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Title: 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, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954, ed Miller, Wilhelm, 1869- joint ed
Subjects: Gardening -- Dictionaries Plants -- North America encyclopedias
Publisher: New York, Doubleday, Page & Company
Contributing Library: UMass Amherst Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: UMass Amherst Libraries

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e: fls. changeable in color, white to red; stamens 10;ovary 1-celled; ovules 3-4; fr. dry, oblong, leathery,5-cornered, 5-winged, 1-seeded. Indica, Linn. Rangoon Creeper. Lvs. 4 in. long,nearly glabrous: calyx-teeth triangular, acute, not acu-minate.: petals rose or scarlet: fr. with very sharpangles but hardly winged. Malaya. Widely cult, intropics. B.M. 2033. B.R. 6:492. R.H. 1808:50 (asQ. puheacenx). — QuisquaUs Indira is cult, in northernhothouses. For best results it should be planted in bedsof soil composed of fil)r(iiis loam, peat and sand. The fls.appear from June to September, and last well when cut.After flowering the plant should be cut back severely andwater applied less frequently until the wood is ripened.New growth starts the following spring. If the plant iskept in a very hot and humid atmosphere it makes a ram-pant growth. It is remarkably free from insect pestsand fungous diseases. Prop, by softwood cuttings in-serted in sand with bottom heat. Emil Mische and W. M.
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R RADISH (Baphainis sativnn). Plate XXXI. TheRadish is one of the most popular of garden vegetables.It is of quick growth, and the product is secured at thetime of the year when fresh vegetables are in demand.In order that Radishes may be of the best quality, theyshould have made a rapid growth. The soil should berich, light and loose, —one that drains readily and doesnot bake with heavy rains. Radishes fit for the tablemay be had in three to six weeks from the sowing, de-pending on the variety and the quickness of the soil.They are often grown as a catch-crop with other vege-tables. They may be sown in the rows with early beets,peas or other crops, and they are usually mature enoughfor use before they seriously interfere with the maincrop. Sometimes seeds of Radishes are sown in therows of slow-germinating things, like carrots and par-snips, in order that the seedlings may mark the row andthereby facilitate tillage. Many of the Radishes maybe allowed to remain long enough to produc

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