nati^t; plants 



NEBRASKA 



NATIVE PLANTS. 



nent )ii 

 that wiU'^ i 

 The li I ■ 1 ■ 

 trees 1 1 . ■ 

 built. 'I Im 

 ture w:i- • \ 



establish. .1, 

 They ai.pn 

 the New \V. 



Ten year: 



introduced i 

 in " Ann M Is . 



io,ir,o i','. 



1,55,5 !.'■■<" i: 



1 the desire to remove. 

 s and also those from 

 attracted attention in 



!• a census of indige- 

 «' known to have been 

 itistics -n-ere published 



:is 111. n. Mil. MS c-ome to be better understood and 



f.'iKii.|. .1. ihiiiiiii- is being pushed farther and farther 

 wcstwar.l. .\~ irrigation develops, fruit will be far 

 more grown than now. 



Commercial orcharding under irrigation is just begin- 

 ning in the western and central portions of the state. 

 Aoeordin? to E. F. Stephens, of Crete, Neh., -who has 



are 



into nin 

 nized ir 



11 y recog- 



' American Plar 

 es as follows: 



be briefly t._.Ul 



attention to 



, and for 

 ion. The 



t '" \ ■ .11 l'lii):!~ ■■ had a tech- 



;h.n.l. William Paul in his book 

 s," published in London in 1858, 

 ' The history of American plants 

 The term is popularly applied to 

 .■i|.:illy belonging to the natural 

 V ,11. L" iieraliy 'evergreen,' pro- 

 [.I- Til, ni..vt part in the months of 

 li...ik is , I. -voted largely to rhodo- 

 ! kaliaias, although European and 



'l.-ncy towards the production of 



|.. s and races even in Old World 



, as of the carnation and sweet 



ant-breeders come to give greater 



species, the divergencies between 



the horticulture of the Old World and that of the Ne 



The 



ciety. 



ing map. They are known, n, , ■ i, , ,is 



the (1) Southeastern, (2) N. .11 i , ml. 



(4) West-central, (5) Low. !■ K. , ,s,,,,ih- 



western, (7) Lower Niobrara, (.-., N.ji;l, ,\t,,i, 1 1. ai,.i (D) 

 Western districts. In the revised fruit list published 

 by the society, apples are recommended for general 

 planting in Districts Nos. 1 and 2, and for trial in the 

 balance of the state. Peaches are recommended for 

 general planting in District No. 1 and for trial in Dis- 

 tricts Nos. 5 and 6. Plums (native varieties) and cher- 

 ries are recommenfled for Districts Nos. 1,2, 5 and 6, 

 and for trial in the balance of the state. Black rasp- 

 berries are recommended in Districts Nos. 1 and 2, and 

 for trial elsewhere. Grapes are 

 tricts No. 1 

 districts. 



The fruits 

 native plum 

 part, peach. ■ 

 to the Miss... 

 In some rest. 



and 6, and for trial in the other 



rhich 



World will be accentuated. 



L. H. B. 



hrive best in the state are apples, 

 .-h. t-T-ies and, in the southeastern 

 i-n 1 ai'i'le orchards occur ad.iaceut 

 I.. .ill ii..rth and south of the Platte. 

 iii.-tl.i.ils in vogue differ from those 

 in the eastern states. The trees are shorter-lived and are 

 planted closer. Low heads are commonly employed as a 

 means of protection against the high winds andintense 



NAUMB0RGIA (after Naumburg). Primiddeeit. 

 Spiked Loosestrife. A monotypio genus of the north 

 temperate z..ne, with opposite Ivs. and fls. in short, 

 axillary. I . ifiiiil. .1 -|,ik'es ; corolla 5-7-parted, rotate; 

 stamen- ,. i ' the divisions of the corolla: cap- 

 sulell. 1 ' ■■ I .veral on a central placenta. Dif- 

 fers fn.iii I. -ii;i 1, 1 11 111 the spiked flowers, nearly sepa- 

 rate staiueijs. anil tlie pre.sence of tooth-like staminodia. 



guttata, Moench {LifsimdeJiia thymindra. Ait.). 

 Erect, perennial herb, 1-2% ft. high: ivs. lanceohir- . 

 acute, narrowed at the base, lower Cati- 

 line scale-like: fls. 2-3 lines broad 

 yellow, purple-dotted ; lobes of thi 

 corolla linear -oblong. May-Julv 

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



shallow water. 



sents somewhat \ 

 conditions. It .• 

 part, of gradni. 

 slowly ascend i 1 1 l' 

 The elevation . t 

 is about 900 fe. t 

 extreme northw. 

 highest points s., 

 eastern portion i- 



K. M. WiEGAND 



1 part of the state 

 while that of the 

 •hes 5,000 feet, the 

 S that. The south- 

 ken, even rough in 



1463. The Nine Pomoloe-ical Districts of Nebraska. 



