. 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. 2798. Zinnia tenuiflora. The rays are tjT>ically more rev- olute tlian they are shown in this figure. ZIT-KWA. ZIZANIA (an old Greek name). Graminew. A single species of annual swamp grass found in northern N. A. and northern Asia. Spikelets 1-fld., mono'cious, in large, terminal panicles, the pistillate upp
. 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. 2798. Zinnia tenuiflora. The rays are tjT>ically more rev- olute tlian they are shown in this figure. ZIT-KWA. ZIZANIA (an old Greek name). Graminew. A single species of annual swamp grass found in northern N. A. and northern Asia. Spikelets 1-fld., mono'cious, in large, terminal panicles, the pistillate upper portion narrow and appressed, the staminate lower spreading: pistillate spikelets long awned. The plant is a stately and graceful grass, deserving to be better known. aquatica, Linn. Indian Rice. Watee Oats. Wild Rice. Culms tall, as much as 9 ft.: lvs. broad and flat. Recommended for borders of lakes and ponds. The grain is excellent for fish and water fowl. Wild Rice lakes and ponds are favorite resorts of sportsmen in the fall. Before sowing, put the seeds in coarse cotton bags and sink them in water for twenty-four hours. Sow in water from 6 in. to 5 ft. deep, with soft mud bottom, or on low marshy places which are covered with water the year round. In running water, sow as much out of the cur- rent as possible. Sportsmen are not generally aware that seed can be obtained in large quantities and at a reasonable price from seedsmen. Wild Rice is very de- sirable for aquatic gardens, being one of the handsom- est of tall hardy grasses for the margins of ponds. • A. S. Hitchcock. ZlZIA (I. B. Ziz, Rhenish botanist). Umhelllferm. A genus of three species of hardy perennial North Ameri- can herbs 1-23^ ft. high, with ternate or ternately com- pound leaves and compound umbels of yellow flowers. The genus has no horticultural status, the two follow- ing species being advertised only by collectors of native plants. For ful [account, see Britton and Brown's Illus- trate
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