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  • ...'''Oregon tea''', referring to its use as both a medicinal and refreshing tea in [[Oregon]]. Its name, an alternate form of ''hierba buena'', which mean The term has been (and is currently) used by the Mexican culture (in Southern territories) to define an herb used for medicinal purposes, us
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  • ...aceae. Tea. Woody plants; one species grown for its leaves which yield the tea, the others grown for their handsome flowers and foliage. ...is country and require about the same treatment as camellia, which see for culture and propagation.
    5 KB (749 words) - 05:05, 21 August 2009
  • |common_name=bee balm, oswego tea, horsemint This includes the Oswego tea (M. didyma), one of the most brilliant of our native wild flowers, being su
    4 KB (557 words) - 21:44, 7 January 2010
  • ...des catnip, ground ivy and some other hardy perennial herbs of the easiest culture. ...d in vases and baskets. N. hederacea is a perennial creeping plant of easy culture in any loose, rich, fairly moist soil in either shade or full sunlight, but
    7 KB (982 words) - 22:30, 21 May 2010
  • ...cultivation much the same treatment given the more common blackberry. The culture of the two differs chiefly in the dewberries requiring more care in trainin ...For history and botany, see Bailey, "Evolution of our Native Fruits;" for culture, see 'Card's "Bush-Fruits," and Cornell Bulletins Nos. 34 and 117. Consult
    10 KB (1,504 words) - 13:11, 29 August 2009
  • ...enrere Nicotiana," 1906; Setchell. "Studies in Nicotiana," 1912; "Tobacco- culture, United States Department of Agriculture, Farmers' Bulletin No. 571, 1914. ...t, but become more sensitive with age. They are well adapted to pot or tub culture and are fine for summer porch-decoration. N. alata, best known in the trade
    10 KB (1,430 words) - 08:13, 22 February 2010
  • ...c]], and as a [[febrifuge]]. For medicinal use, the herb is used to make a tea for helping pregnant women during pain of labor. A wine can also be made by ...the [[Book of Revelation]], [[Chernobyl]] and other associations in human culture.
    8 KB (1,188 words) - 17:53, 25 November 2009
  • ...tilon, callas. sweet alyssum, poinsettia, eupatorium, heliotrope and a few tea roses. The most profitable white cut-flowers, in the opinion of many floris ...a new introduction has escaped a searching test as to its adaptability for culture under glass. The Marechal Niel was grown for the discriminating trade, and
    35 KB (5,833 words) - 00:22, 18 August 2009
  • ...he raspberry cane are used fresh or dried in herbal and medicinal [[herbal tea|teas]]. The leaves have an astringent flavour and in [[herbal medicine]] ar ...about Loveland, Colorado, and in the Puy- allup Valley of Washington. The culture of the raspberry, however, is not confined to these centers, but is widely
    22 KB (3,562 words) - 20:56, 3 June 2010
  • culture, or its value is seldom made in the experiment station Cultivation of quince may have preceded apple culture, and many references translated to "apple", such as the fruit in ''[[Song o
    20 KB (3,244 words) - 11:15, 12 December 2009
  • ...nally for millennia by many cultures. One of its most popular uses is as a tea for sore throat ...sidered inferior. Jujube trees are not particularly suitable for container culture, but can be grown in this manner in a large container.
    12 KB (2,000 words) - 18:29, 14 April 2011
  • |image_caption=''Bridal Pink'', hybrid tea rose, Morwell Rose Garden ...Parsons' Pink China', 1793; 'Hume's Blush China', 1809; and 'Parks' Yellow Tea Scented China', 1824) were brought to [[Europe]] in the late [[18th Century
    188 KB (30,178 words) - 23:37, 5 August 2021
  • ...by gardeners as a [[slug]] repellent. Orange leaves can be boiled to make tea. ...t was a luxury. Special houses, known as "orangeries," were devoted to the culture of the fruit. The trees were ordinarily grown in large tubs or boxes, and w
    98 KB (16,405 words) - 14:11, 27 August 2012
  • ...ultural requirements, will constantly increase the domestic supply. In the culture of a wide range of orchids the gardener exhibits his mastery of the arts of ...arefully guarded practices, chance seemed to play an important part in the culture of orchid seedlings. Rarely were the expert growers uniformly successful. O
    157 KB (25,918 words) - 03:57, 24 February 2010
  • ...gardening appeal to a constantly enlarging constituency with the growth of culture and of leisure and the deepening of the home life (see Landscape Gardening) ...East Marlborough, Pennsylvania," began to adorn their premises by tasteful culture and planting," and by the establishment of an arboretum of evergreens. The
    139 KB (22,466 words) - 22:18, 11 January 2010
  • Labrador tea (Ledum groenlandicum), white flowers in terminal clusters; leaves russet-br ...tropical climates and were adapted almost exclusively for warm greenhouse culture and were to be found solely in botanic gardens and homes of the wealthy. Ho
    284 KB (42,918 words) - 14:29, 30 September 2009
  • ...y damp places. Few are known to produce disease in plants. The red rust of tea is one of the best known algal diseases. ...d rapidly, and prompt action is usually necessary. Practise clean and tidy culture.
    284 KB (44,920 words) - 08:52, 12 September 2009