. 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. SQUASH 1/11 SPUK6E. Consult Euphorbia. SPURGE, MOUNTAIN. Pachysandra procumbens. SPURGE NETTLE. Jatropha. SPUBBY (Spergula arvensis, which see) has long been grown in Germany, France, Holland and Belgium, where its value as a soil renovator and as a forage crop. 2380.
. 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. SQUASH 1/11 SPUK6E. Consult Euphorbia. SPURGE, MOUNTAIN. Pachysandra procumbens. SPURGE NETTLE. Jatropha. SPUBBY (Spergula arvensis, which see) has long been grown in Germany, France, Holland and Belgium, where its value as a soil renovator and as a forage crop. 2380. A Y-fixture with Vermorel nozzles. 2381. A V-fixture with Bordeaux brand of nozzle, was early recognized. It is an annual, and when sown in the spring matures seed in from ten to twelve weeks from time of sowing. This plant possesses special value as a renovator for sandy soils. It has long been used by the farmers of Holland to hold in place the shifting sands along the seashore. So well adapted is it to sand that it has been termed "the clover of sandy ; It is not recommended for the American farmer except where the soil is so poor that other plants fail. In such circumstances it may be used as a cover-crop to plow under. The seed may be sown any time from April to August, but in orchards it had better be sown in July. Sow at the rate of six quarts per acre. The seed being small, it should be lightly harrowed in upon a well- fitted soil. It is very persistent in the production of seed, and upon fertile soils it will maintain itself for several years unless thorough cultivation is given. Where soils are in fair condition and other crops will grow, it is doubtful if Spurry has any place. Some- times written Spurrey. li. A. Clinton. SaUASH (Plate XXXVII) is a name adapted from an American Indian word, and is applied in an indefinite way to various plants of the genus Cucurbita. The application of the name does not conform to the specific lines of the plants. What
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