. Dell'enciclopedia di American orticoltura comprendente suggerimenti per la coltivazione di piante orticole, descrizioni delle specie di frutta e ortaggi, fiori e piante ornamentali vendute negli Stati Uniti e in Canada, insieme geografico e biografie. Il giardinaggio. 698 GREVILLEA GRIFFINIA Oriente Australia, salendo a 150 piedi di piuttosto rapido growtli, e resistente alla siccità un grado remarlcable; quindi uno dei più alberi ammissibili anche per la cultura del deserto, ma naturalmente un sj"lvan impianto. Il legno è elastico e dur- in grado, apprezzato particolarmente per le doghe di botti, anche per

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. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 698 GREVILLEA GRIFFINIA East Australia, rising to 150 feet, of rather rapid growtli, and resisting drought to a remarlcable degree; hence one of the most eligible trees even for desert culture, though naturally a sj'lvan plant. The wood is elastic and dur- able, valued particularly for staves of casks, also for furniture. The richly developed golden yellow trusses of flowers attract honey-sucking birds and bees through. 1006. Grevillea robusta (X J^). several months of the year. The seeds are copiously produced and germinate readily. Rate of growth in Victoria, 20-30 ft. in 20 years. In Ceylon it attained a stem-circumference of 5 ft. in 8 years." In California and S. Fla. it is a valuable lawn tree. "When grown in the open, it will stand some frost. As a glasshouse plant it is grown almost wholly from seeds, and is used in its young state ; as the plant becomes old, it loses its leaves and becomes ragged below. It thrives in the tem- perature suited to geraniums or roses, and it stands much hard usage and neglect. It is popular as a window subject. Best results with Grevillea are usually secured by raising a fresh stock every year, from seed sown late in winter or in spring. The following winter or spring they will be in 4-6-in. pots, and will be in their prime. The young plants need frequent repotting to keep them in good condition. Grevillea roMcsta has come to be generally known as aflorists' plant within the past ten years. Lvs. twice-pinnatifid, the ultimate divisions narrow and pointed and sometimes lobed, pubescent. B.M. 318i. A.G. 14:115. A.F. 4:413.-In the West Indies the plant is much grown, and it is often trimmed to desired shape. In exposed places the foliage

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