986 MARTYNIA 



upper lobes being smaller than the 3 lower. The fls. 

 are 2 in. or more across, chiefly lilac, purple or j-ellow 

 but spotted and marked about the throat with other 

 colors. They are heavily scented and interesting, but, 

 like all other parts of the plant, they are clammy. The 

 plants grow I'y ft. or inoro hi-^h, and should be started 

 in a hotbed inearly ^ininir in tlir< North and transplanted 

 to the open. In tli.- iiinMli- auri southern states seed 

 may be sown iu tlir "I'lh '■'■ It. apart each way where the 

 plants are to remain. Thu capsules are taken when 

 small and tender and pickled like cucumbers. They 

 have a very distinct appearance by reason of the long- 

 curved horn which splits from the top as the capsule 

 hardens. 



The small family to which Martynia belongs is allied 

 to the Bignonia family, and the fls. are much alike, but 

 the habit and fruit are different. Martyuias are either 

 annuals or perennials, with large tuber-shaped roots, 

 prostrate or suberect atid clammy: Ivs. opposite or al- 

 ternate, long-stalked, cordate, coarsely wavy-margined 

 or toothed, or palmately lobed: fls. 5-8 in a short, ter- 

 minal raceme: capsules with 2 short or long horns. 



The first three species described below belong to the 



subgenus Proboscidea, which has 4 perfect stamens and 



long-horned capsules. They vary considerably in the 



foliage, roundish or wider than long, 



.S-Iobed, sharply 3-cut or entire except 



the notch, which is always found at 



the base, margin toothed, angled or 



U wavy. 



MAHY, BLUE-EYED. Tra,h^c„i,lia rinjiiiica. 



MARYLAND, HORTICULTURE IN. Fig. 1;J73. Allot 

 lis state lying south of Baltimore possesses notable 

 orticultural possibilities. The lamls art- ciuitc- varialilc 



iiposii 



very s 



Fl h. 



1 (II kJi, 



proboscidea i I V f );m Mill ) Unicorn 



Pi 4NT Prob ' 1 Ui2 L\s roundish 



often oblique i wavy lobed 4-12 m 



wide fls also \ il w Banks of Missis 



sippi nat neii uM ^ i Icn L M lOob V 3 lol — 

 The picture (l-i^ IJ -) shows fruits one third the 

 size at full matunt\ The right hind specimen shows 

 the woody part after all the soft puts hi\6 been 

 macerated 



AA Fls purple 



frigrans Lindl [M foimbia'ViXm ) Less stout than 

 M. i>>oboi,eidea. h s. roundish to oblong cordate, somi 

 what lobed and wavy-toothed, 3-5 in. broad. Mes. B.M. 

 4292. B.R. 27:6. R.H. 1843:248. 



AAA. Fls. 



elloii 



Cranioiaria.Glox. Proi 

 agenusdistingiii~li. i.\ 

 corolla tube, wlii!- i 

 out at a very sli'i i i 

 mately lobed; ulu _ n- ■ 

 long. Colombia. — ^"um- 

 name are M. vnihuxml, , 



• Linn., 



:i iiilieis swelled 

 ■' 1 :-i' I i ■ I'live. Lvs. pal- 

 : ii> : r.,i..!i;i tube about 6 in. 

 th.. ],i,'aits sold under this 

 iithers are M. fragraiis, 



W. M. 

 MARVEL OF PERU. Mir,, hills Jalapa. 



judicious and rational treatment. Inil ^f 



early fruits and vegetables, the natur;i ■! 



soil, the mild and equable teniperatut I f .,,,,_ i 



the influence of the expansive waters uL l..l l iiL.-.:i ^ake 

 bay, which cuts the state in two, as well as from 

 geographical location and convenient access to all the 

 principal eastern city markets, are the conditions which 

 combine in a presentation of rare inducements that are 

 not fully appreciated by the rural citizenship of the 

 locality. Fully three-fifths of the farms in Marylaml, 

 by circumstances as above briefly indicated, are specially 

 adapted to horticultural pursuits. The eight counties 

 forming a tier, extending from east to west along the 

 northern boundary of the state, do not enjoy so wide a 

 range in horticultural favor as the central and southern 

 counties. The wonderful development of the fruit and 

 vegetable packing or canning industry in the state is to 

 a very noticeable degree encouraging, and accomplishing 

 a diversification for the promotion and betterment of 

 horticulture. In the city of Baltimore the "packing" 

 business has assumed huge proportions, but independent 

 of this, the business has in the aggregate, throii;;liout 

 the several counties, reached a large volume, whi'-b is 

 annually increasing. Caroline county, centrally Inciti-d 

 on the Eastern Shore, annually operates more than :i 

 score of such houses. Strawberries, blackbi-nii<, 

 peaches pears peas tomatoes and sweet corn c ii ti 

 the principal articles canned No fane\ pii i. t i 

 her fruits or vegetibles iie ohtnnied m th 1 il 



mg with niikin demands Thou ind <f 

 a IPS lu this nte aie now devoted t i i 

 tjmitcts and sneetcoin lor the pai kiii„ 

 hou e Summarized this means more ma 

 nure —better method — bettei land 



For many years the peach ni untamed 

 undisput 1 upremncv in the fruit inteie ts 

 of Mu\l T 1 Fntl I nsm extended the 

 acre-)., i ' I it\ foi pioper caie 



andiuli theencioa hmcnt 



of di ease and lu m extent that has 



served to ciicum i i n i i r ted ambition for 

 large orchards and hi i I Ud i i b f,iowing of much 

 of its fascination In theaggiegate the orchaid acreage 

 IS still immense but old orchards are ^oing out to a much 



northern ti i t til is 



of the sni I I 



generalh ..i i i i i i 



than chein 1 r i i i c^ii i U i u ii u 1 li b 



EasteinSboie e\ el m the u jduction of pen b ih in 

 quantity and quality Plums of the n itn e and Jip meso 

 pecies receive considerable attention, and in nnn\ in 

 stances prove more remunerative than other fniiis. 



Small fruits of all kinds are grown in i^nni iiiini.:, .■. 



The large fruit interests of the Stat n- 



tain a large local demand for nursi i is 



shared by the forty nurseries in viiihii hi ; iln' 

 commonwealth. Several of these est:ii' ' . " ii.c 



the propagation of peach trees a speii I : -m 



by the hundreds of thousands, and lii-i in 



a wholesale way to their fellow-nurse i-.\ mhh m i... :niMrs 

 less favored for^propagating these in-i-s. In a ii« of 

 the Western Shore counties tobacco still figures to some 

 extent in soil products; on the Eastern Shore tobacco 

 has been superseded largely by sweet potatoes, to the 

 deft. led hen.-Hf f.f both land and landlord. 



TIm- (Ii\i.i..ii ..f the state by the Chesapeake bay 

 kr,; !', I II Shore out of touch in more wiiystlniu 



..,:, 1. .. ..f the state. The experiment st;iti..n 



is l.ir,,i,,i ,>ii tlu Western Shore, where the horticultural 



