. 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. eping in being an unbranched annual, not a peren fibrous root, with erect branche base, glabrous instead of setose. in the leaf-stalks being con^' tion to the ; Japan, i. ' : 49; 57, p, _â¢> , i III. 29:343. R,H. !> 22:«1; 23. p. 9
. 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. eping in being an unbranched annual, not a peren fibrous root, with erect branche base, glabrous instead of setose. in the leaf-stalks being con^' tion to the ; Japan, i. ' : 49; 57, p, _â¢> , i III. 29:343. R,H. !> 22:«1; 23. p. 91. Gt. 45. p, i;:!i;; 4(1, p. VX\. A G. 18:81. 1 of the most profusely advertised novelties of recent years. It is a most striking and showy plant. It was brought , The species number anywhere from 30 to 100 or more, depending on the author. The genus is allied to Nicandra, and more remotely to Capsicum, Lycopersicum and others. The flow ers are usually not showy, and are much like those of Solanura in structure; corolla rotate or short bell-shaped, plicate in the bud, 5-lobed or 5-angled, usually blue or yellowish, borne solitary in the leaf axils; stamens not united or connivent. The calyx greatly enlarges in fruit, becoming a bladder inclosing the 2-loculed mostly yellow or greenish berry. Lvs. alternate, mostly angled and usually distinctly stalked. Most of the species are of little consequence horticulturally, although/". Alkekengi and P. Fruncheti are much prized for the glowing red very large calyxes, and P. ptibescens and P. Peruviana are "grown for their edible fruits. Several of the species are known for their fruits where they grow in a wild state. In most parts of the U. S. and Canada one or more spe- cies grow about gardens, in fields, and in waste places. These species are popularly known as Ground Cherry. The fruits are usually made into preserves, although they are sometimes eaten raw. The common cultivated species are annuals, or
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