. 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. 1416 PORTO RICO pressed in per< ;entages of the total ar eaot cultivated Percent. Sugarcane 1,) Sweet potatot Prom tbe above it is seen that coffee is much the most important crop of the island; that sugar cane is of much less relative importance than in Cuba, and that tobacco, which is one of the leading cr
. 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. 1416 PORTO RICO pressed in per< ;entages of the total ar eaot cultivated Percent. Sugarcane 1,) Sweet potatot Prom tbe above it is seen that coffee is much the most important crop of the island; that sugar cane is of much less relative importance than in Cuba, and that tobacco, which is one of the leading crops of Cuba, is here of trifling importance. To illustrate the tenure of land under different crops and the race of the occupant, the following table is pre- sented, showing, for different tenures and races in per- centages, the proportion which was planted in each of the different crops above enumerated: White Colored Colored Rice Sweet potatoes. Malangas 0th- It is seen from the above table that of the cultivated area owned by whites 47 per cent, or nearly half, was planted in coffee. Bananas occupied 15 per cent, and sugar cane 14 percent. Of the area rented by whites, on the contrary, 47 per cent was planted in sugar cane and but 18 per cent in coffee. This distribution of crops among the areas owned by negroes was wider, coffee occupying nearly one-third of the area, while sugar cane, the second most important crop in the island, occupied only 2 per cent. Among colored renters the areas were also widely scattered. POETULACA (Latin name, of uncertain history). Portulacdcuw. Purslane. Low, fleshy, often trailmg. annual or perennial herbs, of perhaps 20 species, in tropical and temperate regions, mostly American. Lvs mostly alternate, thick, sometimes terete, entire : fls mostly terminal, usually with 5 distinct petals and with several to many stamens, both borne on the calyx oi receptacle-rim:" fr. a small, conical, circurascissile cap sule (Fig. 1917), containing many
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