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... germinate readily , when fresh . It can also be grown from cuttings of the ripe wood . The tree derives its name from the words " chrysos , " gold , and " phyllon , " a leaf ; referring to the golden - russet color of the under - side ...
... germinate readily , when fresh . It can also be grown from cuttings of the ripe wood . The tree derives its name from the words " chrysos , " gold , and " phyllon , " a leaf ; referring to the golden - russet color of the under - side ...
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... seed cavity is large , and is filled with many small seeds which are enveloped in a loose , mucous coat , with a brittle , pitted testa . When fresh these seeds germinate readily . G. P. W. Collection . PLATE XXXVI Carica Papaya . 14.
... seed cavity is large , and is filled with many small seeds which are enveloped in a loose , mucous coat , with a brittle , pitted testa . When fresh these seeds germinate readily . G. P. W. Collection . PLATE XXXVI Carica Papaya . 14.
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... germinate readily , and the plants bear fruit in from two to four years . This variety of anona is sensitive to drought , and thrives well at the high ele- vations . G. P. W. Collection . PLATE LVII Psidium Guayava pomiferum 116.
... germinate readily , and the plants bear fruit in from two to four years . This variety of anona is sensitive to drought , and thrives well at the high ele- vations . G. P. W. Collection . PLATE LVII Psidium Guayava pomiferum 116.
Page 168
... grow in clusters , are small and fragrant . The gourd - like fruit , with its hard shell , is from 2 to 4 inches in diameter ... germinate readily . and the plant is also very easily propagated from root cuttings . G. P. W. Collection ...
... grow in clusters , are small and fragrant . The gourd - like fruit , with its hard shell , is from 2 to 4 inches in diameter ... germinate readily . and the plant is also very easily propagated from root cuttings . G. P. W. Collection ...
Page 174
... grow in clusters , are very fragrant , and the fruit , which also ripens in clusters , about Christmas time , is pear - shaped , and has an agreeable acid flavor . The seeds are large , and germinate readily . Fine grafted and budded ...
... grow in clusters , are very fragrant , and the fruit , which also ripens in clusters , about Christmas time , is pear - shaped , and has an agreeable acid flavor . The seeds are large , and germinate readily . Fine grafted and budded ...
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20 feet acid Apple aromatic bears berry black seeds BREADFRUIT Carica Cherimoyer cherry Citrus clusters color contains many seeds cultivated dark-green delicious drupe edible pulp elevation evergreen tree fleshy found growing fragrant fruit G. P. W. Collection Garcinia Xanthochymus gardens germinate readily glabrous glossy Government Nursery grafted green guava handsome hardy Hawaii Hawaiian Islands Honolulu inches in diameter inches in length inches long India introduced to Hawaii Jambosa juicy Kamani kernel lanceolate large seed leaflets leathery leaves are oval lemon light-green low-growing tree Mammee Apple Mangifera indica mango Mangosteen Monstera deliciosa Oahu oblong obovate odor orange ovate Papaya Passiflora pear-shaped Persea gratissima petals petioles pinnate leaves plant PLATE Plum propagated Psidium purple Queensland nut rind ripens rough round shape shell shiny leaves short petioles shrub small tree smooth specimens spreading branches stems sweet thin thrives true to seed trunk Vaccinium reticulatum WATER APPLE West Indies white flowers yellow pulp
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Page 216 - This is a strong vigorous vine, very suitable for arbors and trellises. It is not commonly found In Hawaii; however, a very fine specimen of its kind is growing in Dr. St. DG Walter's garden in Honolulu. The leaves are oval to ovate, the petioles having two glands. The fragrant purple flowers are about two inches in diameter. The ovoid-pointed fruit has a tough, leathery shell which, when green is six-striated, with white stripes; when quite ripe the fruit is a dull orange-yellow. The numerous seeds...
Page 214 - This strong-growing, glabrous vine, climbing by tendrils, is a native of tropical America and known there as the Yellow waterlemon. The date when it was Introduced to Hawaii, and by whom, is not known, but in the Hilo and Hamakua districts of Hawaii this variety grows wild. Its thick leaves are oval, oblong and entire, and have a short, sharp point. The flowers are about two and a half inches across, are white, with red spots on them.
Page 224 - ... Viet. Inst. ii, 95 (1857). The best dates are grown in oases, where fresh water gushes from the ground in abundance and spreads over light soil of deserts subject to burning winds. The Zadie-variety produces the heaviest crop, averaging 300 lbs. to the tree; superior varieties can only be continued from offshoots of the root; these will commence to bear in five years and be in full bearing in ten years; one male tree is considered sufficient for half a hundred females. The pollen-dust is sparingly...
Page 182 - Many Mangosteen trees have been brought to Hawaii, and have received intelligent care, but they have not thrived well ; and have eventually died. Only two have ever produced fruit; one in the garden of Mr. Francis Gay of Kauai. which bears its fruit annually, and the other tree at Lahaina, Maui. in the gar den formerly the property of Mr. Harry Turton.
Page 214 - Passion fruit. From Honolulu, Hawaii. Presented by Mr. Garret P. Wilder. Received May 29, 1915. " This strong-growing, glabrous vine, climbing by tendrils, is a native of tropical America and known there as the yellow water-lemon. The date when it was Introduced to Hawaii and by whom Is not known, but in the Hllo and Hamakua districts of Hawaii this variety grows wild.
Page 60 - APPLE. The Mammee Apple, which grows well in Hawaii, is a native of the West Indies, and is a fruit much esteemed in tropical countries.
Page 36 - La Laguna (Schiede); vs in herb. Hook. (Tenampa, Prov. Vera Cruz, Linden, no. 50). The leaves of this plant are described by Schlechtendal as being from 4 to 6 inches long and from 2 to 3 inches broad, upon a very short petiole of only 3 or 6 lines in length; the calyx is...
Page 210 - г lilac: crown of many rows of filaments, violet with bars of white below the middle, the inner and shorter set deep violet. Probably Brazilian. GC 11.26:648-9.
Page 60 - DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS. This species is one of the most massive of our junipers. In early life the crown is open and broadly conical, and in old age, dense and round. The trunk is short and clear of branches for 6 or perhaps 10 feet. As a rule, the tree attains a height of from 30 to 40 feet, and a diameter of from 1J to 3£ feet.
Page 34 - Tungu da catarata de Condo." No. 1245 and COLL. CARP. 564. As is very frequently the case with tropical African fruits, the seed is large in proportion to the size of the fruit. 3. PETERSIA Welw. ex Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. ip 721 (Oct. 1865). 1. P. africana Welw., Ie ; Laws. in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 439. GOLUNGO ALTO.