238 Select Plants for Industrial Culture 



25. Var. Variegata, Grouan. 



Marbre*e, Pigale, Pigau. Purple fruit, with white spots. 



26. Var. Le Palma. 



Oil very sweet, but not largely produced. 



27. Var. Atrovirens, Ros. 



Pointue, Punchuda. Fruit large, with good oil. 



28. Var. Rubicons, Ros. 



Rougette. Putamen small. Yield annual and large. 



29. Var. Alba, Ros. 



Olive blanche, Blancane, Vierge. This, with many others omitted 

 on this occasion, is an inferior variety. 



30. Var. Caillet rouge. 



Figanier. Small tree. Fruit large, red. Oil good and produced 

 in quantity. 



31. Var. Caillet blanc. 



Fruit almost white, produced annually and copiously, yielding a 

 rather superior oil. 



32. Var. Raymet. 



Fruit large, reddish. Oil copious and fine. This variety prefers 

 flat country. 



33. Var. Cotignac. 



Pardigniere. Fruit middle-sized, blunt. Oil obtained in quantity 



and of excellent quality. This requires much pruning. 

 84. Var. Bermillaon. 



Vermilion. Yields also table-oil and resists cold well 



This list was several years ago without permission copied into an 

 official publication in another part of the globe, also without any 

 allusion to Capt. Hidalgo-Tablada or the translator. 



Many other apparently desirable varieties occur, among which the 

 Italian Oliva d'Ogni Mese may be mentioned, which ripens fruit 

 several times in the year, and furnishes a pleasant oil and also fruit 

 for preserves. 



Oncosperma faseiculatum, Thwaites. 



Ceylon. This Palm ascends there to 5,000 feet. The very slender 

 but prickly stem attains a height of 50 feet. Desirable for scenic- 

 culture. 



Onobrychis sativa, Lamarck.* 



The " Sainfoin, Esparsette or Cock's-head " Plant. Southern and 

 Middle Europe, South- Western and Middle Asia. Hardy in Norway 

 to lat. 63 26' (Schuebeler). A deep-rooting perennial fodder-herb, 

 fond of marly soil, and living in dry localities. It prepares dry 

 calcareous soil for cereal culture. Stagnant underground-humidity is 

 fatal to this plant. It prospers even, where Red Clover and Lucerne 

 no longer succeed, and is richer in nutritive constituents than either, 

 as shown already by Sir Humphrey Davy. Sheep cannot be turned 



