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CORIARIA 



ing brandies imitating pinnate its., and with very 

 showy yellow, red or blaclc fr. Theivs. of some species 

 are used for tanning leather ; the frs. are poisonous. 

 C. Japdnica has proved hardy with slight protection in 

 Massachusetts, and C terminalis seems to be of the 

 same hardiness ; the other species are more tender. 

 They grow in almost any good garden soil, and prefer 

 sunny position Prop readily by seeds and greenwood 

 • under glass also by suckers and 



10 ft 



Japbnica Gray Shrub i i 



branches quadrangular h ' )Vate or 



ovate lanceolate 3 nerved i i n., fls in 



•lilll'lr^ ricfmes from the bi H i i i i u fr be 



conim., bii„lit n d m summei I ui^ii ^ i Molet black 

 wbiii 111 I I B M 7501 O I W ^i 



termmalis 11 iii I Herbaceous or suffruticose 2-3 

 tt I 1 ui li luiiliangular hs m nrh sessile broad 

 (\ iU t> >\ itt iuii.olate 1 Ml M 1 ir I T, tlifi 



%ems beueith 1- ) m II t 



shoots of the current ^eai I 



from Julj until late m fill i ir I ii i 



easier to protect from frost than tin t rnu i I i il\ 

 introduced into cult as C Nepaleniis 



C myrtifohn I mn Shrub 4-10 ft Ivs liienel „1 l i 

 fls greenish tn in tlie 11 ^\r 1 tr 1 1 1 k i i i i M li 

 terranean i I I I I f ^ / / IN 



Shnil H 11 I 

 blai-k Hii I 



CORN 



cross-breeds between Teosinthe and Maize. Teosinthe 

 and the only other species which show close botanical 

 relationship to Maize are indigenous to Mexico. Bota- 

 nists now almost unanimously concede that Maize origi- 

 nated in America, and it is probable that it is indige- 

 nous to Me-Kico. See Zea. 



The white settlers early learned from the American 

 Indians the use of Maize as a,n article of food Several 

 Indian names for certain preparations which they 

 adopted or adapted have passed into the language of 

 the American people as for example samp hominy, 

 succotash Thej cultivated Maize both is a staple field 

 crop md in the giiden under the name of Indian Corn, 

 which n ime or t'le simple name of Corn remains to the 

 present tin it hi t \ li ne desij,nation through- 

 out tli I i ii 1 I II I 111 lis of the continent It 

 non 1 i„iKultural products of 



the I I 1 \ ted to its cultnation, 



ml II 1 I rop The kinds now 



1 1 iiltiiie are sweet Corns and 

 I I 111 1 which are more strictly 

 I ii 1 1 I ins but in some locali- 

 ' 'I 1 I I [ I 1 in lie also found under field 



ill 111 till 1 mill eitiier is a truck crop or for can- 

 II 1 If the lattn to supply the comparatively limited 

 i 111 md in domestic markets Sweet Com and Pop 

 ( in onh will receive special attention in this article. 

 1 1 \r f 1 irif \TiON — Zea almost unitormly 



i ' 'I 1 mists a nionot\ pic genus its one 



I 1 ut Maize is an e\tiemel} ^ari- 



' 11., groups nbich are separated by 



i 'Mill I 1 I II ii As a working classihcation, 



[I 1 b\ sfurte-sant is the best which has yet 

 appeared He describes 7 agricultural species " 

 These are 2ea tunicata the pod Corns , Z. 

 eieUa tlic li| ( rns ( 1 ii, j ,1 ) , Z mdmata. 

 the 1 111 1 II X the Dent Corns; 



Z an / iccharata the 



hwe t I I ,J) Z ami/lea- 



lacihi 1 1 111 ^\ II rns Zea Mays, 



Linii ill iii,N t liu 11 irur li order of grasses 

 or Cri mime* Culms 1 oi more solid erect, 

 I ' -1 ) ft tall or more terminated by a panicle 

 t staminite fls (thetassel) internodes groo\ ed 



clusters ot 2 to 4 often o ilijpm^ one fl 

 usually pediceled the other sessile or all ses 

 sile glumes herbaceous palea membranaceous 

 anthers 3 linear The eai i oiitums the pistillali 

 Hs on a hard, thicken 1 I i In 1 | ike o 

 spadix (cob) which is i n i itha 



ceous bracts (husks) i sile 



in longitudinal rows 

 hard corneous margin 

 lower abortive glum 

 singl 



COBS is the name applied to the om, r iiiipi r\ ,..\i-. 

 part of the bark in plants. In Ji^unt'"' ■■:>- 



initis. the English maple, the cork> ' mI 



other trees and shrubs, it forms wiiiu^-- "n in* Ki :in. nr^. 

 Till- i-.irk ..♦■ rriminiTfi. comrs from tlle l.iiik ..1 yiir,, ii.v 



/'- ' '■ " ' "I 11^ ','. S„h,-r), plantations of which 



1.-1.. . . Ill i;ii. The cork tree of the cata- 



l"L;i .' ' . /I -1 y/iH /ruse, is a curious tree, cult. 



si.|. I;, r..r ..iiiiiii. nl, W. W. ROWLEE. 



CORN, MAIZE (SWEET and POP). A tender annual, 

 cultivated in America from prehistoric times. The 

 word Maize, Spanish Maiz, is derived from the name 

 Mahiz, which Columbus adopted for this cereal from the 

 Haytians. Maize has not yet been found truly wild. 

 Its close relation to Teosinthe, Euchlcena Mexicana, 

 Schrad., Is indicated by the known fertile hybrids, or 



h with 



a I (ilLkt the 



anaccous style 



form veiy long (silk) ovary usually 



variable in length and size often 



distichous gram vaiiable in shape size and 



color See Plate \ II 



Sweet Cokn {Zea baccharata, Sturt Figs. 

 5ol 5i2 ) —A well dehned species group charac- 

 terized by horny, more or less crmkled, wrinkled 

 or shriveled kernel, having a semi-transparent or trans- 

 lucent appearance. Sturtevant in 1899 lists 61 distinct 

 varieties. He gives the first variety of Sweet Corn re- 

 corded in American cultivation as being introduced 

 into the region about Plymouth^ Mass., from the In- 

 dians of the Sus.|ii.-lifiiiii:i in I,7;i. Srti,.ii,.k, in 1854, 



tribution of Swrri r..rii mr.. .•iiiMMiii..ii inii.Ii. liiile pro- 

 gress prior to tlir hi^t liiilf uf tin' iiiintn-iitli ci-ntury, 

 green field Corn having largely occupied its place prior 

 to that period. 



Sweet Corn is preeminently a garden vegetable, al- 

 though the large kinds are sometimes grown for silage 

 or stover. As a garden vegetable, it is used when it has 

 reached the "roasting ear" stage, the kernel then being 

 well filled and plump but soft, and "in the milk." The 

 kernel is the only part used for human food. When 



