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HIBISCUS 



involucre deciduous (with the calyx), 8-10-toothed: fls. 

 4 in. loug, opening primrose color in the morning, then 

 changing, as the day advances, to orange and deep red. 



— This species, the next, and probably others, yield the 

 Cuba bast, used for tying cigars and for other purposes. 

 Lvs. and shoots medicinal: wood durable. 



16. tilUceus, Linn. {Parltium tilulceum, Juss.). 

 Kound-headed tree 20-30 ft. high: lvs. round-cordate 

 and short-acuminate, entire or obscurely crenate: in- 

 volucre persistent (with the calyx), 10-toothed : lis. 

 2-3 in. long, yellow. Old World tropics, but naturalized 

 in the W. Indies and at Key West. -OfTered recently by 

 Reasoner. Evergreen. Sprouts from the base if frozen. 

 BB. Li's. usiinlly green both sides. 



17 heterophyllus, Vent. Tall shrub of Australia, int. 

 in S. Calif., where it is a free and showy bloomer: nearly 

 glabrous: lvs. varying from linear to lanceolate and 

 elliptic-oblong and from entire to 3-lobed, 5-6 in. long, 

 usually serrulate and sometimes white beneath: lis. 

 large (3-4 in. long), white, with a deep crimson eye, the 

 calyx tomentose: capsule hairy. 



18. calyoinus, Willd. (Z7". chrysiinthus, Hort.). Small 

 shrub from S. Africa, and sparingly known in this 

 country: pubescent: lvs. long-stalked, round-cordate, 

 somewhat 3-5-angled and 5-7-nerved, crenate, hairy or 

 velvety: fls. on axillary peduncles which are shorter 

 than the petioles, large, yellow, with a dark center: in- 

 volucre bracts 5, bristle-pointed: capsule tomentose. 



— To be grown indoors, but may be planted out in the 

 summer with good results. Probably valuable for per- 

 manent planting in the extreme S. 



19. oispUtinus, St. Hil. Bushy, 3-5 ft.: stems gla- 

 brous but prickly: lvs. deltoid-lanceolate or deltoid- 

 ovate, 3-lobed, coarsely toothed, sparsely hairy on the 

 veins : fls. solitary, 4-5 in. across, light pink, with darker 

 color in the eye and sometimes darker on the margins. 

 Brazil (this side the Platte river, whence the specific 

 name). R.H. 1898:480. Gng. 7:50. — Little known in this 

 country. It is a late fall bloomer, and may be planted 

 out in summer. It seeds freely, and these, sown as soon 

 as ripe, will give blooming plants for the following fall. 

 Handsome. 



20. D6nisoni, Burb. Small glasshouse shrub, flower- 

 ing when very small, glabrous: lvs. thick and rather 

 stiff, slender-stalked, elliptic-ovate, entire or obscurely 

 crenulate, acuminate, dull green: fls. terminal, large, 

 white, 4-5 in. across. Nativity unknown, but int. from 

 Austral. P.M. 1876:2.32.- A good greenhouse plant, re- 

 quiring warm temperature. 



1058. Hibiscus Rosa-Sinensis ( 



21. Ebsa- Sinensis, Linn. {R. Sinensis, Hort.). Chi- 

 nese Hibiscus. Shoeblack Plant. Pig. 1058. In glass- 

 houses a shrub 3-8 ft. high, but reaching 20 ft. in sub- 

 tropical regions, glabrous: lvs. rather large, thin and 

 shining green, broad-ovate to lance-ovate, somewhat 

 tapering to the base, acuminate, coarsely and unequally 

 toothed: involucre bracts linear, free, as long as the 

 calyx tube: fls. solitary in the upper axils of the new 



HICKORY-NUT 



growth, on peduncles which exceed the petioles, bright 

 rose-red, 4-5 in. across, with a projecting red column of 

 stamens and pistil. Asia, probably China: now dis- 

 tributed in warm countries, and one of the best known 

 old-fashioned conservatory pot-plants. B.M. 158. I.H. 

 29:441. G.C. III. 2:529. Gn. 53, p. 127. -It is now im- 

 mensely variable. Forms are double-fld., and others are 

 orange, yi-llnv, liri_-lit ri •). magenta, and parti-colored. 

 Var. Cooperi, 1 1 . t iif i ■...■,,ieri, Hort.), has narrow 

 white-mark > : ■ rti-d scarlet fls. Tradenames 



belongini; t- are S. brilliantissimns. U. 



carmimVus. II. ''h,-'! - ,'/,(,,<. H. fillqidua, 3. fiilijeii.i, 

 H. kermeshiiis, U. 'ihtma, II. minMus, H. sub-viotii- 

 cews, H. zebrlntis. Hibiscus Hosa-Sinensis is a sum- 

 mer-flowering shrub which always attracts attention. 

 It is often plunged in the open with other subtropical 

 stuff. It is easy to grow in ordinary potting soil. In 

 winter keep it slow by witholding water and keeping in 

 a temperature not above 50°. In spring head the plants 

 in and start them up to get the new wood on which the 

 flowers are borne. Give plenty of water when growing, 



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HICKORY NUT No w thsta 1 »• the 1 gh e teem 

 in which the nuts of several species of Hickory have 

 been held since the settlement of America by the white 

 men, but little progress has been made in their domes- 

 tication and improvement. Out of the 9 or 10 species 

 recognized by botanists, not more than 3 or 4 have been 

 found sufficiently promising from an economic stand- 

 point to justify conspicuous effort at amelioration. Of 

 these the Pecan {H. Pecan) stands easily 8r.st, followed 

 in order of apparent value by the Shagbark (Little 

 Shelllmrk),fl^. oi.ato; the Shellbark (Big Shellbark), 

 II. hiriiiiHxa, and the Pignut, ff. glabra. The Pecan 

 dirters in its requirements of soil and climate from the 

 other species, and is described separately under Pecan. 

 For the botany of the Hickories, see Hicoria. 



In flavor and quality of kernel the Shagbark is 

 esteemed by most Americans as the choicest of native 

 nuts, though in these respects the Shellbark is but lit- 

 tle inferior to it. The thinner shell and larger propor- 

 tion of kernel have given the former prcceilence over 

 the latter in most cultural efforts; though the thrifty 

 growth, symmetrical form and luxuriant foliage of the 

 latter render it one of the most handsome and useful of 

 native trees for roadside or lawn planting. The Shag- 

 bark has the broader area of natural distribution, being 

 found in localities throughout most of the United States 

 to the eastward of the Great Plains, except on the low- 

 lands of the South Atlantic coast and Gulf states. Tlie 

 Shellbark is mainly confined to the valley of the Mis- 

 sissippi and its larger tributaries, extending eastward, 

 however, into eastern Pennsylvania and western New 



: variety of distinct 



As the Hii-korie 



