. 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, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. part tor agr poses, the obiection be ing that little or none falls during the summer months. In the interior, where the precipitation is mostly in the shape of snow, it is so light that irrigation has to be resorted t
. 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, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. part tor agr poses, the obiection be ing that little or none falls during the summer months. In the interior, where the precipitation is mostly in the shape of snow, it is so light that irrigation has to be resorted to. John Craig. GANAIGBE. See Mumex hymenosepahis. CANAKtNA (from the Canary Islands). Campanu- Ulcea. Three species of tropical herbs closely allied to Campanula, but with the tubes of the calyx and corolla grown together, and the floral parts in fi's. ('. mm- panulata, Linn., is a tender plant from the C with drooping, inflated buds and solitary, bell-shaped lis. more than I in. long and 1 % in. wide, dull yellow, flushed and veined with dull purplish brown. Lvs. has- tate. 4+ in the Amer. trade. CANARY-BIRD FLOWER is a Tropieoliim. CANARY GRASS is a Phalaris. CANAVALIA (au aboriginal name). or twining herbs : . fls. in axillary racemes, with bell-shaped, 2-lipped calyx, papilionaceous corolla, 9 stamens united and 1 free for most of its length : pods large and ribbed on edges. Several species, widely distributed in warm countries. ensifbrmis, DC. {C. glndhlta, DC). Jack Bean. Chickasaw Lima. ; 1!I7, :!45. Grown in the south- ern states for stock, but the pods make passable snap beans when not more than 4 or G in. long. In warm countries it is a bushy plant, with little tendency to climb. The pods reach a length of 10-14 in., the walls being very hard and dense when ripe. The halves of the pod, when split apart, roll up spirally, often into an al- most perfect cylinder. The large Please note that these images are extracted f
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