Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1878 [PAGE 263]

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Year. 1850 1860 1870 Buckwheat,

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Production. bushels

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United States. 8,956,913 13,571,818 9,831.731

Illinois. 184,504 324,117 168,862

Illinois is far behind the other great states in t h e production of buckwheat. New F o r k produced 3,904,030 bushels in 1870, and Pennsylvania 3,533,173 bushels. The only county in Illinois producing any considerable quantity, was McHenry, 30,413 bushels. Champaign, DeKalb, Kane, Ogle, Stephenson, Wayne and Winnebago, were all t h e counties besides t h a t produced over 5,000 bushels. All but one of these are n o r t h e r n counties. t a r t a r i c u m , Tartan/ or Indian Wheat, cultivated from T a r t a r y , more hardy and p r o ductive, but of poorer quality t h a n the last. RHEUM, Rhubarb, perennial. rhaponticum, Garden Rhubarb, Pie Plant, cultivated from n o r t h e r n Asia for t h e acid, fleshy stalks of its leaves. RUMEX, Dock, Sorrel orbicularis, Great Water Dock, native, L a p h a m ; Cook county, Babcock. britannica, Pale Dock, native, L a p h a m ; c o n g l o m e r a t e , Murray; Smaller Green Dock, K a n k a k e e county, Hill. patientia, L , . spontaneous about gardens at Augusta, Ills., Mead. verticiliatus, Swamp Dock, native, L a p h a m ; Champaign county, Macauley. crispus, Curled Dock, naturalized from Europe, L a p h a m ; t h e common perennial weed. obtusifolius, Bitter Dock, naturalized from Europe, L a p h a m ; perennial. maritimus, Golden Dock, native, Yasey; a n n u a l . engelmanni, Sorrel, southwestern Illinois, Gray. acetosella, Fiild or Sheep Sorrel, naturalized from E u r o p e ; too common. BRUNNICHIA, cirrhosa, shrubby, smooth, .",' climbing plant, Pulaski county, southwestern Illinois, Brendel.

L A U R A G E L E — L A U R E L FAMILY.

SASSAFRAS. omcinallis, native, L a p h a m ; Cook county, Babcock; Champaign county, Macauley, and probably t h r o u g h o u t t h e state. Mr Ridgeway measured one n e a r Mt Carmcl 95 feet high, with 75 feet of t r u n k and a circumference of 7% feet. Prof. Swallow measured one in Mississippi county, Mo., 70 feet high and 9 feet in circumference. B r y a n t saw it of a n equal girth in Mississippi. L1NDERA, Wild Altepice, Fever Bush. benzoin, Spice Bush, Benjamin Bush, native, L a p h a m ; Wabash county, Ridgeway: Champaign c o u n t y ; s h r u b . melissasfolia, native, Wabash county, Ridgeway.

THYMELEACEJE—MEZEREUM FAMILY.

D A P H N E , cultivated for o r n a m e n t . mezereum, hardy, low shrub from E u r o p e . cneorum, hardy u n d e r shrub from E u r o p e . odora, Sweet Daphne, greenhonse s h r u b from China. DIRCA, Leather-wood, Moose-wood, s h r u b . palustris, native, Vasey; Bebb, Champaign county. Used by t h e Indians for thongs.

E L J S A G N A C E . E - - O L E A S T E R FAMILY.

Shrubs or Small Trees.

SHEPHERDIA. canadensis, Canadian Shepherd, native, V a s e y ; Cook county, Babcock; low shrub. argentea. Buffalo Berry, planted from t h e westward, for o r n a m e n t and its fruit. ELE AGNUS. argentea, Silver Berry, cultivated from t h e west,

S A N T A L A C E ^ E — S A N D A L W O O D FAMILY.

COMANDRA, Bastard Toad Flax. umbellata, native, Lap nam j Cook county, Babcock.

Herbs, Shrubs or Trees.