annuals, thriving best in sandy loamand peat. Sow the seed early in spring in pots placed in a gentle hotbed, and plant out in May. They flower in June. Height,...
Sow this pretty hardy annual in April in the open border,or in March in slight heat. It may also be sown in autumn for early flowering. It will succeed in any light soil, blooming...
See "Scale."
The calabash tree of the West Indies, where it is valued for the sake of its fruits, which resemble pumpkins in appearance and occasionally reach a diameter of 18 inches. Divested...
This magnoliaceous plant is a native of China, and its fruit furnishes the star anise of commerce. In China, Japan, and India it is used as a condiment in the preparation of food,...
The mango, in some of its varieties esteemed as the most delicious of tropical fruits, while many varieties produce fruit whose texture resembles cotton and tastes of turpentine. T...
This plant is a native of Madagascar, and of the family _Apocynaceae_. Formerly, when the custom of trial by ordeal was more prevalent than now, the seeds of this plant were in gre...