. 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. ALKURITES ALLAMANDA 43 , Steud. Lvs. broadly ovate, aouminate, deeply cordate, 3-5 cuspidate or lobed. S. China. —Yields an excellent lac varnish. L. jj. B. ALFALFA, LUCfiENE [Medicdgo satlva, Linn.). A deep-rooted perennial forage plant of the Leyumiiibsm. The plant grows a foot or two high, bears pinn
. 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. ALKURITES ALLAMANDA 43 , Steud. Lvs. broadly ovate, aouminate, deeply cordate, 3-5 cuspidate or lobed. S. China. —Yields an excellent lac varnish. L. jj. B. ALFALFA, LUCfiENE [Medicdgo satlva, Linn.). A deep-rooted perennial forage plant of the Leyumiiibsm. The plant grows a foot or two high, bears pinnate Its. with 3 ovate-oblong toothed leaflets, and small head-like racemes of purple clover-shaped fls. It is native to Eu. In the arid parts of the U. S. it is the staple hay and forage plant, and it is also grown to a considerable ex- tent in the E. Two to six mowings may be made each year from established meadows. Fifteen to 20 lbs. of seed are sown to the acre; and the seed is preferably sown alone, without another crop. Alfalfa should not be pastured the first year. In two or three years it be- comes thoroughly established and productive, and it should continue for many years. June grass often runs it out in a cool, moist climate. Alfalfa often becomes a weed in waste places. ALFILflBIA, The West American or Spanish name for J^rbdiwm deuterium, L'Her. Oeranicteece. A hairy annual which is used for pasture in dry regions. Alga, plural ALG^. a general name for chloro- phyll-bearing thallophytes. They are flowerless plants, allied to the fungi, and generally inhabit water. Those occurring in salt water are known as seaweeds. None are cultivated. The green "moss" on flower-pots is made up of algte. ALGAROSA is the fruit of Ceratonia siliqua ALHAGI (its Mauritanian name). Legu-tniubsw. Low, spiny, much branched shrubs: Ivs. oblong, small, ob- tuse, entire, alternate : fls. papilionaceous, in few-fld. racemes. Summer. Three closely allied species from Greece and Egyp
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