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stalks and vines should also be burned as soon as 

 diseased. For bacterial blight, rotation. Special treat- 

 ment for the flea-beetle, besides Bordeaux and Paris 

 green : tobacco dust 

 or decoction, kero- 

 sene emulsion. 



POTATO, CAN- 

 ADA. See Jerusa- 

 lem Artichoke, 

 under A. 



POTATO,SPAN- 

 ISH. See Sweet 

 Potato, under S. 



PUMPKIN. See 

 Squash. 



Fig. 106. A spray of French Purslane. 

 One-third natural size. 



PURSLANE 



(Portulaca oleracea) 

 is our common Pusley, which in itself is a passable 

 pot-herb, but is best grown in its cultivated forms, of 

 which Vilmorin - Andrieux names three ; they are, 

 however, seldom offered by American seedsmen. The 

 common weed is a trailing plant; the developed 

 kinds grow upright, with larger leaves and fleshy 

 steins. The plant is tender to frost, but thrives 



