. 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. 904 LESPEDEZA LETTUCE but on heavy lands grows 18-24 in. high. It is a good pasture-and hay-plant, and is useful for plowing under as a green manure. It thrives on land which is indiffer- ently prepared. For hay, seed is sown early in spring, at the rate of X bushel per acre. It often yields 2 tons of hay to th
. 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. 904 LESPEDEZA LETTUCE but on heavy lands grows 18-24 in. high. It is a good pasture-and hay-plant, and is useful for plowing under as a green manure. It thrives on land which is indiffer- ently prepared. For hay, seed is sown early in spring, at the rate of X bushel per acre. It often yields 2 tons of hay to the acre. For pasturage in the South, it is sometimes sown with oats in the fall. AAA. Oriental Lespedezas, groivn as ornamental plants for the fls.: erect: stipules and small: perennials. bicolor, Turcz. Fig. 1263. Shrub, with slender branches, becoming 6-10 ft. tall, slender and graceful, glabrous: Ivs. on thin wiry stalks, mostly longer than the glabrous blades; Ifts. oval to round-obovate, rounded at the apex, the terminal one 1-2 in. long: fls. small, purple, in simple or compound racemes, which surpass the Ivs.: pod J4 in. long, somewhat pubescent. Japan. —Hardy as far north as Boston, blooming in July and seeding freely. A good slender shrub for adding va- riety to the border. A white-fld. variety is advertised. Sieholdi, Miq. {Desmddium pendulifldrtim, Oudem. , Dipp. L. fej-mdsa, Koehne). B^ig. 1264. Herb, throwing up strong, wiry shoots each year from the crown: stems angled, reddish or brown, hairy (at least above): Ivs. dull above and light-colored and hairy beneath, the petiole usually somewhat shorter than the blade ; Ifts. elliptic-oblong- pointed : fls. twice larger than in the last (nearly 3^ in. long), rose-purple, drooping in very niimerous long racemes,which at the top of the plant are panieled: pod nearly or quite yi in. long, pubescent. Japan. 5:115. Gng. 1:23. 1873:210. : 15. G. C. II. 20:719. 18:1888. 66
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