. 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. 1383. Medeola Vireiniana. the Indian Cucumber Root. (-ej>t. Agric. (see Han- sen, Amer. Agric. 'i, 1900; Circular , Division of Agrostology, U. S. Dept. Agric.). AA. FIs. yelhiiv. B. Plant annual and Jwrhaci^aas. lupuUna, Linn. Black or Hop Mtsdick. Nonesuch. r)iffuse, the branches often rooting ami
. 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. 1383. Medeola Vireiniana. the Indian Cucumber Root. (-ej>t. Agric. (see Han- sen, Amer. Agric. 'i, 1900; Circular , Division of Agrostology, U. S. Dept. Agric.). AA. FIs. yelhiiv. B. Plant annual and Jwrhaci^aas. lupuUna, Linn. Black or Hop Mtsdick. Nonesuch. r)iffuse, the branches often rooting ami becoming 2-.'> ft. long, deep-rooted, and dilHcult to |inll ni): plant gla-. Medicago sativa—Alfalfa. (XK.) broils or slightly pubescent : Ifts. oval to orbicular, tootlied: stipules broad and toothed: fls. small, light yellow, in pedunculate heads : fr. nearly glabrous, spiral, becoming black. Eu. —Extensively naturalized. Has the appearance of a clover. The yellow clovers with which it is likely to be con- founded have larger heads, which soon be- come dry and papery, and the stipules are en- tire. It is sometimes used as a forage or hay plant, Of no ornamen- tal value. prostrata,Jacq. Stem prosti-ate: Ifts. linear, dentate at the apex: stipules linear- subu- late: pod glabrous, spi- rally contorted, 2- seeded, black. S. Eu. — Advertised as an or- namental phmt. (/'ins, a name for a low, yellow-tld. species, is also in the trade; it nuiy be any one of 4 or 5 species. scutellata, Mill. Snails. Erect or spreading, soft- pubescent: Ifts. broadly obovate or the upper "ones broadly oblong, prominently toothed: stipules falcate, toothed at the ba^e: fls. small, solitary or nearly so; pod large and prominently reticulated, }.3 in. across, like a snail shell. Eu. —Grown for the odd snail-like pods, which are used as surprises. See the article Cat- er})iUars. EB. Plant peroivtal and u-ooihj, arb6rea, Linn. Tree Alfalfa. Moon Trefoil. Two to 8 ft. tall, with hard
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