. 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. 359. Balloon Vine — Cardiospermum Halicacabum CARDIOSPfiEMUM (Greek, heart-seed, from the white heart-shaped spot on the round black seed; hence the plant was thought a cure for heart diseases). Sa- pinddcece. Thirty tropical American species of climbing herbs, with alternate, biternate Ivs., coarsely serrate 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. 359. Balloon Vine — Cardiospermum Halicacabum CARDIOSPfiEMUM (Greek, heart-seed, from the white heart-shaped spot on the round black seed; hence the plant was thought a cure for heart diseases). Sa- pinddcece. Thirty tropical American species of climbing herbs, with alternate, biternate Ivs., coarsely serrate Ifts., and small white fls. in axillary racemes or corymbs. The most popular is the interesting Balloon Vine, which is a rapid-growing, tender annual, curious for its in- flated seed-vessels. Halicacabum, Linn. Fig. 359. Height, 10 ft.: stem and branches grooved: balloons an inch or more thick. E. and W. Indies. 10i9.—A general favorite, es- pecially with children. \p, jl_ CABDOON {Cyndra Cardilnculus,lAa:a.). A thistle- like plant of southern Europe, cult, for the thick leaf- stalk and midrib. It is thought to be of the same spe- cies as the artichoke, and to have been developed from it by long cultivation and selection. The plant has been introduced into South America, and has run wild exten- sively on the pampas. Darwin writes that "no culti- vated plant has run wild on so enormous a scale as the ; From the artichoke it differs in taller and more prickly growth and smaller heads. The Cardoon is perennial, but it is not hardy, and is treated as an annual. Seeds are sown in spring, either in pots under glass or in the open where the plants are to stand. The later sowing is usually preferred. The plants are given rich soil and should have abundant moisture sup- ply, for they must make continuous and strong growth. When the leaves are nearly full grown, they are tied to- gether near the top, straw is piled around the head, and earth is banked against it
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