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Title: The world's commercial products (microform) : a descriptive account of the economic plants of the world and of their commercial uses
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Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Freeman, William George, b. 1874; Chandler, S. E. (Stafford Edwin)
Subjects: Plant products; Produits naturels; Produits végétaux; Natural products; Botanique agricole; Botany, Economic
Publisher: Toronto : Morang
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S2 a table nil .iiid for iii.iki The World's Commercial Products tillni lis, wliirc in,ii/c is I, lit; »p ip. It u,i^ fiiini.tis- obtained irijrlv IWi o l.irf,'ely Kiduii, but the two prin- I ipal iii.u/e-prodiiiinK lonntries of the worhl, wlii( h expoit the lereal in enornions <;iiantities, are tlie I'nilid States and .Vr^,'entiiia. Mai/e is an annn.d K'ass reaehinfj, under a\-eraf,'e ronditioiis of soil and riiniate, a heif,'lit of from si.\ to eiglit foot. The stem is not hollow, as IS so conitnonly tho ease in nieinbers of the grass f.imily, but is solid, and 111 its younger stages oon- tains a considerable pro- portion of sugar, a fact wiiieh rondors the plant of considerable value for forage. 1 he leaves vary groat- 1 1 1 . 'V' ill length, l)ut geneialh .ave an nnduatmg margm. an.l their . olour n.ay be green, yellow, or red, acc-Mding to lie va..ety of the plant. Fhev are generally covered with a tine down on their under snr- face, \anegated and other varieties are frequently grown m tie .p,-,, air ,n summer in parks and gardens ;-,i this countrv for tlie sake of their foliage Tl... male llouers are borne on the top of the .stem in tlie so-'c.died â¢â tassel," and form large qnantitMs o loose drv pollen, which ,s readily Mattered bv the wuul. The female flower^ on the other hand, are pn.tecte.l by the bases of the foliage h^ues, and occur .,â spikes whic are further protected bv the strong siieathiug â¢â¢ spathe." From the ape.x of the female spike o .oh. as It ,s termed the delicate style- .f the flowers hang out in tl^ form of a dense ilkv plume, and sooner or later the nude pollen tloatiug iâ the air comes mto contact with those when for ilisation ,s e tected. and we have the delu.ite spike devc.loping into he rip golden-yellow mai^e-K.b. so well known to everyon. t h uic ripe Mai.e, however, is an e.vtu niely ^â¢arâ able ,)lant, and it is said that over .'W recogn.sabl. varieties are known. Some are only a few inches in Height, while others are .Mants of s,.von'
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K.\lril< WdMKN (;KIM)IN(, MAIi^K before theii tilers re(;uire three or four â iiion. There is also great \ariety in the shape, size, and times as Ion colour of the acti

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