. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. ... _ ppawiwr mwmMWir-. Fig. 3.—Longitudinal section of calm, X 480, showing spiral and porous vessels, stereome, and thin- walled parenchyma. Sayula, State of Jalisco; Morelia, State of Michoacan; Nevada de Toluca, Ixtaccihuatl, Popocatepetl, Salazar, Cima, Federal District of Mexico; Eslava, State of Mexico; Mount Orizaba, San Marcos, San Andres, and San Miguel, State of Puebla. Zacaton grows most profusely in the mountain regions east and west of the City of Mexico. It is especially luxuriant in the districts around
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. ... _ ppawiwr mwmMWir-. Fig. 3.—Longitudinal section of calm, X 480, showing spiral and porous vessels, stereome, and thin- walled parenchyma. Sayula, State of Jalisco; Morelia, State of Michoacan; Nevada de Toluca, Ixtaccihuatl, Popocatepetl, Salazar, Cima, Federal District of Mexico; Eslava, State of Mexico; Mount Orizaba, San Marcos, San Andres, and San Miguel, State of Puebla. Zacaton grows most profusely in the mountain regions east and west of the City of Mexico. It is especially luxuriant in the districts around Sayula and Toluca, in the States of Jalisco and Mexico, respectively (it will be remembered that the original collection of Humboldt and Bonpland was made on the mountain of Toluca), while the finest quality of roots is now said to be harvested around Uruapan, in the State of Michoacan. The grass is generally consid- ered a pest, but a few attempts to subject it to crude methods of cultivation are reported to have given good results. It is perennial, 1 Many of the data in this and the following paragraphs regarding distribution, climate, and the harvest- ing of the roots have been secured from Mr. A. McEwen, Frederick, 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 United States. Dept. of Agriculture. [Washington, D. C. ?] : The Dept. : Supt. of Docs. , G. P. O.
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