. 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. 1782 TENNESSEE TERATOLOGY : iMiiAli; cin'stniits. ; comumn pri pal'rr-slH.'U pecans. Parag-on â pfrsininious yrufted on the 11. L. Watts. TEN-O'CLOCK. Onii/Jt'xjahon umhellai u m. TEN-WEEKS STOCK. 2[<illhiol<i itieana,yin\ aniniu. TEOSINTE is flLlM eral a differs in nut hoinii' frtM' fr cott
. 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. 1782 TENNESSEE TERATOLOGY : iMiiAli; cin'stniits. ; comumn pri pal'rr-slH.'U pecans. Parag-on â pfrsininious yrufted on the 11. L. Watts. TEN-O'CLOCK. Onii/Jt'xjahon umhellai u m. TEN-WEEKS STOCK. 2[<illhiol<i itieana,yin\ aniniu. TEOSINTE is flLlM eral a differs in nut hoinii' frtM' fr cottsidci-('(| 11 :iiirm;il Lcrass of immense valne for SiuUli. It is vrry nuu-k iilie maize in ,i,^en- :iiiil in the structnre of the i\s., Imt niiii^^ an ear, the slender jointed spikes uur another. By many botanists it is ri-inal form of maize. It is known to .â atah'ij:ii.'s MS Ji'r.'inu , Dur., hut is pro])erly JOiirlint ii<( Mi.'j-(i-<)ii'f, Schrad., for the luttany of which see \I. (UU, where the jilaiit is culled Eii< lux- itrl(nis. Tin- phmt is pictnred in Bnll. 14, A^ r. S. Dept. of .Vi^ric. und in Farmers' No. 102. from whidi a few pi Teosinte prohahly i-mdnre per a<'re rlian any (iTlit-r i2;ras Div. of ' Bnlletin iiiiits are here abstracted, a g-reater bulk of fodder At the Louisiana Experi- tient Station it has yielded the enormous amount of 50 toTis of ffreen f0 a ton. The plant grows 8-1 ft. hitrh and"filh-rs freely, sending up stalks fr ii the same root. One hundred stalks from one seed ha e been recorded. It may be cut several times during tl e season, Imt nearly as good results will be obtained fr m a single cutting made before there is any frost. The stalks are tender and there is no waste in the fodder when dry or green. One pound of seed to the acre, planted in drills .'i ft. apart and thinned to a foot apart in the drill, is recommended. Teo- sinte is a native of the wai'mer portions of i\I'>xi<'o ami
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