Archive image from page 506 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. 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 cyclopediaofamer02bail2 Year: 1900 MANIHOT MANURE 981 fine shoots, rooted under a bell-glass in sandy peat,with bottom heat. The fli'St species is grown in Florida, and all are procurable from southern California. The culti- Tation of Cassava is
Archive image from page 506 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. 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 cyclopediaofamer02bail2 Year: 1900 MANIHOT MANURE 981 fine shoots, rooted under a bell-glass in sandy peat,with bottom heat. The fli'St species is grown in Florida, and all are procurable from southern California. The culti- Tation of Cassava is now attracting much attention in Florida. Glazidvii, Milll. Arg. Ceara Eubbeb Tree. Lts. long-petioled, peltate, deeply 3-5-palmately parted, or the upper entire; divisions entire, broad, OTate-Ianceo- late; fls. paniculate: bracts small. Brazil; extensively grown in Ceylon and India. âIts juice gives the Ceara rubber. utilissima, Fohl. Cassava, or Manioo Plant. Bitter Cas- sava. Figs. 1368-G9. Roots fleshy, cylindrical, sometimes weighing as much as 30 pounds, and 3 ft. long, very poisonous: stems knotty, about 3 ft. high: Ivs. long-petioled, not peltate, deeply 3-7-lobed; lobes lanceo- late,entire: bracts small, entire: calyx glabrous outside, puberu- lent within, yellowish, 5-parted: filaments glabrous ; anthers short: capsule and ovary dis- tinctlj'wing-angled. July. Bra- zil. ex- tensively in the tropics, where the Cassava made from the roots is a staple food. Tapioca is made from the root-starch by drying it in pellets on heated plates. The poisonous juice is pressed out in preparation or rendered harmless by heating. palmita, var. Aipi, Mlill. Arg. (M. Aipi, Pobl). Sweet Cassava. Closely related to the last, but the root more red- 1366. The descending root. 1367. Multiple tips of a Mangrove root-branch. dish colored and non-poisonous: anthers elongated: capsule only angular above, not winged. Brazil. âUsed as the last, but not so extensively.
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