. 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. 1383. Medeola Virginiana, the Indian Cucumber Root. (XJ^.) (Seep. 997.) under the auspices of the U. S. Dept. Agrio. (see Han- sen, Amer. Agric. Feb. 24,1900; Circular 25, Division of Agrostology, U. S. Dept. Agrlc). AA. I'ls. yellow. E. Plant annual and herbaceous. lupullna, Linn. Black or Hop Medick. Nonesuch
. 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. 1383. Medeola Virginiana, the Indian Cucumber Root. (XJ^.) (Seep. 997.) under the auspices of the U. S. Dept. Agrio. (see Han- sen, Amer. Agric. Feb. 24,1900; Circular 25, Division of Agrostology, U. S. Dept. Agrlc). AA. I'ls. yellow. E. Plant annual and herbaceous. lupullna, Linn. Black or Hop Medick. Nonesuch. Diffuse, the branches often rooting and becoming 2-3 ft. long, deep-rooted, and difficult to pull up: plant gla- brous or slightly pubescent; Ifts. oval to orbicular, toothed: stipules broad and toothed: fls. small, light yellow, iu pedunculate heads : fr. nearly glabrous, spiral, becoming black. Eu. —Extensively naturalized. Has the appearance of a clover. The yellow clovers with which it is likely to be con- founded have larger heads, which soon be- come dry and papery, and the stipules are en- tire. It is sometimes used as a forage or hny plant. Of no ornamen- tal 1384. Medicago sativa—Alfalfa. (XK.) prostr^ Stem prostrate: Ifts. linear, dentate at the apex: stipules linear-subu- late: pod glabrous, spi- rally contorted, 2- seeded, black. S. Eu. — Advertised as an or- namental plant. gaiis, a name for a low, yellow-fid. species, is also iu the trade; it may be any one of 4 or 5 species. scutell^ta, Mill. Snails. Erect or spreading, soft- pubescent: Ifts. broadly obovate or the upper ones broadly oblong, prominently toothed: stipules falcate, toothed at the base: fls. small, solitary or nearly so: pod large and prominently reticulated, M in. across, like a snail shell. Eu. —Grown for the odd snail-like pods, which are used as surprises. See the article Cat- erpillars. BB. Plant perennial and u-oodi/. arbdrea, Linn. Tree Alfalfa. Moon Trefoil.
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