. The book of corn;. Corn. HISTORY OF THE CORN PLANT 3 and in the structure of the flowers, but differing- in not forming an ear. This is extensively grown in Mexico and as experiments in crossing teosinte and corn have resulted in producing cornlike plants, the very close affinity of the two plants is clearly proven. In sumniiiig up the conditions of Indian corn and its habitation in America before it was cultivated, the famous French botanist, A. de Candolle, savs: "We. 330 ,«i Fig 2—Uniform Ears of Boone County White have nothing but conjectural knowledge. Maize is a plant singul
. The book of corn;. Corn. HISTORY OF THE CORN PLANT 3 and in the structure of the flowers, but differing- in not forming an ear. This is extensively grown in Mexico and as experiments in crossing teosinte and corn have resulted in producing cornlike plants, the very close affinity of the two plants is clearly proven. In sumniiiig up the conditions of Indian corn and its habitation in America before it was cultivated, the famous French botanist, A. de Candolle, savs: "We. 330 ,«i Fig 2—Uniform Ears of Boone County White have nothing but conjectural knowledge. Maize is a plant singularly unprovided with means of dispersion and protection. The grains are hard to detach from the ear, which is itself enveloped. They have no tuft or wings to catch the wind, and when the ear is not gathered by man the grains fall still fixed in the recep- tacle, and then rodents and other animals must destroy. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Myrick, Herbert, 1860-1927, [from old catalog] ed. New York, Chicago, Orange Judd company
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