. Cyclopedia of farm crops, a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada;. Farm produce; Agriculture. Teosinte iEuehtcena Mexieana). nal, spreading panicles, the small spikelets sur- rounded by long silky hairs. Spikelets usually in pairs at the joints of the articulated rachis, one sessile and the other pediceled, one-flowered, with a sterile lemma below the fertile flower. officinarum, Linn. Sugar-cane.' (Fig. 517.) Stem tall and stout, panicles ample, silky. Cultivated in all tropical countries for the production of sugar. Native country unknown, but pro
. Cyclopedia of farm crops, a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada;. Farm produce; Agriculture. Teosinte iEuehtcena Mexieana). nal, spreading panicles, the small spikelets sur- rounded by long silky hairs. Spikelets usually in pairs at the joints of the articulated rachis, one sessile and the other pediceled, one-flowered, with a sterile lemma below the fertile flower. officinarum, Linn. Sugar-cane.' (Fig. 517.) Stem tall and stout, panicles ample, silky. Cultivated in all tropical countries for the production of sugar. Native country unknown, but probably southwestern Asia. Propagated by cuttings of the stem, as the flowers very rarely produce seed. [See Sugar-cane.] 4. Sorghum, A genus of about thirteen species of grasses, including the cultivated sorghum and allied forms, many of which are considered as dis- tinct species by some authors. Spikelets in threes in a panicle; the central spikelet sessile, containing a single perfect flower with a sterile lemma above the glumes; the lateral spikelets pediceled and staminate or neuter. Halepense, Pers. (Andropogon Halepensis, Brot.). Johnson - grass. (Fig. 518.) A coarse perennial with extensively creeping rootstocks; stems usually 3 to 5 feet high ; leaves one to two feet long, one- half inch wide ; panicle open and spreading, six to twelve inches long. Native of the warmer parts of the Old World but well established in the southern half of the United States, where it is cultivated for forage. In many parts of the South it has become a pernicious weed, especially in the black lands of Texas. This species is thought to be the. Fig. 517. Sugar-cane (Saccharum oificinarwm). original of the cultivated sorghum. vulgare, Pers. (Andropo- gon Sorghum, Brot.). Sor- ghum. (Fig. 519.) Differs from the preceding in its larger size, annual roots without rootstocks, and usually large fruit and seed. The panicle varies much in shape in the different varieties. This is the species usually re
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