. 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; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. ' ^ \ L y\V \V^%'\ wild. Cob flat Mays would find other names to re- place some of those given by Sturte- vant; but his names hare the great merits of defi- niteness and of ap- plicability to Amer- ican forms of Maize. Zi& Miys, Linn. Ixdian Corn. A com- po
. 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; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. ' ^ \ L y\V \V^%'\ wild. Cob flat Mays would find other names to re- place some of those given by Sturte- vant; but his names hare the great merits of defi- niteness and of ap- plicability to Amer- ican forms of Maize. Zi& Miys, Linn. Ixdian Corn. A com- posite species, of which no single form can be taken as the type. Linnieus meant the name to cover the whole range of forms then grown in European gardens. Tender annual. If an original specific form of Maize were to be discovered, this form would no doubt be Mai. fori Var. Jap6nica, Koern. {Z. Japdnica, Van Houtte. Z. vitt&ta, Hort.). Foliage variously striped with white: plant small. Said to have come from Japan. 16:1673-4. Ears small; kernels yellowish, flint. Var. gracillima, Koern. i,Z. graciUima and Z. minima, Hort.). Very dwarf, slender form with green Ivs., some- times cult, in Eu. A variety rariegata is also Var. Curigua, Alef. (Z. Curdgua, Molina), is described as a very robust green - leaved form. Sturtevant places it in the Pop Corn tribe. Gn. 42, p. 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 Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954; Miller, Wilhelm, 1869-. New York : Macmillan
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