. 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. CHENOPODIUM are used as greens. In American gardens it is iisually known as Mercury (the name is sometimes corrupted to Markery). Lvs. triangular-ovate, with very long, wide- spreading basal lobes ; margins entire ; plant mealy. The plant is of the easiest culture; 1-2 ft. high. Other Chenopodiums of economic i
. 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. CHENOPODIUM are used as greens. In American gardens it is iisually known as Mercury (the name is sometimes corrupted to Markery). Lvs. triangular-ovate, with very long, wide- spreading basal lobes ; margins entire ; plant mealy. The plant is of the easiest culture; 1-2 ft. high. Other Chenopodiums of economic interest are the Quinoa (C. Quinoa, Willd.), of S. Amer., of which the large seeds are used as food (it is an annual, with aspect of the common pigweed, 6'. album ; seeds sold by European dealers. ); C. amhrosioides, Linn., Mexican Tea, affords a medicinal extract; C. anthelminticiim, Linn., Wormseed, affords a vermifuge. The Feather Geranium or Jerusalem Oak of florists is C. Botrys, Linn. It is annual, glandular-pubescent and aromatic, 1-3 ft. high, with pinnatifid lvs. and long, feather-like, enduring spikes, for which it is used in vases and baskets. Pretty. L H B CHERRY 291. CHERIMOYA, CHEBIMOYEK (Anona CherimoUa, Mill.). Fig. 425. The Cherimoya is considered by many to be the finest of the subtropical fruits, and that not only by the natives of the countries where it grows, but also by Europeans. It is somewhat like the Sweet Sop {A. squamosa); both are excellent when grown in cli- mates that suit them; but the Cherimoya has a decided acidity, which is most agreeable and grateful to the taste. See A}ina. The fruit is'rounded, but irregular in shape, weii;liiii:4 fniiii 3 to 5 lbs., and even double that under || I ' ii i> a white pulp, embedded in which are ilii i. I ,. -I II-. lacliating from an internal central stalk. The ^Viiiie jialp is the edible portion ; it is of the con- sisteucB of a corn-flour pudding. If picked when full- grown, they will ripen gradual
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