This plant is closely related to the agave, and, like many of that genus, furnishes a fine fiber, which is known in St. Domingo as Cabuya fiber. These plants are very magnificent w...
This plant furnishes the Brazil wood, which yields a red or crimson dye, and is used for dyeing silks. The best quality is that received from Pernambuco.
Required per statute acre.Carrot 5 to 6 lb. Cabbage (to transplant) 1" Cabbage (to drill) 2 to 3" Kohl Rabi (to drill) 2 to 3" Lucerne 16 to 20" Mangold Wurtzel 5 to 7" Mustard (Br...
Handsome hardy perennials for rock-work or pots.They require an open, rich, sandy soil. Bloom June to September. Height, 1-1/2 ft.
Sow towards the end of March orearly in April. Plant out as soon as ready in moderately rich soil in rows 3 ft. apart, and the plants 2 ft. apart in the rows. If the seed is sown t...
This palm is a native of the island of Pulo-Penango, and yields canes known by the curious name of Penang Lawyers. It is a low-growing plant, its stems averaging an inch in diamete...
A hardy perennial, which is very ornamental when inflower. It grows best in a loamy soil, and is easily increased by dividing the roots. Blooms in May. Height, 1 ft.
These dwarf, bushy, half-hardy perennial shrubs bearVerbena-like blossoms. They like a dry and warm situation and rich, light soil. The seed is sown in March to produce summer and...
A hardy shrub whose sweetly-scentedflowers, which are produced in August, are much prized. A dry, gravelly soil is what it likes best. Young plants should be raised every three yea...
These trees will grow on any well-drained soil. The DutchMedlar is most prized, as it bears the largest fruit. It is raised from seed, and usually trained to a standard form. The N...
This well-known hardy perennial is suitable forpots or rock-work. It delights in a light, sandy soil, and is readily increased by division or cuttings. It flowers in June or July....
This plant furnishes the true jalap-tubers of commerce. They owe their well-known purgative properties to their resinous ingredients. Various species of Ipom[oe]a furnish a spuriou...
A Japanese species, which reaches the size of a small tree, and is held sacred by the Japanese, who form wreaths of it with which to decorate the tombs of their deceased friends, a...
The avocado or alligator pear, a common tree in the West Indies. The fruits are pear-shaped, covered with a brownish-green or purple skin. They are highly esteemed where grown, but...
Very pretty hardy annuals, that may be grown in any gardensoil. Sow in the autumn for early flowering, or in spring for later blooms. July is their ordinary season of coming into f...
See "Ficus."
A most beautiful half-hardy annual of the Antirrhinum class.Sow the seed early in spring on a hotbed, and plant out in May in rich, light soil. Cuttings of the young wood will stri...
A tropical tree, sometimes called the Indian sandal tree, which produces a fruit like an apple, of agreeable acid flavor. The root of the tree has some medicinal value.
Thishandsome perennial is not often seen, but it deserves to be more generally grown, especially as it will thrive in almost any soil; but to grow it to perfection, it should be pl...
This is the breadfruit tree of the South Sea Islands, where its introduction gave occasion for the historical incidents arising from the mutiny of the "Bounty." The round fruits co...
The pistacia tree, which yields the eatable pistachio nuts. It is a native of western Asia. The nuts are greatly eaten by the Turks and Greeks, as well as in the south of Europe, e...
A small tree native of the West Indies, also found in southern Florida. In the West Indies the fruit is used for producing a blue dye, and medicinal properties are assigned to the...
Showyand ornamental hardy perennials. They will grow in any good soil, and flower from May to September; may be increased by suckers. Height, 1-1/2 ft.
This elegant greenhouseshrub is an evergreen which delights in a rich, sandy loam. It flowers in June, and is increased by cuttings. Height, 3 ft.
A hardy perennial which thrives well whenplanted under the shade of trees. It is increased by separating the tubers in autumn, and produces its flowers in May. Height, 6 in.
See "Coix Lachryma."
Exquisite little half-hardy plants, suitable for pots orrock-work. The seed should be sown early in spring on a gentle hotbed, and the young plants transferred to the pots or open...
A native of China. The bark has tonic and astringent properties, and is used in fevers and for external application in the cure of ulcers, etc.
This furnishes cassia bark, which is much like cinnamon, but thicker, coarser, stronger, less delicate in flavor, and cheaper; hence it is often used to adulterate cinnamon. The un...
The Australian Ti, or cabbage tree, a palm-like plant of 15 to 20 feet in height. The whole plant is fibrous, and it has been suggested as good for a paper-making material. The jui...