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2010-01-07T09:24:52Z

Stoneangel:

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| common_names = Maple
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| image_caption = Silver Maple (''Acer saccharinum'') leaves
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[[Image:orangemaple.jpg|thumb|left|Sugar Maple (''Acer saccharum'') leaves in fall]]
[[Image:Maple7951.JPG|left|thumb|Red Maple (''Acer rubrum'') flowers]]
[[Image:Acer palmatum sango kaku.jpg|thumb|right|''[[Japanese Maple|Acer palmatum]]'' has over 1,000 [[cultivar|cultivars]]. This cultivar is ''A. palmatum'' 'Sango kaku', sometimes called "coralbark maple".]]
[[Image:Karasawa2000.JPG|280px|thumb|Autumn color in the [[Japanese Alps|Hodaka Mountains]] of [[Japan]]]]
Acer (classical Latin name). Aceraceae. Maple. Native and foreign trees cultivated chiefly for shade and for the ornamental foliage.

Trees, rarely shrubs: lvs. opposite, petioled, simple and mostly palmately lobed, or 3-5 foliolate, deciduous, rarely evergreen: fls. small, polygamous or dioecious, in racemes, panicles or corymbs; petals and sepals 5, rarely 4, rarely sepals connate and petals wanting; disk usually annular, conspicuous, rarely lobed or wanting; stamens 4-10, mostly 8; styles 2, usually more or less connate: fr. consisting of 2 long-winged, compressed nutlets (samaras), each containing 1 seed.—About 110 species in N. Amer., Asia, especially Cent, and E. Asia, Europe and N. Afr. Monogr. by Pax in Engler, Pflanzenreich IV, fam. 163 (1903), quoted below as Pax; see, also, Rehder, The Maples of E. Continental Asia, in Sargent, Trees and Shrubs, 1:175 (1905), and Koidzumi, Revisio Aceracearum Japonicarum in Jour. College of Science, Tokyo, 32, Art. 1 (1911), both with many plates. Monogr. of the garden forms by Graf Schwerin in Gt. 1893; see also G.C. II. 16:75.

The maples are hardy ornamental trees or shrubs, with handsome large foliage which, in some species, shows a remarkable tendency to vary in shape and coloring. Numerous garden forms are in cultivation. Though the flowers are small, they are quite attractive in the early-flowering species as in A. rubrum and A. saccharum, since they appear in great profusion; in some species the young fruits assume a bright red color, particularly in A. tataricum, A. ginnala, A. pseudoplatanus var. erythrocarpum, and A. rubrum. The maples are among our most ornamental and valuable trees for park and street planting. Nearly all assume a splendid color in autumn, especially the species of North America and Eastern Asia, which surpass by far the European maples. Many species are valuable timber trees, and some American species, especially A. saccharum, produce sugar. For purposes of shade, the common sugar maple is best and most popular. The Norway maple makes a very dense and round head, and is excellent for lawns, put it is too low-headed for the streets. A. pictum is similar, but smaller in every part. The silver maple, A. saccharinum and its vars., is also popular where quick-growing trees are desired. The Japanese maples of the Palmata section are among the most striking and showy exotic small trees, and are adapted for fine grounds and for growing in pots.

