1062 



NAT1\T3 PLANTS 



NATIVE PLANTS. It has been said tliut Americans 

 do not appreciate the indigenous plants of tlie country. 

 This may have been true, but it is not true now. Tlie 

 desire for native and natural plants is one of the promi- 

 nent movements of the present time. It is not strange 

 that wild pl;uits luc not appreciated in anew country. 

 The fir-i 11'' i.i • r i>ur civilization was to fell the 

 trees liiii l ,: i i ^lit be tilled and habitations be 

 built. I I ■ ' ■ I I if life were imported; the litera- 

 ture w:i- .\ ih : iIm |.laut3 were transportedfrom other 

 land.s. lii litLi-'i'i ill.' .-onditions of living had become 

 establish, -.1. I'l ..|.l,- IkuI outgrown the desire to remove. 

 They apjiivriatrcl ili.'ir own plants and also those from 

 the Nl-w \V..rlci. Aiiiiri'-an plants attracted attention in 

 Eiiropi- imiIli r ilian in America. 



Ten v.'Mi's ;iL;n. ihr writer made a census of indige- 

 nous Aim. li. 'an I'lani^ which were known to have been 

 introdm-i'd t" .nliix aiion. The statistics were published 

 in"Annal.s <.f lloi'iiculture for 1891." It was found"tliat 



there are in North America, north ..t Mr\i,'.., al i 



10,150 known species of Native I'iani-, 'lii i ii.ni' 'I ii 

 1,555 genera and 168 families. <>( iIm . . L'.IJi' -|.'' n- 

 are recorded in this census, r.'|.r. ' m ii^ 'i''.i j'laii 

 and l.-iS families. Of thi< I'miih, ,-, ]:>::' -;.' i. ■ i.". •■ ■ 

 offered for sale in Aimri' :: ' " ■ ! i 

 into England, of wlii.'li I- . i . . , 



country." All tlji's,- s|h'''1' , ,:. ■_ . '; . . 



The only other account of lii'.' ..■uur'.' '.'11111 . aii il iI'Th 1 

 that whi<;h is contained iu this Cyclopeilia, and for 

 which the lists often years ago -B'ere a preparation. The 

 final summing up of these volumes will show an in- 

 creased number of Native Plants in cultivation in this 

 country. A brief sketch of the history of recent efforts 

 towards the introdui-tion of Native Plants is given in 

 the preface to the census above mentioned. 



Formerly, the term "American Plants" had a tech- 

 nical meaning in England. William Paul in his book 

 on " American Plants," published in London in 1858, 

 writes as follows: "The history of American plants 

 may be briefly tnkl. The term is popularly applied to 

 several genera, |o'ini-i|)allv belon._'i]iL' to thf natnral 

 order Ericaceie. Th.'x- an' L'.'n.iaiK ".'I'l",, ' ,.v.~ 

 ducing their How r^ r-i- ih. n." 1 !■ ■■ 1 1 : 

 May and June." 'Hm' I k i-d'",'' 



dendrons, a/.ah'a- aii'l kahnias, allh"ii:jli I'jn'"!" all ai" 

 other hi aili- a' ' I'l. :ial,'(i. 



Tier. I iiileney towards the production of 



peculiai ! \ ' i . I'l'S and races even in Old World 



domesli.'ii. 'i -I'l'iis. as of the carnation and sweet 

 pea. As American plant-breeders come to give greater 

 attention to native species, the divergencies between 

 the horticulture of the Old World and that of the New 

 World will be accentuated. L_ u. g. 



NAUMBtJEGIA (after Naumburg). PrimiiJAeeii: 

 >iKKi) LoosKSTKiFE. A monotypic genus of the north 

 mperat.' y. with opj.osite Ivs. and fls. iu short, 



:illar\ . I" 'liiiM '' 'I -I'i!- ; '"t-lli " T-parted, rotate; 

 amei'is , . . .1' '' I I ;h.' corolla: eap- 



I il placenta. Dif- 



iiii.".. .i'l "' I '.i'l's, nearly sepa- 



sule M'" .. . .; 



fers fr I,' ..Mil... :. .i i'l iii . |.i' ' 



rate staineii.s, aii'l I II' |'i'-'i I ; '."1 li like staminodi 



guttata, Md'ih'li [ l.<i^iit:i:,l,i,i tlifirxifldra. Ait. 

 Erect, perennial Ini'li, I l" .. Ii.liii^^h; 

 acute, narrowed al ilic has.-, l.nver can- 

 line scale-like: lis. 2-:i lines hroad, 

 yellow, purple-dotted ; lohes of the 

 corolla linear - oblong. May- July. 

 Swamps. B.M. 2012.-Grows best in 

 shallow water. k. m. Wiegand. 



NEBRASKA, HORTICULTURE IN. 



Fig. 14(1.'!. The state of Nebraska pre- 

 sents somewhat peculiar horticultural 

 conditions. It consists, for the most 

 part, of gradually rolling prairies, 

 slowly ascending toward the northwest 

 The elevation of the southeastern part of the 

 is about 900 feet above sea-level, while that of the 

 extreme northwestern part approaches 5,000 feet, the 

 highest points somewhat exceeding that. The south- 

 eastern portion is rolling and broken, even rough in 



NEBRASKA 



places, but affords the best general horticultural condi- 



of more favorable mii -. in paii i.. ih. iml'l' r ' limai.', 

 and iu part to the h' 1 : ; ' ' ' I h.. 



central part of the ' 1 1 ' .anil 



subject to a high rail ' 1 . , 1 . i. imr 



and winter winiK. til' 1-' I'll' i' ' . . r. :iIm- 



prairies, to the H.'siwai''!, la 1 . ' . 1 in 



turn follow, il l.y 111.' Iiiiii. - ' ' r . ; . . i 1 . \- 



treme western part. \\".'si "i 'i,. 1 "iii 1 ...i ii- 



growing of all kinds is dilli. uli .m.l uu. . n.uii. ilu.n^h. 

 as the conditions come to be better undurstuod and 

 guarded, planting is being pushed fartlier and farther 

 westward. As irrigation develops, fruit will be far 



upan 



lap. 



the (1) Southeastern, (2) Northeastern, (:i) East-central. 

 (4) West-central, (5) Lower Republican, (G) Sonlli- 

 western, (7) Lower Niobrara, (8) Northwestern and (ill 

 Western districts. In th.- reviscl fruit list imhlished 

 by the soii. t \ . ai'iih - an- r.'.-oninien.h'il for general 

 planting in |ii-Mi'i- N"-. I an.l -J, an.l f.ir trial in the 

 balance of tin' -lai' l''.a.'li..s ar.' I'l.'oinmended for 

 general l.lanliiiLi in I'l 1 n '1 \" I a,"! f-r (rial in Dis- 

 tnrts X,,s, :, aii'l I' r : .1 and eher- 



') and 

 I'll thri\ 



11 I Ml II' I. N".. I aTid 2, and 

 s ai-e reconuneiiiled in Dis- 

 and for trial in the other 



part, peaches. Ext 

 to the Missouri rivt 

 In some respects tl 

 in the eastern stat.' 

 planted closer. I.o 

 means of protecti.. 

 sun. but this prai'ii 



bud-moth have not yet become prevalent. Apples teinl 

 to mature early, and most varieties do not keep well. 

 Tlie chief problem is the one of water supply ; hence 



1463. The Nine Pomological Districts of Nebraska, 



