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...d. or fls. solitary.—The wood of this species is considerably used because of its strength and endurance and light yellow color. The bark is used as a co ...imalayas in India.—A small, strong-smelling tree. The bark, lvs. and roots of this species are used in India as a tonic. Other little-known species occur

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...ns approaching those of mountains; in practice, alpine-gardening is a form of rock-gardening. ...e summers are long, dry and hot, it is almost impossible to cultivate many of the most desirable alpines.

A '''Persimmon''' is any of a number of species of trees of the genus ''[[Diospyros]]'', and the edible [[fruit]] borne by them.{{wp}} ...ced, but are yet under experiment (cf. "Yearbook, United States Department of Agriculture," 1911, page 416).

| poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous --> ...y by the state and representing the movement that began before the passage of the federal experiment station act.

...tine botanist). Magnoliaceae. Temperate and tropical trees and shrubs, two of which (M. fuscata and M. Champaca) are cultivated in the southern states fo ...ke; stigma decurrent: ovules 2 or more: fr. a long, loose or crowded spike of leathery carpels, which split down the back; seeds like Magnolia.—Species

...merous [[drupe]]lets around a central core. In raspberry and other species of the subgenus ''Idaeobatus'', the drupelets separate from the core when pick ...g has produced open space for colonization by this opportunistic colonizer of disturbed soil. The raspberry flower can be a [[Northern Nectar Sources for

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...h as San Francisco. Both this and the species are easily grown by cuttings of dormant wood, as currants are, but the cuttings should be started indoors w ...uit. The flowers may be solitary or grouped in twos and threes at the ends of the branches. The pomegranate is self-pollinated as well as cross-pollinate

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...[[tree]] growing to 4–10 m tall, belonging to the subfamily [[Prunoideae]] of the family [[Rosaceae]]. It is classified with the [[almond]] in the subgen ...Christian times.<ref name=rhs>Huxley, A., ed. (1992). ''New RHS Dictionary of Gardening''. Macmillan ISBN 0-333-47494-5.</ref> Cultivated peaches are div

Pear. A popular fruit and tree of the genus Pyrus, long cultivated scrotina. Pears of the European stock have been grown in North

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...ness, as understood in North America, is considered to be within the field of horticulture. ...isae. Parkinson's famous "Paradisus," or account of "a garden of all sorts of pleasant flowers," was published in England in 1629.

...is]]''. '''''Vitis''''' ('''grapevines''') is a genus of about 60 species of vining plants in the [[flowering plant]] family [[Vitaceae]]. Grapes grow in clusters of 15 to 300, and can be crimson, black, dark blue, yellow, green, orange, and

...an important commercial fruit crop, widely grown in all temperate regions of the world. ...switch from selling fresh to selling to freezers, and then get totally out of the market. Producers for the farmers market keep selling fresh through the

| poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous --> ..., and are also extended in many separate articles, under the popular names of the plants themselves, as Rose, Strawberry, Carnation, Lettuce, Mushroom, a

| poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous --> ...— the parasitic fungi and the depredating insects, together with the means of control. This composite article therefore comprises: