Archive image from page 196 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture . 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 cyclopediaofame04bail Year: 1906 SCOLTMUS SC6LYHnS (old Greek name used by Hesiod). Com- pdsitw. Heoli/mus Hispanicus (Fig. 2279) is the vege- table known as Golden Thistle or Spanish Oyster Plant. It makes a root much like salsify, except that it is muc
Archive image from page 196 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture . 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 cyclopediaofame04bail Year: 1906 SCOLTMUS SC6LYHnS (old Greek name used by Hesiod). Com- pdsitw. Heoli/mus Hispanicus (Fig. 2279) is the vege- table known as Golden Thistle or Spanish Oyster Plant. It makes a root much like salsify, except that it is much lighter colored and considerably longer. Its flavor is less pronounced than that of salsify, but when carefully cooked, it possesses a very agreeable quality which is somewhat intermediate between that of salsify and pars- nip. It is adapted to all the methods of cooking em- ployed for those vegetables. The particular value of the Spanish Oyster Plant, aside from affording a variety in the kitchen garden, is its large size and productiveness as compared with salsify. The product may be nearly twice as great, for a given area, as for salsify. The seeds are much easier to handle and sow than those of salsify. They are sown in March or April. The seeds, or rather akenes, are flat and yellowish, sur- rounded by a white scarious margin. The roots can be dug either in fall or spring. The greatest fault of the Spanish Oyster Plant lies in the prickly character of the leaves, which makes the plant uncomfortable to handle. The roots are often 10-12 in. long and 1 in. thick. It is said that the leaves and stalks are eaten like cardoons by the people of Salamanca; also that the flowers are used to adulterate saffron. Scolytnus ITispatiiciis, Linn., is a biennial plant na- tive to southern Europe. The radical Ivs. are very spiny, oblong, pinnatifld, dark green variegated with pale green spots. The plant grows 2-2K ft. high, is much branched and bears bright yellow flower-heads. SCROPHULA
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