GOOSEFOOT FAMILY 221 



Propagation. It is well known that the potato is grown 

 from the tubers, but the other cultivated members of this 'fam- 

 ily are very generally grown from seeds. The seedlings are read- 



FIG. 144. The sweet pepper. 



ily transplanted. This family also contains a few troublesome 

 weeds which can usually be controlled by smother crops. 



GOOSEFOOT FAMILY (ciTENOPODIACE^) 



The members of .his family are very widely distributed. 

 They are mostly herbaceous with alternate leaves ; flowers small, 

 greenish, in spikes or beads, usually regular ; no corolla ; calyx 



