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The undenaentioned plant, although not by any means a novelty, created much 
attention in the United States and on the Continent, more particularly as a forage 
plant, but, at the same time, it is of ornamental value, and no better plant could 
be employed for naturalisation in semi-wild spots, and also intermixed with other 
vigorous herbaceous plants, the border, pleasure grounds, or shrubbery. Those of 
our esteemed customers who would like to become acquainted with this wonderful 
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SAGAIalNE (/b li/goimm SacJMlmaise). 
THE POBAGE PLANT. 
Is perfectly hardy, even in Siberia; flourishes in the Indies. Requires no ploughing before 
planting. Needs no cultivation, no manuring, no re-planting. Roots penetrate deep into the soil. 
Once planted stands for ever. Endures severest drought with impunity. Grows in poorest soils. 
Luxuriates in wet lands. Thrives where no other forage plant will grow. Young .shoots and leaves 
eaten aa a vegetable. Stems and leaves, green or dry, greatly relished by cattle, sheep, and horses. 
More nutritious than Clover or Lucerne. Gives three or four cuttings (cropsl per year. Produces 
90 to 180 tons of green forage per acre. Grows 14 ft. high by June. Excellent soil enrichcr. 
Planted at any time. Affords shade to cattle in summer. Protection against storms in winter. 
Floods will not dertroy it. Fire will not kill it. Cattle cannot trample it out. Endorsed by the 
highest authorities. 
Extract from GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE, July 22nd, 1893. 
Few Perennials have a nobler effect on the lawn, or wherever there is sufficient space, than 
Polygonum Sachalinense. One drawback it has is that it throws its Asparagus-like shoots about 
in profusion, and not always where they are wanted. A gravel path, as we know, offers no resist- 
ance to this very pushing intruder. We have ciil|ivated this plant since its introduction for purely 
decorative purposes. The young white shoots are edible, but they do not rival Asparagus. Its 
splendid foliage, may be made use of for garnishing dessert and packing fruit. 
The trials made in France on the forage uses of this Polygonum have called the attention of 
cultivators to it. The experiments made are conclusive as regards the question of fodder. The 
total yield can be reckoned at about 95 to 195 tons per acre. Cattle are exceedingly fond of it. 
The cultural difficulties are not worth mentioning, and during winter no protection is needed. 
We may add that the Sacaline is a’forage plant with an assured future. Chemical analysis has 
demonstrated its superiority in nutritive principles over other fodders. 
Compared with dried Clover and Lucerne, which contains only 1(> per cent, of nitrogenous and 
3 per cent, of fatty matter, the analysis is very favourable. In fact, it is shown that, without 
cultural care or cost of manure, Sacaline prospers in all soils and all climates — cold, damp, dry, and 
by the seaside — and that its yield is so much more consirlerahle, as its growth is prolonged until the 
autumn. 
Its vegetative power is the same in sand, on banks, slopes, or in Hat marshes. Its success in 
the South, as well as in the North, is assured, in spite of its northern origin. The Government 
Report from South Australia declares that “ The cattle and sheep relish it.” 
From the JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE, May 3rd, 1894. 
The statement of a daily contemporary is that Lord Morton is growing the Giant Knot Weed, 
Polygonum Sachalinen.se, with a view to test its utility aa a fodder plant. It grows vigorously on 
comparatively poor soils, and is not materially affected by- drought It is also being planted in many 
parts of France, where. It is stated, the succulent shoots are much appreciated by the cattle. 
From the GARDEN, September 2nd, 1893. 
In the protracted drought of the present season, horticulture may be able to come to the aid of 
agriculture, just as, twenty-five years ago, the gardener’s art helped the vine-grower out of his 
difficulties by showing him how to make use of the remedy of grafting vines on the phylioxcra-nroof 
American stocka 
The remedy in the present case is a robust and vigorout-growing plant, equally unaffected by 
excessive heat in summer and extreme cold in winter — namely. Polygonum Sachalim-nse, &c. 
Seeds, Ir. ;er i kt. ; Plants, Is. each. 
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