The maples are not particular as to soil; some species, as A. monspessulanum and A. campestre, prefer drier situations, while A. saccharinum and A. rubrum prefer moist situations, the latter growing well even in swampy soil. Most of the species are hardy in the northern and middle states; among the hardiest are A. Negundo, A. saccharum (Figs. 89, 90), A. saccharinum, A. rubrum, A. nigrum, A. pennsylvanicum, A. spicatum, A. platanoides, A. tataricum.{{SCH}}
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==Cultivation==
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===Propagation===
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Propagation is by seeds, which soon lose their germinating power and must be sown soon after maturity or stratified and sown in spring; A. saccharum and A. Negundo keep their germinating power somewhat longer. The early-ripening species, like A. saccharinum and A. rubrum, muat be sown as soon as they are ripe and they will germinate the same year. A. campestre, A. monspessulanum and other species of this group do not usually germinate until the second year. The varieties and rare species may be budded in summer on the typical forms or on species of the same group; kinds belonging to different groups cannot, as a rule, be grafted on each other; e.g., varieties of A. platanoides will not grow on A. pseudoplatanus and vice versa, but A. insigne will grow on A. pseudoplatanus, as they belong to the same group. Some shrubby species, as A. palmatum, also A. cissifolium, A. ginnala var. Semenowi, and A. laetum var. rubrum, may be propagated by layers or half-ripened greenwood cuttings in summer, or, still better, by cuttings taken from forced plants in early spring in the greenhouse. A. Negundo grows also from hardwood cuttings. Fancy maples are readily winter-grafted by the veneer method, the stocks being grown in pots. The Japanese kinds are usually worked on imported stocks of A. palmatum.{{SCH}}
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===Pests and diseases===
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==Species==
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*''[[Acer amplum]]'' – [[Broad Maple]]
*''[[Acer argutum]]'' – [[Deep-veined Maple]]
*''[[Acer barbinerve]]'' – [[Bearded Maple]]
*''[[Acer buergerianum]]'' – [[Trident Maple]]
*''[[Acer caesium]]'' – [[Himalayan Maple]]
*''[[Acer campbellii]]'' – [[Campbell's Maple]]
*''[[Acer campestre]]'' – [[Field Maple]]
*''[[Acer capillipes]]'' – [[Kyushu Maple]]
*''[[Acer cappadocicum]]'' – [[Cappadocian Maple]]
*''[[Acer carpinifolium]]'' – [[Hornbeam Maple]]
*''[[Acer caudatifolium]]'' – [[Kawakami Maple]]
*''[[Acer caudatum]]'' – [[Tail-leaf Maple]]
*''[[Acer circinatum]]'' – [[Vine Maple]]
*''[[Acer cissifolium]]'' – [[Vine-leaved Maple]]
*''[[Acer coriaceifolium]]'' – [[Leatherleaf Maple]]
*''[[Acer crataegifolium]]'' – [[Hawthorn-leaved Maple]]
*''[[Acer davidii]]'' – [[David's Maple]]
*''[[Acer diabolicum]]'' – [[Horned Maple]]
*''[[Acer distylum]]'' – [[Lime-leaved Maple]]
*''[[Acer fabri]]'' – [[Faber's Maple]]
*''[[Acer fenzelianum]]'' – [[Fenzl's Maple]]
*''[[Acer floridanum]]'' – [[Florida Maple]]
*''[[Acer forrestii]]'' – [[Forrest's Maple]]
*''[[Acer ginnala]]'' – [[Amur Maple]]
*''[[Acer giraldii]]'' – [[Girald's Maple]]
*''[[Acer glabrum]]'' – [[Rocky Mountain Maple]]
*''[[Acer granatense]]'' – [[Spanish Maple]]
*''[[Acer grandidentatum]]'' – [[Bigtooth Maple]]
*''[[Acer griseum]]'' – [[Paperbark Maple]]
*''[[Acer grosseri]]'' – [[Grosser's Maple]]
*''[[Acer heldreichii]]'' – [[Heldreich's Maple]]
*''[[Acer henryi]]'' – [[Henry's Maple]]
*''[[Acer hyrcanum]]'' – [[Balkan Maple]]
*''[[Acer japonicum]]'' – [[Downy Japanese Maple]]
*''[[Acer laevigatum]]'' – [[Smoothbark Maple]]
*''[[Acer leucoderme]]'' – [[Chalk Maple]]
*''[[Acer lobelii]]'' – [[Lobel's Maple]]
*''[[Acer macrophyllum]]'' – [[Bigleaf Maple]]
*''[[Acer mandshuricum]]'' – [[Manchurian Maple]]
*''[[Acer maximowiczianum]]'' – [[Nikko Maple]]
*''[[Acer maximowiczii]]'' – [[Maximowicz's Maple]]
*''[[Acer micranthum]]'' – [[Komine Maple]]
*''[[Acer miyabei]]'' – [[Miyabe's Maple]]
*''[[Acer monspessulanum]]'' – [[Montpelier Maple]]
*''[[Acer negundo]]'' – [[Boxelder Maple]]
*''[[Acer nigrum]]'' – [[Black Maple]]
*''[[Acer nipponicum]]'' – [[Nippon Maple]]
*''[[Acer obtusifolium]]'' – [[Syrian Maple]]
*''[[Acer oliverianum]]'' – [[Oliver's Maple]]
*''[[Acer opalus]]'' – [[Italian Maple]]
*''[[Acer palmatum]]'' – [[Japanese Maple]]
*''[[Acer pensylvanicum]]'' – [[Striped Maple]]
*''[[Acer platanoides]]'' – [[Norway Maple]]
*''[[Acer pseudoplatanus]]'' – [[Sycamore Maple]]
*''[[Acer pseudosieboldianum]]'' – [[Korean Maple]]
*''[[Acer rubrum]]'' – [[Red Maple]]
*''[[Acer rufinerve]]'' – [[Redvein Maple]]
*''[[Acer saccharinum]]'' – [[Silver Maple]]
*''[[Acer saccharum]]'' – [[Sugar Maple]]
*''[[Acer sempervirens]]'' – [[Cretan Maple]]
*''[[Acer shirasawanum]]'' – [[Shirasawa's Maple]]
*''[[Acer sieboldianum]]'' – [[Siebold's Maple]]
*''[[Acer sinense]]'' – [[Campbell's Maple]]
*''[[Acer skutchii]]'' – [[Skutch's Maple]]
*''[[Acer spicatum]]'' – [[Mountain Maple]]
*''[[Acer stachyophyllum]]'' – [[Birch-leaved Maple]]
*''[[Acer tataricum]]'' – [[Tatar Maple]]
*''[[Acer trautvetteri]]'' – [[Trautvetter's Maple]]
*''[[Acer triflorum]]'' – [[Three-flowered Maple]]
*''[[Acer truncatum]]'' – [[Shandong Maple]]
*''[[Acer ukurunduense]]'' – [[Ukurundu Maple]]
*''[[Acer velutinum]]'' – [[Velvet Maple]]
*''[[Acer wilsonii]]'' – [[Wilson's Maple]]

