. 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. 519. Coleus Blumei, var. Verschaffeltii. COLIC-EOOT. Aletris tarhiosa. COLLABDS. A kind of kale. In the south, a form of the plant known as Georgia Collards is much grown for domestic use and the southern market. The plant grows to 2-3 ft. high and forms no head, but the central Ivs. often form a kind of loose
. 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. 519. Coleus Blumei, var. Verschaffeltii. COLIC-EOOT. Aletris tarhiosa. COLLABDS. A kind of kale. In the south, a form of the plant known as Georgia Collards is much grown for domestic use and the southern market. The plant grows to 2-3 ft. high and forms no head, but the central Ivs. often form a kind of loose rosette. These tender Ivs. are eaten as a pot-herb, as all other kales are. Fig. 295, page 199, shows a Georgia CoUard, although the rosette is not well marked. The seeds may be started in a frame under glass, or in a seed-bed in the open. As far south as the orange-belt, they are usually started in February and March, in order that the plants may ma- ture before the dry, hot weather. Farther north they are started in July or August, and the plants are ready for use before cold weather. Transplant to rows 3K-4 ft. apart, and 3 ft. apart in the row. Till as for cabbage. Young cabbage plants are sometimes eaten as " greens " under the name of Collards; and cabbage seeds are sown for this specific purpose. In the north, where heading cabbages can be raised, Collards of whatever kind are not greatly prized. -^ jj^ jj COLLilTSIA (after Zaccheus Collins, American phi- lanthropist and promoter of science, Philadelphia, 1764— 1831). Scrophularidcem. About 18 species of hardy an- nuals from California and western North America, not far removed botauically from Pentstemon and Chelone. They are free-flowering and of the easiest culture. They may be sown outdoors in the fall in well-drained soil, and will bloom earlier than if sown in spring. Their fls., borne in midsummer, range in color from white through lilac and rose to violet, with clear, bright blue also, at least on one
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