. 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, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom . rennial herb, lK-3 ft. high, ap-pressed hirsute: Ifts. nearly entire; lower ones ovate,obtuse; upper ones much narrower, acute: peduncleslonger than lvs.; dense, involucrate, becomingelongated in fruit: fls. nearly 1 in. long. Spring andearly summer. Poor soil, Arabia. CC
. 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, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom . rennial herb, lK-3 ft. high, ap-pressed hirsute: Ifts. nearly entire; lower ones ovate,obtuse; upper ones much narrower, acute: peduncleslonger than lvs.; dense, involucrate, becomingelongated in fruit: fls. nearly 1 in. long. Spring andearly summer. Poor soil, Arabia. CC. Habit , Linn. Petioles scabrous: Ifts. 3,digitate,ovate-lanceolate, acuminate: fls. blue and white, in usu-ally axillary racemes. Chile and Peru. 990. BB. No of Ifts. ^ta, Linn. Arborescent or shrubby, 6-12 ft.,densely branched and leafy: Ifts. 7-11, pinnate, linear or lanceolate-linear, acute, commonly 10-15 lines longby about 1 line wide: fls. axillary, solitary or clustered,sessile or pedicelled, blue with white wings. S. III. .5:693. III. 33:591. The following points concerning the Pomme Blanche(which is also called Prairie Apple, Prairie Turnip andIndian or Missouri Bread-root) aretaken from Goodales Wild Flowers ofAmerica : In the autumn the top of the. Quava—Psidium Guajava (X Vi) plant dies and separates from the root, near the ground,and is blown about the prairies. After the top has gonethe root cannot be readily found, and hence the Indiansdig them in August for their winter use. Theroot liesdeep in the ground and is about the size of a hens outside is covered with a thick integument almostas tough as wood and of a dark brown color. The insideis whitish and not unlike a chestnut in appearance andtaste, but not so sweet. The Indian women dig the rootswith great facility by means of a pointed stick two orthree feet long. The roots are spindle-shaped or tur-nip-shaped. If the Indians use them immediately, they
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