408 PHYSIOLOGY AT THE FARM. 



ASH. 



Sand and silica, . . 37.4 



Potash, ...... 2.5 



Soda, . 1.3 



Lime, . . . . 36.1 



Magnesia, ..... 6.0 



Oxide of iron, .... 1.4 



Chlorides of potassium and sodium, . . 2.8 



Phosphoric acid, . . . . . 7.2 

 Sulphuric acid, . . . . .5.3 



100.0 



Solatium melongena and S. ovigerum produce edible fruits 

 known as egg-apples. The berries of S. nigrum are edible ; 

 those of S. Quitoense are eaten under the name Quito oranges. 

 The fruit of S. laciniatum is eaten in Australia under the 

 name of kangaroo-apple. 



Ldbiatce or Lamiacece, Dead-nettle order. Salvia offi- 

 cinalis, sage, and many other plants of this order, are used in 

 cookery, owing to their flavour. 



Mentha, Mint. The common mint, Mentha arvensis, is 

 used with vinegar and sugar as an acceptable sauce with lamb. 

 Hogs greedily seek for and devour the roots of all the mint 

 tribe. 



Primulacece, Primrose order. Cyclamen Europwum, and 

 other species, are called sow-bread, on account of their tubers 

 being eaten by swine. 



Platotaginacece, Plantain or Eib-grass order. Plantago lan- 

 ceolata, common plantain or rib-grass, a fibrous-rooted peren- 

 nial ; it flowers in May and June. It grows in dry pastures 

 and cultivated ground ; formerly much, and still occasionally, 

 sown in upland pastures, although with questionable propriety, 

 or only admissible to a very limited extent on improved moor- 

 lands.* Sheep are fond of its leaves in pasture. 



* Lawson on ' Cultivated Grasses, ' &c. 



