Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1878 [PAGE 234]

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Year. 1850 I860 1870.. Production. P e a s and beans, bushels

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United States. 9,219,901 15,061,995 5,746,027

Illinois. 82,814 108,028 115,854

DOLICHOS, Black Bean. lablab, Egyptiam,or Black Bean, cultivated from India for o r n a m e n t and food. sinensis, China Bean, Black Eyed Bean. AMPHICARP^EA, Hog Peanut, perennial twiner. monoica, native, L a p h a m ; Cook county, Babcock; Champaign county. CLITORIA, Butterfly Pea, erect or twining perennials. mariana, native, Lapham. PISUM, Pea. sativum, cultivated in variety from t h e Old World (Crimea?) LATHYRUS, Vetchling, native perennials. odoratus Sweet Pea, cultivated from E u r o p e for o r n a m e n t . A n n u a l . latifolius, Perennial Climber cultivated from E u r o p e for o r n a m e n t . maritimus, Beach Pea, native, V a s e y ; Cook county, Babcock. vernosus, native, L a p h a m ; Cook county, Babcock. ochroleucus, native, Vasey; Cook county, Babcock. palustrii, Marsh Vetchling, native, Vasey, Bebb; Cook county, Babcock; Peoria county, Brendel. v a r myrtifolius, Cook county, Babcock. VICIA, Vetch Tare. americana, native, Vasey; Cook county, Babcock: Peoria county, Brendel. caroliniana, native, Vasey; Cook county, Babcock. sativa, Common Vetch or Tare, sometimes cultivated for fodder. F r o m t h e Old World F A B A , Bean of England, or Horse Bean< vulgaris, cultivated for t h e table from Egypt, b u t not m u c h used in America. LENS, Lentil, annual. esculenta, cultivated from E u r o p e for fodder and food, b u t only rarely. CICER, Chick Pea, a n n u a l . arietinum, called Coffee Pea, cultivated for food and used as s u b s t i t u t e for coffee. BAPTISIA, False Indigo, perennial herbs. tinctoria, Wild Indigo, native, Cook county, Babcock; St. Clair county, Brendel. australis, Blue False Indigo, native, Vasey. leucantha, native, L a p h a m ; Cook county, Babcock; Champaign county. leucophaea, native, L a p h a m ; Cook county, Babcock; Champaign county. CLADRASTIS, Yellow Wood—tree. tinctoria (also Virgilia lutea), cultivated for o r n a m e n t from t h e south. SOPHORA, t r e e . japonica, cultivated for o r n a m e n t from China and J a p a n . "Said to equal t h e locust in durability and to be as hard and compact as the box. Makes slow progress in t h e rich loam of the Illinois praries, its growth being checked by mildew on t h e y o u n g shoots. In favorable situations it grows r a p i d l y . " Bryant. CERCIS, Red-Bud, Judas-Tree. canadensis, American Bed-Bud, native from Pope county to Cook, and probably throughout the state. [See L a p h a m and Babcock's lists, and t h e geological survey. ] Planted for ornament. Prof. Swallow m e a s u r e d a specimen in Mississippi county, Mo., thirty feet high and two feet in diameter. siliquastrum, European Bed-Bud or Judas-Tree, " M u c h resembles t h e A m e r i c a n s p e cies, b u t is said to be inferior in beauty. I have never seen it flower, as it is not hardy in Northern I l l i n o i s . " Bryant. CASSIA, herbs. marlilandica, Wild Senna, native, L a p h a m ; Champaign, Ma^auley. obtusifolia, native south, Vasey. chamsecrista, Large-flowered Sensitive or Partridge Pea, native, L a p h a m ; Cook county, Babcock; Champaign county, Macauley. nictitans, Wild Sensitive Plant, native, L a p h a m . GYMNOCLADUS, Kentucky Coffee Tree. canadensis, native in Madison, Hancock, Jersey, Fulton, Cook and probably m a n y other counties. I am puzzled to find it so little mentioned in t h e s o u t h e r n c o u n ties as a valuable o r n a m e n t a l t r e e , and if grown in quantity would be so probably for its timber. GLEDITSCHIA, Honey Locust. triacanthos, Three Thorned Acacia or Honey Locust, native in Randolph, St. Clair, Madison, Hancock, Hardin, Fulton, and probably most other counties of t h e State, cultivated for o r n a m e n t and recommended in Iowa and elsewhere as a hedge plant. I t s wood, in my observation, is not durable, b u t grows rapidly. B r y a n t says it sometimes a t t a i n s a d i a m e t e r of t h r e e or four feet and a height of eighty or one h u n d r e d . Prof. Swallow m e a s u r e d one in Howard county, Mo., 125 feet high and 13 feet in circumference. sinensis, cultivated from China, for o r n a m e n t . monosperma, One Seeded or Water Honey Locust, native south, Lapham, V a s e y ; W a bash county, Ridgeway; 80 feet high and 8 feet around in New Madrid county, Swallow.