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• Dimorphotheca ecklonis
  | poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous --> ...uminate. B.M. 7535. Gn. 75, p. 444. G. 24: 424; 25:565.—Not hardy north of Washington. It is grown as a summer bedding plant in England.
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• Escallonia virgata
  | poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous --> ...small: fls. white, axillary, scattered, or sometimes massed near the tips of the branchlets; petals spreading, scarcely if at all clawed: fr. a globose
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• Geranium palmatum
  | poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous --> ...S. 244.—Must be grown in the temperate house, but doubtless hardy south of Washington.
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• Suksdorfia
  | poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous --> Suksdorfia (W. N. Suksdorf, botanist of Washington state). Saxifragaceae. One species as recently delimited, a slender perenni
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• Grand Fir
  |habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia |height_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
  5 KB (781 words) - 15:28, 27 June 2010
• Gladiolus colvillei
  | poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous --> ...gms. white, with a large oval rose- crimson yellow-centered blotch on each of the 3 lower ones. Gn. W. 15:9. J.H. 111.49:213.
  4 KB (576 words) - 09:22, 7 September 2009
• Hylocereus
  ...lorus, has recently been described by Britton & Rose. It flowers freely in Washington and New York, but as yet has not been very widely distributed. *[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
  3 KB (399 words) - 08:31, 4 March 2010
• Erythrina crista-galli
  | poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous --> ...acta, Bull, of very compact habit and fls. rich crimson is probably a form of this species.
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• Washingtonia
  Washingtonia (named for George Washington). Palmaceae, tribe Corypheae. Tall North American palms, making noble speci Trunks clothed above with remains of the sheaths and petioles: lvs. terminal, ample, spreading, orbicular, flabe
  5 KB (724 words) - 12:12, 22 November 2009
• Stewartia
  |life_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ...ing plant]]s in the family [[Theaceae]], related to ''[[Camellia]]''. Most of the species are native to eastern [[Asia]], with two (''S. malacodendron, S
  6 KB (826 words) - 19:37, 18 June 2010
• Feroniella oblata
  | poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous --> ...s of this species are growing in the greenhouses of the Dept. of Agric. at Washington, D.C.
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• Piptanthus nepalensis
  | poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous --> ...ellow, 1 in. or more long: pod 2-5 in. long, 3-10-seeded. Temperate slopes of Himalayas,
  4 KB (560 words) - 12:12, 6 September 2009
• Francoa ramosa
  | poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous --> ...uished by pubescent infl.; lf.-stalks not margined; fls. smaller. Hardy at Washington, D. C., with spikes 2 ft. long and 1 in. thick. Forms are known under the n
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• Paper Birch
  ...from [[Newfoundland]] west to [[Alaska]], south to [[Pennsylvania]] and [[Washington]], with small isolated populations further south in [[mountain]]s to [[Nort ...of twigs, the [[fruit]] matures in the fall. The mature fruit is composed of numerous tiny winged [[seed]]s packed between the catkin bracts. They drop
  3 KB (482 words) - 02:07, 9 February 2010
• Caesalpinia decapetala
  | poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous --> ...England. The hardiest species of the genus, probably hardy as far north as Washington, D. C.
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• Crataegus Phaenopyrum
  | poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous --> ...A very desirable species, with beautiful fall-coloring and large clusters of bright red fr. remaining a long time on the branches. Formerly much used fo
  4 KB (521 words) - 16:23, 10 August 2009
• Crocosmia
  | poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous --> Crocosmia (Greek, odor of saffron, which is perceivable when the dried flowers are placed in warm wat
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• Ginseng
  ...inquefolius|P. quinquefolius]]''. Ginseng is characterized by the presence of [[ginsenosides]]. ...experiments in ginseng cultivation, most of which failed through ignorance of the plant's peculiarities. The seed ripens in September. If dry it will not
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• Albizzia
  | poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous --> ...ped pod without pulp.—About 25 species in tropical and subtropical regions of Asia, Afr. and Austral.; 1 in Mex.
  4 KB (606 words) - 06:47, 12 August 2009
• Limonia
  ...he U. S. Dept. of Agric. in Calif, and Fla. and also in the greenhouses in Washington, D.C. ...ric name usually misapplied to hesperethusa crenulata, which see. A number of species belonging to very diverse genera were formerly placed in Lumonia. S
  4 KB (565 words) - 21:34, 11 December 2009

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