The Carnuba, or wax palm of Brazil. It grows about 40 feet high, and has a trunk 6 or 8 inches thick, composed of very hard wood, which is commonly employed in Brazil for building...
This West Indian tree yields a small fruit which has a strong smell of garlic, hence it is called the garlic pear. The bark is bitter and used as a tonic.
This plant belongs to the orange family, and its fruit is known in India as Bhel fruit. It is like an orange; the thick rind of the unripe fruit possesses astringent properties, an...
Strong-growing and verynutritious. ANTHOXANTHUM ODORATUM (True Sweet Vernal),--Hardy and gives fragrance to hay.
Dwarf-growing; excellent forsheep.
An evergreen twining plant, requiring a greenhousefor its cultivation and a soil of sandy loam and peat. It flowers in July, and is increased by cuttings taken in spring or summer...
See "Fritillarias."
A hardy and very ornamental perennial with roundbronzy foliage and spikes of white flowers at midsummer. It succeeds best in peat, but will grow in any rich, light soil. To increas...
This is a native of southern Mexico and yields a delicious fruit with luscious pineapple flavor. The outer skin of the fruit, if eaten, causes a stinging sensation in the mouth. Th...
The bark of this plant possesses aromatic qualities, closely resembling Winter's bark. The small black fruits are used as a substitute for pepper.
Fine for sheep; grows freelyon light soils.
Strong-growing, hardy, herbaceous plants.F. Gigantea has bright, glistening foliage, changing to a brilliant orange, and attains a height of 8 ft or 10 ft. F. Tingitana is very sta...
Pretty little hardy annuals that may be easily raisedfrom seed sown early in March in any garden soil. They bloom in June. Height, 1 ft.
This herbaceous plant is of a creepingnature; it has deep green ovate foliage and large saucer-shaped white flowers. It needs a moist position, and is increased by division. The bl...
This strong-growing creepingperennial plant is not particular as to soil so long as it can enjoy plenty of sunshine. The shoots root of themselves and must be kept in check, else t...
Sweet-scented, Thistle-shaped hardy annual flowers,which are very useful for cutting. They may be raised in any garden soil from seed sown in March or April, and will flower in Aug...
Hardy perennials. They will grow in any soilor situation, even thriving under the shade of trees, and may be increased by division. June is the month in which they flower. Height,...
These may be destroyed by strong brine, applied whenhot. Or mix 1/2 lb. of oil of vitriol with 6 gallons of water, and apply, taking care not to get the vitriol on the hands or clo...
A plant from tropical America, the roots of which are used in medicine under the name of Contrayerva root.
The leaves of this Australian plant are chewed by the natives of Central Australia, just as the Peruvians and Chilians masticate the leaves of the _Erythroxylon coca_, to invigorat...
The blue gum, a rapid-growing tree, attaining to a large size. Recently it has attracted attention and gained some repute in medicine as an antiperiodic. The leaves have also been...
A fatty matter known as gamboge butter is procured from the seeds of this tree in Mysore. They are pounded in a stone mortar, then boiled till the butter or oil rises to the surfac...
A native of Australia and the islands of the Indian Ocean. The leaves, being fermented, are distilled, and yield an oil known as cajuput or cajeput oil, which is green, and has a s...
The bully or balata tree of British Guiana, which furnishes a gum somewhat intermediate between India rubber and gutta-percha, being nearly as elastic as the first without the brit...
The white flowers of this evergreen shrub,which make their appearance in July, are delicately fragrant. The plant is most suitable for a cool greenhouse, but does well in the open,...
The greenhouse shrubs should be grown in peat and loam.They are raised by seeds and by cuttings. Most of the hardy perennials need protection in winter, therefore they are best gro...
A pretty dwarf perennial, suitable for moistinterstices of rock-work. It should be planted in a slanting position, so that the roots, while absorbing plenty of moisture, will not r...
A good and hardy border perennial, whichproduces during July and August large deep orange-yellow flowers resembling a Sunflower. It is very useful for cutting, will grow anywhere,...
See "Alyssum."
Very decorative conifers, mostly of conicalshape, and indispensable to the shrubbery. They thrive in any soil, but prefer a moist situation. For sheltered positions, where a small...