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A. acuminatum, Wall. (A. caudatum, Brandis, not Wall. A. sterculiaceum, Koch, not Wall.). Allied to A. argutum. Tree: lvs. 3-lobed. 3-4 1/2 in. long, glabrous and light green beneath; lobes long-acuminate, and doubly serrate: wings of (r. spreading at a right angle. Himalayas. G.C. II. 15:364 (as A. caudatum). Tender at the Arnold Arboretum.—A. ambiguum, Dippel. Allied to A. pictum. Lvs. pilose beneath: fls. and fr. unknown. Doubtful species of unknown origin.—A. amplum, Rehd. Allied to A. longipes. Tree, to 35 ft.: lvs. 5-lobed, 4-7 in. broad, glabrous: corymb nearly sessile, 5-6 in. across. Cent. China.—A. barbinerve, Maxim. Allied to A. argutum. Shrubby tree: lvs. 5-lobed, coarsely serrate: pistillate racemes usually 7-fld.: fr. larger. Manchuria. S.T.S. 1:86.— A. Boacii, Spach. Probably hybrid. A. monspessulanum X tataricum.—A. brevilobum, Hesse:A. parviflorum.—A. caesium, Wall. Allied to A. insigne. Tree: lvs. 5-lobed, glabrous, whitish beneath, 6-8 in. across; lobes acuminate, obtusely crenulate-serrate. Himalayas, Not hardy N.—A. capillipes, Alaxim. Allied to A. rufinerve. Tree, to 30 ft.: lvs. 3-lobed, glabrous beneath, red when unfolding, 3 1/2-5 in. long: fls. on slender stalks about 1/2in. long. Japan. S.T.S. 1:16. Not perfectly hardy at the Arnold Arboretum.—A. caudatum, Brandis:A. acuminatum.—A. cinerasens, Boiss. Shrub or amall tree: lvs. 3-lobed, 1/2-2 in. long. Similar to A. monspessulanum. Persia.—A. coriaceum, Tsch. (A. creticum, Tratt. A. polymorphum, Spuch). Probably A. creticum x pseudoplatanus.—A. crassipes, Pax. Supposed to be a hybrid between A. obtusatum and A. pcnnsylvanicum.—A. crasssipes. Hesse:A. parviflorum.—A. creticum, Linn.:A. orientale.—A. creticum, Tratt.:A. coriaceum.—A. Dieckii, Pax (A. platanoides yar. integrilobum, Zabel). Similar to A. platanoides. but lobes entire; probably A. Lobelii X platanoides.—A. distylum, Sieb. & Zucc. Allied to A. oblongum. Tree: lvs. ovate, 5-7 in. long, cordate, crenately serrate, light green and lustrous beneath. Japan, G.C. II. 15:499. S.I.F. 2:41. J.H.S. 29:76.—A. Durettii, Pax. Probably A. monspessulanum X pseudoplatanus.—A. erianthum, Schwerin. Allied to A. caudatum. Small tree: lvs. 5-lobed, 2-3 1/2 in. long, lobes broad, unequally and .simply serrate, nearly glabrous beneath: fls. with densely villous disk. W.China. S.T.S. 1:80.— A. Fargesi, Franch. (A. laevigatum var. Fargesii, Veitch). Allied to A. oblongum. Tree, to 30 ft.: lvs. coriaceous, lanceolate-oblong, 2-3 1/2 in. long, narrowed at the base, penninerved, glabrous, light green beneath, not reticulate. VV. China. J.H.S. 29:91.— A. flabellatum, Rehd. Allied to A. Oliverianum. Tree, to 30 ft.: lvs. 7-lobed, deeply cordate, 3-5 in. across, light green beneath and villous along the veins. Cent. China. S.T.S. 1:81.—A. Franchetii, Pax. Tree, to 15 ft.: lvs. globed; slightly pubescent beneath or glabrous at maturity and light green, ,3-4 in. long; lobes broadly ovate, acute, remotely toothed: fls. in short pubescent racemes from lateral leafless buds, with the lvs.: fr. with the wings spreading at right angles or less, nutlets thick, hairy: winter-buda with numerous imbricate scales. Cent. China. S.T.S. 1:87. Belongs to the section Lithocarpa.—A. fulvescens, Rehd. Allied to A. pictum. Tree, to 60 ft.: lvs. usually 3-lobed, 2-4 in. across, beneath covered with a yellowish or fulvous pubescence. W. China. Hardy at the Arnold Arboretum,—A. heterophyllum, Willd.:A. orientate.—A. Hookeri, Miq. Allied to A. Davidii. Tree, 60 ft.: lvs. cordate-oblong, serrate, 4-6 in. long, quite glabrous beneath. Himalayas.—A. hybridum, Spach. Probably A. italum X pseudoplatanus.—A. hjjbridum, Baudr.:A. Boscii.—A. laevigatum. Wall. Allied to A. oblongum. Small tree: lvs. oblong, nearly entire, attenuate at the base, penninerved, green beneath. Himalayas, China.—A. laevigatum, Hort. :A. acuminatum. — A. Lobelii, Ten. Allied to A. cappadocicum. Branches glaucous: lvs. rounded at the base; lobes mostly undulated, abruptly pointed. Italy.—A. Maximowiczii, Pax (A. urophyllum, Maxim.), Allied to A. Tschonoskii. Small tree: lvs. 3—5-lobed, doubly serrate, the middle lobe much elongated, long-acuminate, glaucescent beneath, glabrous, 2-3 in. long: fr. slender-stalked; wings spreading at an obtuse angle. Cent, China. S.T.S. 1:84.— A. Mayrii. Schwerin. Allied to A. cappadocicum and A. amplum. Tree with smooth bark: Iva. usually 3-lobed, glabrous, 3 in. across; lobes very broad, long-acuminate: wings of fr. upright, incurved. Japan.—A. mexicanum, Pax (Negundo maxicanum, DC. A. serratum. Pax). Allied to A. Negundo. Lfts. 3, pubescent beneath, densely serrate: fr. glabrous; wings spreading at an acute angle. Mex.