A tamarix-like shrub, bearing clusters of whiteflowers early in spring. Will grow in any soil or situation. Increased by cuttings placed in sand under glass.
O. Arabicum bears a large white flower with a shinyblack centre. It is a fine plant for pot culture, or it may be grown in water like the Hyacinth. It may be planted in the open ea...
The paper-reed of Asia, which yielded the substances used as paper by the ancient Egyptians. The underground root-stocks spread horizontally under the muddy soil, continuing to thr...
These are plants that die down during the winter, butspring up and produce new stems annually. Some, as for instance Antirrhinums and Pansies, flower the first season, but usually...
The sequa or cacoon antidote of Jamaica. It belongs to the cucumber family, and climbs to a great height up the trunks of trees. The seeds are employed as a remedy in a variety of...
In the Isthmus of Panama this plant is termed the Candle tree, because its fruits, often 4 feet long, look like yellow candles suspended from the branches. They have a peculiar, ap...
This plant produces the well-known cacao, or chocolate, and is very extensively cultivated in South America and the West India Islands. The fruit, which is about 8 to 10 inches in...
For sowing in the open choose a shady border, makethe surface fine and firm, and water it well before putting down the seed. Let the seed be sown thickly at intervals of seven or f...
See "Galax."
The assai palm of Para. It grows in swampy lands, and produces a small fruit thinly coated with clotted flesh of which the inhabitants of Para manufacture a beverage called assai....
Old-fashioned plants of great merit.Planted in large clumps they produce a grand effect. They are easily grown in any common garden soil, and bloom in July. Height, 3 ft. H. Kwanso...
See "Candytuft."
Beautiful hardy shrubs, which may be grown inany garden soil, and can be propagated by cuttings of the young wood, taken at a joint, and placed under glass. They flower at midsumme...
Pretty, neat, and compact hardy annuals, well worthcultivating. They succeed best in a moist and shady situation, delight in peat or vegetable mould, and when grown in circles are...
Extremely beautiful and showy annuals. A rather poor,light soil is most suitable for their growth. For early flowering sow the seed in autumn, and keep the young plants in a frame...
The Barbadoes gooseberry, which belongs to the family _Cactaceae_. It grows about 15 feet in height, and produces yellow-colored, eatable, and pleasant-tasted fruit, which is used...
This species of club moss is found in southern California, and has remarkable hygrometric qualities. Its natural growth is in circular roseate form, and fully expanded when the air...
A plant of the Musa or banana family. The flowers are very beautiful for the genus. It is a native of the Cape of Good Hope. The seeds are gathered and eaten by the Kaffirs.
Hardy herbaceous plants flowering in April. Any soilis suitable for them, and they may be increased by division. Height, 6 in.
A handsome, hardy evergreen, with largeshining, Laurel-shaped leaves, and highly-scented, Tulip-shaped white flowers. A noble plant for a spacious frontage, but in most places requ...
A charming hardyevergreen of a shrubby nature. It will grow in any ordinary garden soil, and is increased by seed, sown as soon as it is ripe. It is most effective in clumps, and b...
Hardy perennial border plants of anornamental character and of the easiest culture. Any soil suits them, and they merely require sowing in the open either in spring or autumn. P. R...
See "Bulbocodium."
This belongs to a genus of palms native of South America. The plant is of tall, slender growth; the stems are used for walking canes, and the young, unexpanded flower spikes are us...
A plant of the pepper family, which furnishes the root called Ava by the Polynesians. It has narcotic properties, and is employed medicinally, but is chiefly remarkable for the val...
This belongs to the quinine family. The roots are bitter, and are employed as a purgative; the leaves are also used medicinally.
A small tree, found in many warm regions; among others in southern Florida. In Brazil it is called the Native Plum on account of its small yellow fruits, which have a subacid and s...
introduced into the islands of Sicily, Crete, Rhodes, and Cyprus by the Saracens, as abundance of sugar was made in these islands previous to the discovery of the West Indies in 14...
The common custard apple of the West Indies. It has a yellowish pulp and is not so highly esteemed as an article of food as some others of the species. It bears the name of Condiss...
The root of this plant is used medicinally and the resin that exudes from the tree is employed to astringe the gums. The leaves are so filled with resinous fluid that when they are...