Structure An Physiology Of
Structure An!) Physiology Of The Plant The Organs Of The Root Series Are The Least Differentiated. We Do Not Distinguish Plants By Means Of Their Root Characters, Both Because The Roots Are Not Clearly Designative In Most Eases And Because They Are Hidden. The Most That We Ordinarily Do Is ...
Sugar Cane
Sugar-cane. Saccharum Officinarum, Linn. Granyinecc. Figs. 826-836 ; Also Fig. 517, Page 367. [see, Also, The Articles On Porto Rico, Hawaii, And Philippines In Vol. I.] • Sugar-cane Is A Gigantic Perennial Grass Grown For Its Stems, The Juice Of Which Is Extracted For The Making Of Sugar And Molasses. ...
Sunflower
Sunflower. Heliantlius Annuus, Linn. Coin Posits. Fig. 837. The Sunflower Is A Native Annual Plant, The Seeds Of Which Are Used For Bird And Poultry Food, And To Some Extent For Stock-food And For The Manu Facture Of Oil. The Entire Plant Is Also Used For Feeding Dry And For ...
Tanning Materials
Tanning Materials. Figs. Nearly All Plants Contain An Astringent Princi Ple Known As Tannin, Which Is Distinguished By Its Property Of Forming With Proteid Matter, Such As Animal Skins, An Insoluble Compound Called Leather, Which Is Strong, Flexible, And Resistant To Wear. Because Of The Many Uses Of Leather, There ...
Taro
Taro. Colocasia Anliquorum, Var. Eseulenta. (ca Ladium Coloeasia.) Aroidem. Figs. 852, 853 ; Also Figs. 131, 132, 135, In Vol. I. The Taro Plant Is Cultivated For The Thickened Starchy Underground Parts. The Plant Is A Peren Nial Herb, With Large Cordate-peltate Leaves. The Spadix Terminates In A Club-shaped Appendage ...
Teasel
Teasel. Dipsacus Fullonum, Linn. Dipsacets. Figs. 858-860. The Teasel Is A Biennial Plant, The Heads Of Which Are Used In Tearing Or Raising A Nap On Cloth. It Is A Stout Herbaceous Plant With Opposite Leaves And With Flowers In Heads Or Whorls. During The Second Sea Son The Plant ...
Teosinte
Teosinte. Euchltena Mexicana, Sehrad. Also Given As E. Luxurians And Reana Luxurians, Dur. Graminew. Guatemala Grass. (pronounced Teosin'te.) Fig. 861. An Annual Forage Plant Closely Related Botani Cally To Corn. The Appearance And Inflorescence Are Much Like Corn, But No True Ear Is Formed ; The Seed Is Produced On ...
The Breeding Of Plants
The Breeding Of Plants The Larger Part Of Plant-breeding Work Is Now Centralizing About The Experiment Stations And The Department Of Agriculture. This Is Characteristic Of Our Time, For The Institutions Hold The Leadership. In Time, When Agricultural Affairs Have Readjusted Themselves, Leadership Will Again Lie In Good Part In ...
The Commercial Canning Industry
The Commercial Canning Industry Canning Is So Called Because The Food Material, Either Animal Or Vegetable, Is "packed" In Metal Or Glass Containers, Hermetically Sealed And Steril Ized Or "cooked" By The Application Of Beat. The Containers, Commonly Spoken Of As "cans," Are Generally Made Of Tin Plate, Although, For ...
The Growing And Transplanting
The Growing And Transplanting Of Field-crop Plants From A Cultural Standpoint, Field, As Well As Truck Crops, May Be Divided Into Two Groups : (1) Those That Are Propagated From Seed Planted Where The Crop Is To Mature, And (2) Those Grown From Seed Planted Under Special Environment For The ...
The Kinds Of Roots
The Kinds Of Roots. The Kinds Of Roots That Are Most Profitable To Grow In This Country For Forage May Now Be De Scribed Briefly. To These Might Be Added Potatoes And Kohlrabi, Both Treated In Separate Articles. Cabbage, Kale And Pumpkin [see Separate Articles] Are Also Practically Comparable With ...
The Manufacture Of Crop
The Manufacture Of Crop Products Every Important Crop Affords Material For One Or More Manufuctured Products. These Products Are Of Several Classes Or Kinds, As: Preserved Products For Use As Food For Men Or Live-stock; Construction Products, As Lumber, In Which The Plant Material Is Merely Put In Shape Or ...
The Means Of Controlling
The Means Of Controlling Plant Diseases Almost Every Farm, Garden And Orchard Crop Is Open To The Attack Or Influence Of One Or More Kinds Of Infectious Disease. As Farming, Garden Ing, Or Fruit-producing Districts Age Under Cultiva Tion, The Soil Ages, And The Conditions And Materials That Are Favorable ...
The Shading Of Plants
The Shading Of Plants By B. M. Duggar The Shading Of Plants Is A Relative Expression. It Is Qualitative And Means Simply Reduced Light Intensity. As Used By Horticulturists, Shading Has Reference Most Frequently To Half Or Partial Shade, Or To The Growth Of Plants Under Some Form Of Improvised ...
The Stimulation Of Plant
The Stimulation Of Plant Growth By Means Of Weak Poisons That Plant Growth Can Be Accelerated By The Action Of Certain Poisons Has Been Known For Some Time. The Method Was At First Practiced In Labora Tory Cultures, But Has Now Been Applied Success Fully To Plants Growing In The ...
The Triennial Crop Rotation
The Triennial Crop Rotation System After The Red-clay Lands Of The Southern Cotton Belt Have Been Protected From Erosion By Terracing (vol. I, Page 402), Experience Has Proved That A Simple Three-year Crop Rotation Will Rapidly Restore Their Original Fertility Without Materially Derang Ing Existing Conditions Or Interrupting The Contin ...
Tobacco
Tobacco. Nieotiana Tabacum, Linn. Solanacece. Figs. 862-880 ; Also Figs. 178, And 108 In Vol. I. By A. D. Shame!. Tobacco Is A Plant Of American Origin, The Leaves Of Which Are Used For Smoking, Chewing, Snuff And Also Medicinal Purposes. The Genus Nicoliana Embraces About Fifty Species, But N. ...
United States Examples Of
Examples Of Crop Rotation Systems In Canada, United States, And Elsewhere The List Following Includes The Most Common Rotations Employed In America, In Great Britain And Parts Of The Continent, And Some In Other Lands. The Effort Is Not To Make A Complete List Of All Crop Rotations In Use ...