. 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; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. The roots are eaten by Indians. The leaves are thickish and strongly veined. The African or Algerian Valerian is Fedia Comucdpice, Gaertn. (Valeriana Cornucopia?, Linn, ValerianelKi Comu- eopi£e, Loisel.). It is an Algerian aunual used for salad, after the manner of co
. 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; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. The roots are eaten by Indians. The leaves are thickish and strongly veined. The African or Algerian Valerian is Fedia Comucdpice, Gaertn. (Valeriana Cornucopia?, Linn, ValerianelKi Comu- eopi£e, Loisel.). It is an Algerian aunual used for salad, after the manner of com salad. It does not appear to be in the Anier. tnide. Glabrous, branehing. 1% ft. or less high: Ivs. oval-oblong, thickish, simple, somewhat toothed, those of the stem clasping: fls. long-tubular, pink, in terminal clusters. Cult, as for corn'saKid, although it endures less cold. It thrives well in weather when not allowed to suffer for water. 2:155.— V. tripteris, Linn., of Europe, appears to have been offered in this country, although little known here; about 1 ft, tall, glabrous: radical Ivs. oval or cordate, dentate: stem- with 3 leaflets or lobes, the terminal one large: fls. rose- " L. H. B. colored, polygamous VALEEIAN16LLA (diminutive of Valeriana). Vale- rian&ceic. Including Corn Salad or Fetticus. A genus of nearly 50 species of annual, dichotomously branched herbs, with a basal rosette of entire Ivs. and small white, bluish or pinkish fls. borne in terminal cymes, which form compact globular or flattish clus- ters. Corolla nearly regular, 5-lobed; stamens 3: fr. 3-Ioculed, 2 of the locules being empty. These plants are mostly native to the Mediterranean region. V. oli- toria is the common Corn Salad and 1'. eriocarpa the Italian Com Salad. To the account given in this work at page 376, the following may be added: Corn Salad is both a salad plant and a pot-herb, chiefly the former. The name "Corn Salad" is prob- ably derived from the
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