—A. micranthum, Sieb. & Zucc. Allied to A. Tschonoskii. Shrub or small tree: lvs. 5-7-lobed; lobes inciaed and doubly serrate, glabrous: fls. and fr. small. S.Z. 1:141. S.I.F. 2:44.—A. neapolitanum, Ten.:A. obtusatum.—A. neglectum, Lange (A. zoeschense, Pax). Probably A. campestre X Lobelii. Var. Annae Schwerin. Young lvs. deep red, later olive-green. M.D. 1908:1.—A. obtusatum, Waldst. & Kit. (A. neapolitanum. Ten.). Allied to A. Opalus. Small tree or shrub: lvs. 5-lobed, pubescent beneath, about 4 in. across; lobes broad, often rounded, obtusely denticulate: wings of fr. spreading at a right angle or less. S. Eu., N. Afr. H.W. 3, p. 47. Tender at the Arnold Arboretum.—A. orientale. Linn. (A. creticum, Linn. A. sempervirens, Linn. A. heterophyllum, Willd.). Allied to A. monspessulanum. Shrub, 4 ft.: lvs. nearly evergreen, short-stalked, orbicular or oval, entire or 3-lobed, 1/2-1 l/2 in. long, glabrous. Orient.—A. parviflorum, Franch. & Sav. (A. crassipes, Hesse, not Pax. A. brevilobum, Hesse). Allied to A. caudatum. Tree: lvs. 3-5-lobed, pubescent beneath, 4-6 in. across; lobes broadly ovate, acute, doubly serrate: wings of fr. spreading at an obtuse angle. Japan. S.I.F. 2:42. Not quite hardy at the Arnold Arboretum.— A. pectinatum. Wall. Allied to A. pennsylvanicum. Tree: lvs. 3-lobed, setosely serrulate, 2 1/2-3 1/2 in. across, the middle lobe elongated, acuminate. Himalayas. G.C. II. 15:365.—A. Peronai, Schwerin. Supposed hybrid of A. Opalus x monspessulanum. Originated at Vallombrosa near Florence.—A. robustum. Pax. Allied to A. palmatum. Small tree: lvs. 7-9-lobed, cordate, 3-4 in. across, glabrous beneath except the tufts of hairs in the axils of the veins; lobes ovate, acuminate, sharply serrate: wings of fr. nearly horizontally spreading. Cent. China.—A. rotundilobum, Schwerin (A. barbatum, Booth, not Michx.). Possibly A. obtusatum X monspessulanum.—A. Schwerinii, Pax. Affinity doubtful. Lvs. coriaceous, ovate-oblong, cordate, undivided or 3-lobed, glaucous beneath, soon glabrous, 5-7 in. long: Ss. and fr. unknown. Probably from the Himalayas. Var. marmoratum, Schwerin, has the lvs. variegated with light green. Var. monophyllum, Schwerin, has the lvs. 2-3 1/2in. long,—A. sempermvirens, Linn.:A. orientate.— A. serratum, Pax:A. mexicanum.—A. sikkimense. Miq. Allied to A. Davidii. Tree: lvs. cordate-ovate, coriaceous, long-acuminate, quite glabrous, entire or serrulate, 4-7 in, long: wings of fr. spreading at a right angle. Himalayas.—A. sinense. Pax. Allied to A. Oliverianum. Tree: lvs. 5-lobed, cordate or sometimes truncate, glaucescent beneath, glabrous, 3-6 in. long; lobes ovate, acuminate, sparingly appressed-serrate: panicle elongated: wings of fr. spreading horizontally. Cent. China. S.T.S. 1:78. J.H.S. 29:92.—A. sterculiaceum. Wall. (A. villosum. Wall.) Allied to A. Franchetii. Tall tree: lvs. 3-5-lobed, cordate, 6-8 in. across, tomentose below, coarsely serrate: racemes from lateral leafless buds: fr. in long pendulous racemes, often branched at the base; wings of fr. nearly upright. Himalayas.—A. sutchuenense. Franch. (A. sutchuense. Pax). Allied to A. mandshuricum. Small tree: lfts. 3, oblong-lanceolate, unequally serrate, glaucous beneath, 1 3/4-3 in. long: corymb many-fld., rather dense. Cent. China. S.T.S. 2:112.—Probably not in cult.; the plant figured by Veitch under this name is A. Henryi.—A. tegmentosum, Maxim. Allied to A. pennsylvanicum. Lvs. 3-4 in. long, glabrous beneath; lobes short: fla. small. Manchuria. G.C. II. 15:75.—A. trifidum, Hook. & Arn. Allied to A. tataricum. Small tree: lvs. coriaceous, cuneate-obovate, 3-lobed, glaucous beneath, glabrous, 2-3 in. long: lobes entire. China, Japan. S.Z.2:143.—A. urophyllum, Maxim.:A. Maximowiczii.—A. Veitchii, Schwerin. Possibly A, crataegifolium x rufinerye.—A. villosum, Wall.:A. sterculiaceum. —A. Wilsonii, Rehd. Allied to A. Oliverianum. Tree: lvs. 3-lobed, light green beneath, glabrous, 3 1/2-4 in. across; lobes ovate to oblong-ovate, acuminate, entire, or sparingly serrate: panicle elongated: wings of the fr. spreading at a right angle. Cent. China. S.T.S. 1:79.—A. zaechense, Pax:A. neglectum.{{SCH}}
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==Gallery==
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<gallery>
Image:Maple leaves.jpg|[[Sycamore Maple]] leaves
Image:Yellow-maple.jpg|Yellow [[Norway Maple]] leaves in [[autumn]]
Image:redmaple.jpg|Red Maple trees in autumn
Image:TenryujiMomiji.jpg|Japanese Maple trees and bamboo in Japan
Image:Maple-oliv1.jpg|Norway Maple leaves
Image:Maple-oliv2.jpg|Norway Maple leaves
Image:Acer.jpg
Image:Bi-colored Maple Tree.jpg|A bi-colored [[Bigtooth Maple]] tree
</gallery>

