Identifier: cyclopediaofamer05bail (find matches)
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

View Book Page: Book Viewer
About This Book: Catalog Entry
View All Images: All Images From Book
Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.

Text Appearing Before Image:
1927. Portulaca oleracea, the common Purslane (.X 3^). oler^cea, Linn. Purslane. Puslev Figs. 1927,1928.A common trailing weed in sandy ground, ;mt also cul-tivated in improved strains as a pot-herb. lvs. small,spatulate or narrow-obovate, very obtuse, thick, dullgreen or reddish: fls. small, yellow, the 7-12 stamenssensitive to a touch. Widely distributed in many coun-
Text Appearing After Image:
PORTULACA POTATO 1417 tries; probably native to the southwestern parts of theU. S., but it is considered that it is introduced into theEast and North. In sandy and loamy soils it is one ofthe commonest and most persistent of weeds, but it islittle known on heavy lands. The common wild plant isprized for greens in some regions, but the French up-right forms (Fig. 1928) are much better, as they arelarger and more tender; these improved varieties lookvery different from the common Pusley ; they are easyof culture. For a discussion respecting the nativity ofPurslane in North America, see Gray & Trumbull, Amer.Jour. Sci. 25, p. 25.3. L_ jj_ g_

Note About Images