. 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. 1002 MELILOTUS MENISCIUM oblong or ohlong-obovatc; keel olitnse: fr. a small, few-seeded, not twisted, but more or Irss reticulated fiattish pod. Two species, M. oificinalis, Lam. (yellow- fid.), and M. ^Iba, Desv. (wbite-tld.), bavu become â \\-eeds along roadsides and in "waste places. The latter, M. alt
. 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. 1002 MELILOTUS MENISCIUM oblong or ohlong-obovatc; keel olitnse: fr. a small, few-seeded, not twisted, but more or Irss reticulated fiattish pod. Two species, M. oificinalis, Lam. (yellow- fid.), and M. ^Iba, Desv. (wbite-tld.), bavu become â \\-eeds along roadsides and in "waste places. The latter, M. alt/a, is the commoner. It is an erect lierb, often higher than a man, flowering abundantly in spring and early summer. It is biennial. It is said to lirefer soils rich in lime, and it thrives on poor and dry soils. Under the name of Bokhara clover nnd sweet clover, it is grown somewhat as a forage plant. Cattle come to like it for grazing, purticnlarly if turned onto it early in the season, before other herbage is attractive. It nmy also be cut for hay, particularly the second year. About 10 lbs. of seed is required per acre. It is an excellent bee plant. L, JI. B. MELfSSA (Greek, bee; becau I'.alm). Ldbiillce. About 8 spe herbs from Europe and western Balm (which see), a sweet her vellow tls. A variegated form it has silverv white markings. i'aJahiintha 'pafavhin^HorU Th and may be told from C. grandi the calyx being bulged or gibbon have dentate Ivs.: whorls few-fl fls. white or yellowish; corolla t below the middle. e the bees are fond of ies of hardy perennial Asia. M. offieinalia is b, with \Yhite or pale is cult, for ornament. ^f. Pi/t'fvina. is has light purple fls., flora i\ud official!i.'> by s at the base. IMelissas lax, axillary, secnnd: iibe recur\'ed-ascending MELOCACTUS {nulnn-racf}<.:^, referring to the shape of the ])lant-bodyj. Caciacett:. Stems globose or ovoid, with vertical ribs, crowned at maturity with a"cepha- lium"âa prolonga
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