. 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. 1255. Essential organs of a Sweet Pea flower. Calyx at C; tenth stamen at A; stigma at E. the foliage; this destroys their appearance. The har- dier kinds are used for this purpose and will blanch yellow down to the so-called stem, which is white to the root. Leeks pla
. 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. 1255. Essential organs of a Sweet Pea flower. Calyx at C; tenth stamen at A; stigma at E. the foliage; this destroys their appearance. The har- dier kinds are used for this purpose and will blanch yellow down to the so-called stem, which is white to the root. Leeks planted out in May are ready for use in September; the sowings can be made earlier and later to suit the time of maturing, and can be sown in August and September in coldframes and wintered over with slight protection, then transplanted to the open ground in April. The varieties best known to American gardeners are London Flag, Large Musselburgh or Scotch Flag, Giant Caren- tan, and Large Rouen. j. Qtto Thilow. LEGUMES The popuHr name gn en to avast and important famih ot j I im t «hi h pea. bean, clover vetch etc n i i i i m rnta- tives. The order IS gener i' liulse family, or Lequmnwia li 'iv 450 genera, comprismg over ' i ind in economic importance ranks M I ml < iil\ t the grasses {Oraminece] The species of this faiuilj are distri-. LEGUMES b\)( est trees. Numerous species are widely cnltivated as agricultural crops. Among these, beans and peas are important food-plants, while clover, vetches, peas, meli- lot, alfalfa, lucerne, cow-peas, etc., are valuable forage crops, cover-crops, and green manures. Many of the exotic species are of commercial importance. 'The ar- boreal forms furnish structural timber and cabinet woods. Many also furnish , rubber, balsams, oils, etc., and some are ciJtivated for ornamental pur- In respect to the character of the flowers, the family is divided into three subfamilies. In the large subdivision to which the ornamental species of
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