Indian Corn
By Ann MacDonald
Indian Corn (Zea) - Z. Mays is one of the noblest of the grasses that thrive in our climate, almost indispensable to our gardens, with its fine appearance either isolated or associated with other fine-leaved plants.
Indian Corn [English]: Zea mays
Indian Cotton Plant [English]: Gossypium herbaceum
Indian Cotton Tree [English]: Gossypium arboreum
Indian Cottonwood [English]: Bombax ceiba
Indian Couch Grass [English]: Bothriochloa pertusa ...
D, noted: "These light lands are not suitable for Indian corn. The best produces scarcely twenty bushels per acre.
OSWEGO ARROWROOT, used in America, is from Zea Mays, Indian Corn.
MEXICAN ARROWROOT is from the seeds of Dion edule.
CHINESE ARROWROOT is said to be from the tubers of Nelumbium speciosum.
The fully expanded inflorescence of Russell Hybrid Lupine could be considered to resemble a bicolored version of Indian Corn, as the columnar inflorescences have individual, pea-like flowers in tight rows, ...
Synonyms: Stigmata maydis, Maidis stigmata, Indian corn, maize, Yumixu (Chinese)
Order: Graminaceae ...
The grain called corn in the United States is Indian corn or maize (Zea mays). The part of the United States where most of the corn is grown, including Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, and Nebraska, is known as the Corn Belt.
For something different, try ornamental Indian Corn, miniature corn, or popcorn varieties. In spring, once soil has warmed and danger of frost is past, plant Corn in blocks of at least 2 rows spaced 2 to 3 feet apart.
The number of root-hairs varies greatly on different roots and under different conditions of humidity. The variation ranges from the zero of water plants to as many as 400 to the square millimetre on roots of Indian Corn grown in a moist chamber.
 See also: India, Corn, Maize, Zea mays, Medic
  
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