==References==
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963




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2010-01-07T09:21:21Z

Stoneangel:

Sweet Potato

2010-01-07T08:52:37Z

Stoneangel:

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Sweet Potato. The plant Ipomoea Batatas, grown for its large edible root-tubers (Fig. 3750). The origin is not definitely known (see page 1662, Vol. III), but it is probably tropical American. It is a widely variable plant in foliage, as shown by the leaf-forms in Fig. 3751. The top is herbaceous, form a running vine. Flowers and fruits are rarely seen.

Neither the acreage, production, nor the money value of the sweet potato crop give an adequate idea of its economic importance. In those parts of the earth's surface where it thrives, it forms an important food staple for the inhabitants, and thus occupies a position not accorded crops which, though of great money worth, do not contribute directly to the food-supply of the territory in which they are grown.

The sweet potato, being native to tropical and subtropical regions, is restricted in its range of cultivation more by climatic than by soil conditions, although its commercial cultivation is confined almost exclusively to sandy or loamy soils. It is, in fact, one of the staples of the southern states which thrives well on lands that have been considerably depleted by cropping with other plants, and one which can be made to produce a profitable return on light sandy soils carrying little humus, provided an adequate supply of plant-food in the form of commercial fertilizer is available. The ability of this plant to thrive and produce under such conditions, together with its great food value, which is considerably higher than that of the Irish potato, has served to advance it to the position of second place among the truck crops grown in the South and to seventh place among the standard agricultural crops of the nation.

Botanically the sweet potato belongs to the Convolvulus or morning-glory family. The edible part is the thickened root. It does not possess eyes or scars as do some other roots and tubers, but it possesses the ability to develop adventitious buds, which character is taken advantage of in reproducing the crop by vegetative means.

Roots to be used for seed purposes, selected at the time of harvest, are usually small, from 1 to 1 1/4 inches in diameter, of uniform shape, and characteristic of the variety. These roots are cured and stored under conditions most certain to insure an adequate supply of seed material, which, at the northern limit of the cultivation of the crop, is needed for bedding in April to insure a supply of "draws" for planting during the second and third weeks in May.

The seed-supply should not only be selected as above stated but it should be chosen from healthy plants and, in addition, should be carefully examined for disease. All specimens showing the slightest trace of decay or rot of any kind should be discarded.

The soil for the plant-bed, whether it be in the open or a manure- or fire-hotbed, should be free from contamination—preferably sterilized. If such precautions are observed, the first step in the insurance of the crop against loss from rot either in the field or in the storage house has been taken. Young sprouts which grow from the bedded seed roots are known as "draws" or "sets." These are chiefly used for planting in the field, but roots, or pieces of roots, may be and sometimes are used. In the warmer sections where seasons are long, it is a common practice to grow enough early draws or sets to plant an area large enough to give a sufficient quantity of vine cuttings to plant the commercial area. This is a good system as it insures disease-free plants, so far as the root-rots are concerned, for setting the field. An even closer approach to a let-alone system is followed in some sections. Instead of harvesting and storing seed and propagating sets, a portion of last season's crop is allowed to remain unharvested over winter and it is from the volunteer plants of such an area that a supply of vine cuttings for the commercial plantation are secured.

Sweet potatoes are for the most part long-stemmed, creeping, or viny plants. They can be planted in hills but are more often set on parallel ridges thrown up 30 to 36 inches apart. The ridges are often made by throwing two furrows together over a trench in which well-rotted stable-manure has been scattered, or in which commercial fertilizer containing a liberal percentage of potash has been placed. On such ridges the draws are usually planted, either by the use of a hand dibble, tongs, or transplanting machine, 14 to 16 inches apart.

The subsequent culture consists in keeping the area free of weeds with horse-drawn implements as long as the growth of the plants will permit even by the use of a vine-lifter, after which all large weeds are removed by hand.

The signal which summons all hands to the sweet potato harvest is the first frost which causes the leaves to blacken. The home-garden plantation will be harvested with potato forks or with a turning plow after the vines have been cut away with a hoe, but the commercial area will be entered with a special digging-plow with rods in place of a moldboard and two rolling coulters so arranged on a cross-piece fastened to the beam of the digger that they cut the vines on either side of the ridge, thus preventing their interference with the operation of digging. As soon as the roots have been turned out and have dried in the sun, they should be carefully gathered, so as to avoid breaking or bruising, into one-half- or five-eighths-bushel hampers and hauled on spring wagons to the curing and storage house. In placing the roots in the house, care should be exercised to avoid breaking or bruising them. Some growers spread layers of pine straw between each 12- or 15-inch layer of roots placed in the storage house. This practice is less common at the present time since especially designed storage houses have come into general use.

The storage houses in most general use both North and South are frame structures built entirely above ground, although there are a few houses at the North that possess a basement or semi-basement story used for the storage of sweet potatoes. These frame structures are so built that their contents are exposed in the least possible degree to outside changes of temperature. While the buildings are not insulated, they are provided with paper between the studding and sheeting, between the sheeting and the clapboarding, and on the inside under the sheeting. In the more exposed situations, either back plaster or a strip of paper is used between the studding in addition to the construction above noted. The floors as well as the ceilings are made as nearly frost-proof as possible and to add still greater safety the roots are not placed on the main floor of the building itself but upon slat floors raised at least 2 inches off the main floor. Besides adding a factor of safety against frost, these slat floors serve another important function, that of facilitating the distribution of heat throughout the heap of roots during the curing process. The partitions between the bins should also be double-slatted partitions in order to act as ventilators or chimneys so that the ventilation of the material in the storage may be insured as well as more rapid and more uniform curing.

