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SUNN, or INDIA HEMP (Crotalaria juncea) , a plant which is a native of India and Ceylon. It frequently receives other names, e.g. false hemp, brown hemp, Bombay hemp, Jubbulpore hemp, sana, &c. The plant is an annual, requires a light soil, and is easily culti ...

SUNNITES, literally, " those of the path," sunna, i.e. followers of the Prophet's directions, the name of one of the two main divisions of Islam, the other being the Shi'ites (q.v.). The Sunnites, who accept the orthodox tradition (Sunna) as well as the Koran ...

UNNA, a town of Germany, in the Prussian province of Westphalia, 15 m. by rail E. of Dortmund, on the line to Hamm. Pop. (1905) 16,324. It has two Roman Catholic and two Protestant churches, a synagogue and several schools. Its chief industries are iron foundr

... us short stories and tales of village life collected under the title Wolken und Sunn'schein (1888). Anzengruber's collected works, with a biography, were published in 10 vols. in 1890 (3rd ed. 1897) ; his correspondence has been edited by A. Bettelheim (1902). ...

... y settled in towns and villages and by religion Shi'ites, the latter nomads and Sunnites. The staples of food are dates and fish in the south, elsewhere the produce of the herds and flocks and rice, wheat and barley. Other products are maize, cotton, silk and ...

... n aspect. Pines and larches alone flourish, garden vegetables are grown only in sunny spots, and there is no tillage. The Alpine flora is very rich and varied. But snow falls even in August, and the climate is well described in the proverb, " nine months winte ...

... his plant, and not to what we now call the " potato." The plants require a warm sunny climate, long season, and a liberal supply of water during the growing season. For an account of the cultivation in North America, where large quantities are grown in the Sou ...

... at least two clusters of rapidly growing fruits. They should be planted in the sunniest and warmest position available. It is customary to confine the plants to one shoot, pinching off all lateral shoots as they appear. Owing to the fickleness of the English ...