ELECTRO - HORTICULTURE 



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ind tliereb\ eau-f 

 1 lactital questicii 

 ^pense of using tl 



of carbo i pi is that of certain gases ii I 

 bustion The sjectrum of the arc h 1 t 

 which he bi^ nil the hmimuub p it 

 are verj injuiious t i tilt 11 



ultri violet pirt (_f tl I t 1 



plain gliss so th-it -v 1 i I 1 lit 



by a globe, or when tl 1 1 t i 1 

 the greenhouse the luiurit a il 1 i It 

 Long continued espeiiments it Cornell Lu 

 shown that each kind of plant behaveb in 

 in the presence of electric li^ht It is ni 

 propnes% what the results in i\ 1 e in a ^,n t 

 fewplints ast rait ts En_l 1 i I 



, el sit) ha\e 

 Its own way 

 possible to 

 species A 



1 t list so 1 u, ThL lest resu 

 ! -,ht Is ipfheil to the f laiits wli 

 1 neirl} cr quite then full statui 

 ah in thoir growth tlie\ ten! 

 Ml Utoie the plant has -ittiine 1 sulh if 

 tljri ultiire therefore the chiet ] r i ti il ^ il 

 ectrie irc light seems to I e its nifl i n e 

 ? the fljweringof certain j lints in Ink 

 - when plints must be had t i i lehnite s( 

 • mstin e It the light is applied to Eisttr lili 

 nth 1 ef re their normal bl nuing tnne t 

 1 lo* m ma> be hastened from f ur ti ttn d n 

 2 his shown greater beneticial results fi m t 

 n of the ekctiic light than an) fth r il 

 ch careful experiments have been mi 1 I 

 li recenes li„'ht frrm the ire limp f r 1 It 



fei-t The incandescent 1 

 but n t s 1 marked The ii 

 light is also capable of hi 



gmia 

 ELE(5CHAEIS|Gif(k 



rersit) ind of West \ i 

 L H B 



ill It 1 tji I nged beyond the 



1 I I ugh more have 



irdamomum M t ii affords the 



1 1 ire the dried 



t \ 111 The 



I \ tl ose of 



iring 

 ^ fls 



s il lu thiee (.1 four jtars jl 11 crops, 



but they become more or less \1 111 earing 



three or four crops Prop i)\ 1 1 1 ts and 



by seeds Under glass, handle 1 tl Xlj mia 



L H B 

 ELEUSlNE (Greek, J!,leusi$ the town where Ceres, 

 the goddess of harvests was worshipped) &>amlne(F 

 CrabGeass \ardGkass I I sH tiftel annuals with 

 the stout unilitml i I tl ij e\ f the 



Lulni Sjikelets si\ 1 m t^^ rows 



ilongonesule fie 1 ill i ntuulite 



iboie the emj t% glui tli uijertne 



stammate grain looseh ei 1 sh 1 1 a the fl glume ind 

 palet Species 5 or 6 in tropical regions <f the Old 



World Some are valued as 

 1 Africa India and 



some other 



tries For E ^gyptiaca, 



see Dacfijloelenium 

 Indica, Gfertn Dor s 



T\IJ T\lKE(,R4ss Fll. - - 



borders ( 

 Torr. "a 



R. Br. 

 ovata. 



bose o: 



for Begonias. The 



ELEPHANT'S EAR is 



Elephant-Ear Caladium is 



ELEPHANT'S FOOT. Tesludinaria. 



ELETTARIA (native name). Scitamindcem. Differs 

 frniii Amonium in technical characters, as in the slender 

 tube of the perianth, the presence of internal lobes in 



2-4 It _- I. luted to and much resembling .ff. 



Jii'Ji''< I II -iinguished from it by its stouter 



habit, -li i;.r, IiHl.r and larger spikes. — Cult, in 

 India. China and .Tapau for the grain. Beer is brewed 

 from the grain in Abyssinia. In cult, in America as 

 an ornamental grass. Coracana means "of the crows." 



BarcinonSnsis, Costa. Culms tufted, 6 in. to 1 ft. 

 high: leaf -blades short, about one-sixteenth of an in. 