The curing of sweet potatoes at harvest-time is of equal importance with a proper storage room, good ventilation, and the maintenance of a proper storage temperature subsequently. As the sweet potatoes come from the field, they should be placed in the bins in layers distributed evenly over the surface, and during the time the house is being filled and for a period of ten days or more thereafter the temperature of the storage house should be maintained at 85° to 90° F. both night and day. After this drying or curing period, the temperature should be gradually reduced, but at no time during the storage period should it fall below 45° F. The temperature which has proved most satisfactory for holding the roots after the curing period is 50° F. While sweet potatoes can be successfully stored in hampers or crates, most commercial storages depend on the use of bins with slat floors separated by hollow slat partitions. A convenient arrangement is so to construct the storage that each bin holds one carload or other unit quantity, depending on marketing facilities. In no case should sweet potatoes once placed in storage be rehandled or disturbed in any way until the contents of that particular receptacle, be it hamper, crate, or bin, is to be prepared for immediate delivery to the market. Sweet potatoes will not tolerate sorting or handling of any kind while in storage. The successful keeping of sweet potatoes in storage, therefore, depends on care in using disease-free seed or sets, careful handling of the roots from field to storage, a frost-proof storage provided with adequate heat for curing and ventilators for insuring rapid change of air during the curing-period as well as at subsequent periods when atmospheric conditions demand it, and the load of the house so placed, at time of storing, that any given unit may be discharged without disturbing the remainder of the material in storage. At harvest-time, and at all subsequent periods, except in severe weather when there is liability of injury from frost, sweet potatoes can be distributed in double-headed or burlap-covered, ventilated barrels. Such containers are economical, are more convenient to handle than crates or hampers, and form a satisfactory market unit. Bags should never be used. In cold weather when perishable freight or express is liable to frost-injury, strong hampers holding one and one-half bushels or one-half barrel are often used as containers for sweet potatoes. Such packages are prepared for shipment by first lining them with a tough grade of paper, and, after the container has been filled and covered, wrapping it with a similar material. One of the great handicaps to the sweet potato industry at the present time is the highly perishable nature of the crop, making it difficult for those who do not have the best of facilities to market the crop during severe weather except to nearby markets.

There are two important types of sweet potatoes grown in the United States, one with a dry mealy flesh and another with a flesh of a soft, moist, sugary consistency when cooked. The northern markets generally prefer the dry mealy varieties with yellow color, while the soft, moist sorts, either light or deep yellow in color, are preferred by the southern markets. The commercial grower will therefore grow the sort or sorts demanded by the markets in which he expects to dispose of his product. His own likes and dislikes should not be given any weight in choosing market sorts.

Among the dry mealy-fleshed sorts may be mentioned Big Stem Jersey, Yellow Jersey, Early Carolina, and Triumph; characteristic representatives of the other class include such sorts as Nancy Hall, Georgia, Pumpkin Yam, Dooley, and Porto Rico.
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==Cultivation==
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===Propagation===
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===Pests and diseases===
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==Species==


==Gallery==
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==References==
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963




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Sweet Potato

2010-01-07T08:48:32Z

Stoneangel:

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Sweet Potato. The plant Ipomoea Batatas, grown for its large edible root-tubers (Fig. 3750). The origin is not definitely known (see page 1662, Vol. III), but it is probably tropical American. It is a widely variable plant in foliage, as shown by the leaf-forms in Fig. 3751. The top is herbaceous, form a running vine. Flowers and fruits are rarely seen.

Neither the acreage, production, nor the money value of the sweet potato crop give an adequate idea of its economic importance. In those parts of the earth's surface where it thrives, it forms an important food staple for the inhabitants, and thus occupies a position not accorded crops which, though of great money worth, do not contribute directly to the food-supply of the territory in which they are grown.

The sweet potato, being native to tropical and subtropical regions, is restricted in its range of cultivation more by climatic than by soil conditions, although its commercial cultivation is confined almost exclusively to sandy or loamy soils. It is, in fact, one of the staples of the southern states which thrives well on lands that have been considerably depleted by cropping with other plants, and one which can be made to produce a profitable return on light sandy soils carrying little humus, provided an adequate supply of plant-food in the form of commercial fertilizer is available. The ability of this plant to thrive and produce under such conditions, together with its great food value, which is considerably higher than that of the Irish potato, has served to advance it to the position of second place among the truck crops grown in the South and to seventh place among the standard agricultural crops of the nation.

Botanically the sweet potato belongs to the Convolvulus or morning-glory family. The edible part is the thickened root. It does not possess eyes or scars as do some other roots and tubers, but it possesses the ability to develop adventitious buds, which character is taken advantage of in reproducing the crop by vegetative means.

Roots to be used for seed purposes, selected at the time of harvest, are usually small, from 1 to 1 1/4 inches in diameter, of uniform shape, and characteristic of the variety. These roots are cured and stored under conditions most certain to insure an adequate supply of seed material, which, at the northern limit of the cultivation of the crop, is needed for bedding in April to insure a supply of "draws" for planting during the second and third weeks in May.

The seed-supply should not only be selected as above stated but it should be chosen from healthy plants and, in addition, should be carefully examined for disease. All specimens showing the slightest trace of decay or rot of any kind should be discarded.

The soil for the plant-bed, whether it be in the open or a manure- or fire-hotbed, should be free from contamination—preferably sterilized. If such precautions are observed, the first step in the insurance of the crop against loss from rot either in the field or in the storage house has been taken. Young sprouts which grow from the bedded seed roots are known as "draws" or "sets." These are chiefly used for planting in the field, but roots, or pieces of roots, may be and sometimes are used. In the warmer sections where seasons are long, it is a common practice to grow enough early draws or sets to plant an area large enough to give a sufficient quantity of vine cuttings to plant the commercial area. This is a good system as it insures disease-free plants, so far as the root-rots are concerned, for setting the field. An even closer approach to a let-alone system is followed in some sections. Instead of harvesting and storing seed and propagating sets, a portion of last season's crop is allowed to remain unharvested over winter and it is from the volunteer plants of such an area that a supply of vine cuttings for the commercial plantation are secured.

Sweet potatoes are for the most part long-stemmed, creeping, or viny plants. They can be planted in hills but are more often set on parallel ridges thrown up 30 to 36 inches apart. The ridges are often made by throwing two furrows together over a trench in which well-rotted stable-manure has been scattered, or in which commercial fertilizer containing a liberal percentage of potash has been placed. On such ridges the draws are usually planted, either by the use of a hand dibble, tongs, or transplanting machine, 14 to 16 inches apart.

The subsequent culture consists in keeping the area free of weeds with horse-drawn implements as long as the growth of the plants will permit even by the use of a vine-lifter, after which all large weeds are removed by hand.

The signal which summons all hands to the sweet potato harvest is the first frost which causes the leaves to blacken. The home-garden plantation will be harvested with potato forks or with a turning plow after the vines have been cut away with a hoe, but the commercial area will be entered with a special digging-plow with rods in place of a moldboard and two rolling coulters so arranged on a cross-piece fastened to the beam of the digger that they cut the vines on either side of the ridge, thus preventing their interference with the operation of digging. As soon as the roots have been turned out and have dried in the sun, they should be carefully gathered, so as to avoid breaking or bruising, into one-half- or five-eighths-bushel hampers and hauled on spring wagons to the curing and storage house. In placing the roots in the house, care should be exercised to avoid breaking or bruising them. Some growers spread layers of pine straw between each 12- or 15-inch layer of roots placed in the storage house. This practice is less common at the present time since especially designed storage houses have come into general use.

The storage houses in most general use both North and South are frame structures built entirely above ground, although there are a few houses at the North that possess a basement or semi-basement story used for the storage of sweet potatoes. These frame structures are so built that their contents are exposed in the least possible degree to outside changes of temperature. While the buildings are not insulated, they are provided with paper between the studding and sheeting, between the sheeting and the clapboarding, and on the inside under the sheeting. In the more exposed situations, either back plaster or a strip of paper is used between the studding in addition to the construction above noted. The floors as well as the ceilings are made as nearly frost-proof as possible and to add still greater safety the roots are not placed on the main floor of the building itself but upon slat floors raised at least 2 inches off the main floor. Besides adding a factor of safety against frost, these slat floors serve another important function, that of facilitating the distribution of heat throughout the heap of roots during the curing process. The partitions between the bins should also be double-slatted partitions in order to act as ventilators or chimneys so that the ventilation of the material in the storage may be insured as well as more rapid and more uniform curing.

The curing of sweet potatoes at harvest-time is of equal importance with a proper storage room, good ventilation, and the maintenance of a proper storage temperature subsequently. As the sweet potatoes come from the field, they should be placed in the bins in layers distributed evenly over the surface, and during the time the house is being filled and for a period of ten days or more thereafter the temperature of the storage house should be maintained at 85° to 90° F. both night and day. After this drying or curing period, the temperature should be gradually reduced, but at no time during the storage period should it fall below 45° F. The temperature which has proved most satisfactory for holding the roots after the curing period is 50° F. While sweet potatoes can be successfully stored in hampers or crates, most commercial storages depend on the use of bins with slat floors separated by hollow slat partitions. A convenient arrangement is so to construct the storage that each bin holds one carload or other unit quantity, depending on marketing facilities. In no case should sweet potatoes once placed in storage be rehandled or disturbed in any way until the contents of that particular receptacle, be it hamper, crate, or bin, is to be prepared for immediate delivery to the market. Sweet potatoes will not tolerate sorting or handling of any kind while in storage. The successful keeping of sweet potatoes in storage, therefore, depends on care in using disease-free seed or sets, careful handling of the roots from field to storage, a frost-proof storage provided with adequate heat for curing and ventilators for insuring rapid change of air during the curing-period as well as at subsequent periods when atmospheric conditions demand it, and the load of the house so placed, at time of storing, that any given unit may be discharged without disturbing the remainder of the material in storage. At harvest-time, and at all subsequent periods, except in severe weather when there is liability of injury from frost, sweet potatoes can be distributed in double-headed or burlap-covered, ventilated barrels. Such containers are economical, are more convenient to handle than crates or hampers, and form a satisfactory market unit. Bags should never be used. In cold weather when perishable freight or express is liable to frost-injury, strong hampers holding one and one-half bushels or one-half barrel are often used as containers for sweet potatoes. Such packages are prepared for shipment by first lining them with a tough grade of paper, and, after the container has been filled and covered, wrapping it with a similar material. One of the great handicaps to the sweet potato industry at the present time is the highly perishable nature of the crop, making it difficult for those who do not have the best of facilities to market the crop during severe weather except to nearby markets.

There are two important types of sweet potatoes grown in the United States, one with a dry mealy flesh and another with a flesh of a soft, moist, sugary consistency when cooked. The northern markets generally prefer the dry mealy varieties with yellow color, while the soft, moist sorts, either light or deep yellow in color, are preferred by the southern markets. The commercial grower will therefore grow the sort or sorts demanded by the markets in which he expects to dispose of his product. His own likes and dislikes should not be given any weight in choosing market sorts.

Among the dry mealy-fleshed sorts may be mentioned Big Stem Jersey, Yellow Jersey, Early Carolina, and Triumph; characteristic representatives of the other class include such sorts as Nancy Hall, Georgia, Pumpkin Yam, Dooley, and Porto Rico.
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==Cultivation==
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===Propagation===
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===Pests and diseases===
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==Species==


==Gallery==
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==References==
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963




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2010-01-07T08:33:07Z

Stoneangel: It is also used in planters. There are two types: lime green and burgundy.

It is also used in planters. There are two types: lime green and burgundy.

Trachelospermum jasminoides

2010-01-07T08:20:12Z

Stoneangel:

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| growth_habit = Evergreen Vine
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| wide = 
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| poisonous = 
| lifespan = perennial
| exposure = full sun, part-sun
| water = regular to moderate
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| hardiness = Hardy to 0 F
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{{Inc|
[[Trachelospermum]] jasminoides, Lem. (syn. Rhynchospermum jasminoides, Lindl.). Star Jasmine. Also called "Confederate," "Malayan" or "African" Jessamine. Fig. 3826. Tender, evergreen, climbing shrub: lvs. short-stalked, ovate-lanceolate, acute, glabrous: peduncles much longer than lvs.: calyx-lobes reflexed; corolla-tube contracted below the middle; several jagged scales at base of corolla; 5 large glands at base of ovary, 2 united, 3 free. S. China. Var. variegatum, Hort., has lvs. of green and white, tinged red.
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}}

==Cultivation==
Zones 8-11. Prefers sun, but can be grown in partial shade. Can be grown in a planter, large pot, or in the ground. It is a slow grower at about 12' a year for the first couple years. Then can grow about 2' per year up to 20' at maturity. Use a regular potting soil like Sea Soil. Even though it is a slow grower it's advisable to cut back in the fall. Cut back one third of plant. In the end it will make for a much bushier plant with lots of flower clusters; otherwise you will have a long vine with some smallish side growth. Though it is reputed to be a twining climber I have found that it needs help to climb. This is an easy evergreen vine to grow in a temperate climate such as Vancouver, Canada. It seems resistant to bugs and disease. It likes a medium wet soil, but will tolerate a drier soil. As far as feeding, a well balanced slow release fertilizer (14-14-14) in spring and once in summer can be used. If you are opposed to this method, you can dig in some well rotted compost in the spring. It is one of the easier vines to grow for the patient gardener. The small clusters of white flowers have a sweet jasmine scent.

===Propagation===
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===Pests and diseases===
This plant seems quite resistant to pests and disease.

==Species==


==Gallery==
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==References==
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
*Botanica's Pocket Gardening Encyclopedia - Publisher: James Mills-Hicks, Published in Canada by Whitecap Books, 2004 - ISBN: 1 55285 241 5




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UserWiki:Stoneangel

2010-01-07T06:03:01Z

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2010-01-07T05:40:16Z

Stoneangel:

Cordyline australis var. 'Red Sensation'

2010-01-06T06:14:08Z

Stoneangel: Created page with '{{SPlantbox |familia=Cordyline |genus=Australis |cultivar=Red Sensation |common_name=Dracaena |Min ht metric=cm |origin=New Zealand |exposure=sun, part-sun |water=moist, moderate…'

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Description:
Sword-like leaves come in variegated stripes such as burgundy and red. There are no flowers.
Suitable as a houseplant, or more recently used in the summer garden or pots for colour and architctural interest.

==Cultivation==

===Propagation===

===Pests and diseases===

==Varieties==

==Gallery==

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==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963




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2010-01-06T06:11:17Z

Stoneangel:

File:Trachelospermum.jpg

2010-01-05T15:57:37Z

Stoneangel: close-up of flowers and buds

close-up of flowers and buds

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2010-01-05T14:57:13Z

Stoneangel: Canna

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==Canna==
[[Category:Unlabeled photo]]

Location: [[New York Botanical Garden]]

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2010-01-05T14:50:44Z

Stoneangel: Canna

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==Canna==

Location: [[New York Botanical Garden]]

Trachelospermum jasminoides

2010-01-05T14:19:03Z

Stoneangel: /* Cultivation */

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| latin_name = ''Trachelospermum jasminoides''
| common_names = Confederate Jasmine, Star Jasmine
| growth_habit = ? 
| high = ? 
| wide = 
| origin = ? 
| poisonous = 
| lifespan = 
| exposure = ? 
| water = ? 
| features = 
| hardiness = 
| bloom = 
| usda_zones = ? 
| sunset_zones = 
| color = IndianRed
| image = Confederate Jasmine, Star Jasmine (Trachelospermum jasminoides).jpg
| image_width = 240px 
| image_caption = 
| regnum = Plantae
| divisio = Magnoliophyta
| classis = Magnoliopsida
| ordo = Gentianales
| familia = Apocynaceae
| genus = Trachelospermum
| species = jasminoides
}}
{{Inc|
[[Trachelospermum]] jasminoides, Lem. (syn. Rhynchospermum jasminoides, Lindl.). Star Jasmine. Also called "Confederate," "Malayan" or "African" Jessamine. Fig. 3826. Tender, evergreen, climbing shrub: lvs. short-stalked, ovate-lanceolate, acute, glabrous: peduncles much longer than lvs.: calyx-lobes reflexed; corolla-tube contracted below the middle; several jagged scales at base of corolla; 5 large glands at base of ovary, 2 united, 3 free. S. China. Var. variegatum, Hort., has lvs. of green and white, tinged red.
{{SCH}}
}}

==Cultivation==
Zones 8-11. Prefers sun, but can be grown in partial shade. Can be grown in a planter, large pot, or in the ground. It is a slow grower at about 12' a year for the first couple years. Then can grow about 2' per year up to 20' at maturity. Use a regular potting soil like Sea Soil. Even though it is a slow grower it's advisable to cut back in the fall. Cut back one third of plant. In the end it will make for a much bushier plant with lots of flower clusters; otherwise you will have a long vine with some smallish side growth. Though it is reputed to be a twining climber I have found that it needs help to climb. This is an easy evergreen vine to grow in a temperate climate such as Vancouver, Canada. It seems resistant to bugs and disease. It likes a medium wet soil, but will tolerate a drier soil. As far as feeding, a well balanced slow release fertilizer (14-14-14) in spring and once in summer can be used. If you are opposed to this method, you can dig in some well rotted compost in the spring. It is one of the easier vines to grow for the patient gardener. The small clusters of white flowers have a sweet jasmine scent.

===Propagation===
{{edit-prop}}

===Pests and diseases===
This plant seems quite resistant to pests and disease.

==Species==


==Gallery==
{{photo-sources}}

<gallery>
Image:Jasmim1.jpg|
Image:Upload.png| photo 1
Image:Upload.png| photo 2
Image:Upload.png| photo 3
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==References==
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963




==External links==
*{{wplink}}

{{stub}}
[[Category:Categorize]]